Science & Technology

WSU psychologist Chris Barry helps Dr. Universe tackle how our personality takes shape.

WSU researchers awarded $1 million from the W.M. Keck Foundation to develop molecular machines that self-replicate material. 

Just as each person’s voice is a little different, so is each cow’s moo. Amber Adams-Progar, WSU animal scientist, helps Dr. Universe tackle this kid question about animal communication.

Tamara Holmlund and others are part of a project to improve STEM teacher preparation in Washington state, increase recruitment of qualified and diverse STEM students into teaching.

Projects include an autonomous vehicle that analyzes radioactive vapors to protect Hanford workers and ultra high-performance concrete to safely immobilize solid secondary wastes.

An internationally recognized nuclear scientist, Clark will serve on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee.

A private submarine preparing to map the world’s most famous shipwreck has strong ties to WSU Everett: “We are on the precipice of making history.”

Currently being used in PyeongChang to provide immersive viewing experiences, the technology is set for a series of public demonstrations on the Pullman campus.

Those that survive the polluted runoff are compromised by damage to the hair-like sensors they use to find food, sense predators, and find their way in the current.

Lithium-ion batteries are popular because they can store a high amount of energy but the lithium used to make them is relatively expensive and rare.

Fish swim in big schools. Baby ducks waddle in a straight line. Ants and bees divide up labor. The world is full of animals that live in groups and they do it for a few different reasons.

Students created 3-D virtual reality environments as part of a fine arts sculpture course at Washington State University Tri-Cities.

We can make glass in factories and we can find it in nature. Some volcanoes make glass. When they spew out lava, it often cools into obsidian, a black glass.

A promising but little-used type of cancer treatment has been markedly improved by researchers at Washington State University by introducing the use of tiny particles of gold and platinum.

It all has to do with our atmosphere. We may not always think about it, but we are basically living in a giant ocean of air.

See the full answer, featuring WSU environmental engineer Shelley Pressley, at the Dr. Universe website.

As cars become more fuel efficient, less heat is wasted in the exhaust, which makes it harder to clean up the pollutants being emitted. Until now.