Science & Technology

One‑fourth of the carbon held by soil is bound to minerals as far as six feet below the surface, a WSU researcher has found.

The wasabi you usually get at the restaurant isn’t the real thing. It’s usually a mixture of horseradish, mustard, and green dye.

Engineering students from WSU’s Team Mentoring Program recently toured several Boeing facilities, awakening them to a multitude of opportunities in the aerospace industry.

WSU researchers want to push open the door to multidimensional hard drives — the next generation, packing more data into less space.

Researchers with WSU’s School of the Environment, highlight the importance of adapting to, providing and using data sets in ecology and other field research.

Take a look at research life aboard the International Space Station, including a plant research project led by WSU Regents Professor Norman G. Lewis.

As part of the Rural Community Design Initiative, WSU School of Design and Construction students are working on designs for the Pullman Depot.

WSU researchers will attempt to anticipate and prevent diseases by looking for epigenetic biomarkers/diagnostics for disease.

WSU researchers are using electrical fields to gain valuable information about biological functions in plants and animals.

WSU researchers have received a $1.4M National Science Foundation grant to create software tools and simulators to enable efficient decision making by power grid operators.

Kostyukova will conduct research, starting in January, at the Center for Molecular Neurobiology at the University Medical Center in Hamburg, Germany.

When the climate changed, when crops failed and famine threatened, people in ancient history responded.

WSU researchers have determined that Nez Perce Indians grew and smoked tobacco at least 1,200 years ago, long before the arrival of traders and settlers.

Leachman was recognized for his research on the cryogenic properties of hydrogen, as well as for his work in student mentoring and education.

Cacao genome study finds finds the selection of preferred traits also encouraged bad ones.

As cool autumn days arrive, so do the spiders in Pacific Northwest homes. In most cases, the spiders aren’t a threat, they’re simply reacting to the change of season.