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• Major Grant Secured for Radioactive Isotope Study

  

  PULLMAN, Wash. – Chemist Nathalie Wall of Washington State University and a colleague at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been awarded more than $600,000 from the Department of Energy for a study of how a radioactive isotope moves in soil and water. Read more

• Offering Up Bad Jokes a Good Way to Draw ‘Friendly Fire,’ WSU Researcher Shows

  

  PULLMAN, Wash. – Offering up a joke – at least one of that isn’t politically incorrect or “off-color” – is rarely considered particularly risky socially. But a recent study at Washington State University suggests jokesters do risk receiving a surprising amount of derision from their audience – particularly when it’s made up of those they love most. Read more

• $1M grant received for cleanup research

  

  PULLMAN -- Markus Flury, WSU professor of soil physics, and Jim Harsh, WSU professor of soil chemistry, and colleagues from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, and the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls, have received a three-year $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to continue research on the fate of radioactive waste that has leaked from underground tanks into the soil. Read more

• WSU Researcher Takes Aim at Metastatic Cancer

  

  Has it spread? That has been one of the questions cancer patients most fear to ask—and one their doctors find most difficult to answer. It can be very hard to tell whether cancerous cells have spread from a tumor into other tissues; and once a cancer spreads from its original site, the patient’s odds of survival go way down. Read more

• WSU Researchers Invent Technique to Speed Development of Vaccines

  PULLMAN, Wash.—A team of Washington State University scientists has devised a method that could lead to the development of vaccines against some of the most troubling infectious diseases we face—diseases that have so far been difficult or impossible to vaccinate against. Read more

• Education Research Team Heads to Israel/Palestine for Peace Project

  

  PULLMAN, Wash.—There is more to Israel/Palestine than conflict; many people there are working hard for peace. Teachers who want their students to learn that lesson will soon have help, thanks to a Washington State University College of Education faculty member. Read more

• WSU Students Receive National Scholarships to Study in China

  PULLMAN, Wash.-- Two Washington State University students will each receive a $20,000 National Security Education Program (NSEP) David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarship to study in China. A third WSU student was selected as an alternate. Read more

Recent News

• Children’s Internet Use and Cyber Bullying

  PULLMAN, Wash.--Children left to navigate cyberspace on their own with few or no parental rules seem to exhibit more anxiety, more depression and less pro-social behavior, according to a study by Washington State University researchers.

• From Biofuels to Native Outreach – It’s all in a Day’s Work For Science Major Ralph Young

  PULLMAN, Wash. – Ralph Young is looking to the future for the Colville Tribe, working on developing biofuels from canola in north-central Washington.

• Agriculture Practices to Reduce the Impact of Global Climate Change

  PULLMAN, Wash.- While agriculture contributes to the buildup of greenhouse gases, it also has the potential to help the planet by implementing practices that reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted, and even trap some of those being produced.

• Economic Boom and Olympic Games Pose Threat of Biological Invasion of China

  PULLMAN, Wash.--As the citizens of Beijing prepare to welcome an invasion by athletes and spectators coming to this summer’s Olympic Games, a quieter and much less welcome invasion is already under way.

• Clarkston History Teachers to Learn About Local and Regional History

  PULLMAN, Wash.—Washington State University history faculty and the Clarkston School District received a grant from the U.S. Department of Education for a three-year project, entitled “Confluences in American History.” The goal of the grant is to improve the history teaching skills and knowledge of 70 teachers from the Clarkston area. The teachers will learn from WSU faculty via field seminars and workshops

• Study Finds Early Primaries Would Boost States’ Impact on White House Races

  As they prepare to caucus this weekend in the shadow of Super Tuesday’s much-publicized presidential primary, a new study by a Washington State University professor and political scientist suggests Washington’s voters could likely have boosted their impact on the race for the White House had they instead participated in an earlier primary process.

• WSU Researchers Offer Insight into the Fate of an Ancient Civilization in the American Southwest

  Using computer simulations to synthesize both new and earlier research, a team of scientists led by a Washington State University anthropology professor has given new perspective to the long-standing question of what happened more than 700 years ago to cause the ancestral Pueblo people known as the Anasazi to abruptly end their 700-year-long occupation of the now-famous cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde and other nearby communities in southwestern Colorado.

• Education Expert Urges Teachers to Tune in to Popular Culture

  PULLMAN, Wash.-- Rather than ignoring the latest video games, rap songs and cartoon shows, teachers should be using them to engage students, said Washington State University Assistant Professor Trenia Walker.

• $1 Million Grant Advances Aquatic Exercise Research

  Thanks to a $1 million grant from the National Swimming Pool Foundation, Washington State University researchers plan to create the National Aquatics and Sports Medicine Institute. “This will be the world’s premiere center for aquatic health research,” said the institute director, Bruce Becker, a physician and research professor in WSU’s College of Education. “There is no other lab with this mission and focus. The foundation’s grant gives us tremendous movement forward. We intend to build on our initial research and fill the knowledge gaps of how water benefits our hearts, lungs and endocrine systems.”

• Scientific American Names WSU Scientist One of Top 50 Researchers of 2007

  Washington State University reproductive biologist Patricia A. Hunt has been named one of the top 50 researchers of 2007 by Scientific American, for her work showing a potential threat to human health posed by bisphenol A (BPA), a component of the polycarbonate plastics used to make food and beverage containers. “There’s been so much good work in this area in the past year that to be singled out is really an honor,” said Hunt after learning of her selection.

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