Adolescents in rural communities with prevention systems in place were 24% less likely to report carrying a handgun by the 12th grade than those in communities without such systems, according to a recent study.
Women researchers received substantially less funding in grant awards than men — an average of about $342,000 compared to men’s $659,000, according to a large meta-analysis of studies on the topic.
Discovery of a gene in multiple mammalian species could pave the way for a highly effective, reversible and non-hormonal male contraceptive for humans and animals.
Gossip influences if people receive advantages whether they work in an office in the United States or in India — or even in a remote village in Africa, a WSU study found.
WSU-led research in C. elegans worms suggests that animals’ ability to live longer in cooler temperatures is tied to a nervous system protein that controls collagen expression.
An online “e-health” program helped more people with chronic pain reduce their opioid medications and pain intensity than a control group that had only regular treatment in a clinical study.
A quick, affordable diagnostic test developed by a WSU researcher may help curb one of the most prevalent but least known sexually transmitted infections.
A WSU-led study found that high winds increased the prevalence of Campylobacter in outdoor chicken flocks, a bacterial pathogen in poultry that is the largest single cause of food-borne illness in the U.S.