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• First of Its Kind: WSU Led Bio-Jet Fuel Project Officially Gets Off the Ground

  

  PULLMAN, Wash. – A major Washington State University effort to develop aviation bio-fuel is underway with the announcement of a strategic initiative called the “Sustainable Aviation Fuels Northwest� project; the first of its kind in the U.S. In partnership with Alaska Airlines, Boeing, the Port of Seattle, The Port of Portland, and Spokane International Airport, the project will look at biomass options within a four-state region as possible sources for creating renewable jet fuel. Read more

• More beef, less envioronmental impact

  

  In “Comparing the environmental impact of the US beef industry in 1977 to 2007,� assistant professor of animal science Jude L. Capper revealed that improvements in nutrition, management, growth rate and slaughter weights, have significantly reduced the environmental impact of modern beef production and improved its sustainability. Read more

• Scientists Call on U.S. to Stem Ecological Impact of Trade in Coral Reef Wildlife

  

  VANCOUVER, Wash. -- International law has failed to protect coral reefs and tropical fish from being decimated by a growing collectors market, but U.S. reforms can lead the way towards making the trade more responsible, ecologically sustainable and humane. Read more

• WSU Biologist Finds Extreme Animals May Like Harsh Environments, But Not Too Harsh

  

  PULLMAN, Wash.—In recent decades, scientists have been intrigued by extremophiles—microbes and animals capable of living in environments of seemingly unbearable heat, pressure and acidity. Read more

Related News

• WSU Anthropology Graduate Students Receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

  PULLMAN, Wash. —Two graduate students made Washington State University history on April 5 when they became the first recipients of National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships in the Anthropology Department.

• WSU Astrobiologist’s Book Argues NASA’s Viking Discovered Martian Life in 1976

  PULLMAN, Wash. – But for our limited understanding of one of our closest planetary neighbors and our decidedly terrestrial views on biology, the discovery of life on an alien world might well have been celebrated nearly 35 years ago.

• New Evidence Suggests Northwest Lava Flows Could Have Altered Earth's Climate, Wiped Out Species

  PULLMAN, Wash.—New research suggests the volcanic birth of the Northwest's Columbia Plateau happened much more quickly than previously thought and with an intensity that may have changed the earth’s climate and caused some plants and animals to go extinct.

• Tackling 'mother of all multi-scale modeling problems’

  Addressing one of the biggest challenges in the nuclear industry - the sturdiness of materials that protect the core reaction - Professor Hussein Zbib and colleagues have received a three-year grant to better understand multiscale models and methods for nuclear materials.

• Research results in small, quicker, cooler fuel cell

  Moving away from fossil fuels or using them more efficiently is a worldwide challenge. WSU is rising to the challenge in a variety of ways, including fuel cell research. Jeongmin Ahn, assistant professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, recently received a $300,000 grant from Korea Fuel Cell Energy. He will use it to develop a small-scale, compact electric power generator that will use a single chamber solid oxide fuel cell.

• $6M in NSF grants a coup for graduate training

  WSU’s recent receipt of two grants has “lifted our graduate and research programs … to a new level,’’ according to Candis Claiborn, dean of the College of Engineering and Architecture.