July 28, 2021
Scientists have demonstrated that a gene, called ELOF1, can repair sun damage and other DNA lesions that would otherwise contribute to aging.
Science & Technology
July 19, 2021
The National Science Foundation awarded a career grant to Assistant Professor Idil Akin for research into predicting which soils and mountainsides are susceptible to landslides after wildfires.
July 16, 2021
The University received a $1.5 million Department of Defense grant to establish a new cybersecurity education and research program.
June 30, 2021
WSU researchers have used granules made from potato waste bacteria to strengthen soil, offering a new alternative to cement additives that are currently used to shore up soils for building and erosion control.
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June 30, 2021
Following habitat-destroying wildfires, researchers found that many male red-backed fairywrens failed to molt into their ornamental plumage, making them less attractive to potential mates.
June 25, 2021
The team hopes their solar water purifier will one day be used in developing countries where access to clean water is scarce.
June 24, 2021
WSU archaeologist Colin Grier is shedding light on the capabilities of ground penetrating radar to find and identify buried features, including graves, that are many decades or even centuries old.
June 14, 2021
Even after raising the fish in freshwater, researchers found that the grandchildren of sulfidic-adapted fish had more epigenetic marks in common with their wild, toxic-water-living grandparents than other freshwater fish.
June 14, 2021
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $1.3 million Maximizing Access to Research Careers grant to WSU to fund underrepresented student researchers pursuing a biomedical program.
June 11, 2021
With summer just around the corner, the WSU Insider dug into the Ask Dr. Universe archives for a 2020 piece about why we have different seasons each year.
June 4, 2021
The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and WSU Distinguished Graduate Research Program plays an important role in training the next generation of researchers and scholars.
June 2, 2021
Graduate students Kitana Kaiphanliam and Brenden Fraser-Hevlin are working to commercialize a bioreactor that is able to grow 25 times more cancer-killing T cells than current technology in half the time.
May 26, 2021
After nearly two years of design and development, WSU researchers have created a device that converts hydrogen gas into liquid hydrogen, a highly efficient aviation fuel that will be tested in U.S. Army drones.
May 25, 2021
A new technique using colorful “soft” X‑rays offers a non-disruptive way of gaining insight into nanocarrier structures, potentially speeding their development for use in drug delivery and oil spill clean‑up.
May 21, 2021
WSU is part of a team working to improve cadmium telluride solar technology to make it more competitive with silicon solar cells.
May 18, 2021
Alterations in the epigenetic programming of hatchery-raised steelhead trout could account for their reduced fertility, abnormal health and lower survival rates compared to wild fish, according to a new WSU study.
May 17, 2021
WSU researchers have developed an innovative way to convert plastics to ingredients for jet fuel and other valuable products, making it easier and more cost effective to reuse plastics.
May 5, 2021
A count of the Western Monarch butterfly population last winter saw a staggering drop in numbers, but there are hopeful signs the beautiful pollinators are adapting to a changing climate and ecology.
May 4, 2021
Professor Arda Gozen looks to a future when doctors can hit a button to print out a scaffold on their 3D printers and create custom-made replacement skin, cartilage, or other tissue for their patients.
April 28, 2021
The study showed that a silica surface such as sand has little effect but natural organic matter can temporarily or permanently trap some types of nanoscale plastic particles.