WSU researchers have received a two‑year grant to make more resilient and durable housing materials from cross-laminated timber and recycled carbon fiber.
A taste panel at WSU’s Sensory Evaluation Lab recently paired bites of chocolate with short tracks of classical music in an experiment that feasted the senses.
As part of the approximately $500,000 award, Dominic Scalise is working to develop a robust, DNA computer that can be readily programmed to execute several tasks.
The inventor of the technology used in 3D printing and WSU alumnus, Scott Crump told a group of WSU Tri‑Cities engineering and business students that in order to invent new things, you have to break the rules.
Many WSU studies that caught the media’s attention seemed to involve human pleasures, and their consequences, a focus that may reflect the global, post-pandemic mood.
Ana Espinola-Arredondo and Felix Munoz-Garcia have published a student-focused textbook on game theory, which helps readers understand how people make decisions.
More than 60 departments are active in climate-related research, a priority rooted in the university’s land-grant mission of service informed by its science.
The team is one of 20 from throughout the country to receive the $75,000 prize from the U.S. Department of Energy. The award makes them eligible for the second phase of the $5.1 million competition.
The university grew total research and development expenditures to $368.3 million in FY2022, a 3% increase from FY2021, according to a National Science Foundation rankings report.