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Agreements provide collaboration opportunities with EU universities

PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University recently signed agreements to pursue the establishment of transatlantic collaborations with two leading universities in Austria and Germany on research programs and student exchanges.

WSU Tri-Cities, WRPS partner to develop technology, protect Hanford workers

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Two teams at Washington State University Tri-Cities are partnering with Washington River Protection Solutions to develop tools and methods to improve worker safety and safely immobilize solid secondary wastes.

WSU researchers build -300ºF alien ocean to test NASA outer space submarine

ººBy Tina Hilding, Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture PULLMAN, Wash. –  Engineers know how to design submarines on Earth, but building one gets a lot trickier when the temperature drops to -300 Fahrenheit and the ocean is made of methane and ethane. 

New water-splitting method could open path to hydrogen economy

By Tina Hilding, Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University researchers have found a way to more efficiently generate hydrogen from water — an important key to making clean energy more viable.

NPR’s Robert Siegel to receive WSU’s Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award

By Corrie Wilder, WSU Murrow College PULLMAN, Wash. – Robert Siegel, recently retired senior host of National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered,” has been selected to receive Washington State University’s 2018 Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award.

WSU study to test sleep technology in chronic insomnia

By Judith Van Dongen, WSU Spokane Office of Research SPOKANE, Wash. – If you spend your nights staring at the bedroom ceiling, you’re not alone. About a quarter of U.S. adults suffer from insomnia, which significantly impacts their quality of life.