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Two ground-breaking studies by Washington State University research teams are among the top 100 science stories of the year, according to Discover magazine. One of the teams, led by molecular biologist Michael Skinner, made the list for the second time in three years. Also making the list of top stories is research led by molecular anthropologist Brian Kemp.
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In normal times, Europe's brown bears live in a state of happy equilibrium. But under certain circumstances, things can go seriously awry, leading the males to commit what researcher Robert Wielgus calls sexually selected infanticide. Wielgus's most powerful tool against this eventuality is math.
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Christine Portfors, associate professor of biology at Washington State University Vancouver, has received a grant of $400,000 over three years to continue her research on how complex sounds are processed by the auditory system. She also examines how age-related hearing loss impacts this process.
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A team of sleep researchers from Washington State University has received a $1.5 million grant award from the W.M. Keck Foundation—a philanthropic institution supporting innovative research in science, engineering and medicine—to test a new theory of the brain organization of sleep.
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The study of evolution goes far beyond dinosaur bones and finch beaks. Fueled by advances in technology, research in evolutionary biology has never been stronger or more diverse—-especially on the Palouse.
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With completion of the human genome project, researchers know a lot about our genetic makeup. How that translates into action in our bodies in the form of proteins is the next frontier of understanding.
In the field of proteomics, however, researchers are limited by separation techniques. Blood, for instance, is thought to contain more than 50,000 proteins. Researchers would like to better understand the function of these proteins, which may be indicators of disease known as biomarkers, but they can only separate out about 2,500 proteins at a time using gel electrophoresis.
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PULLMAN, Wash. – A suite of proteins that changes the arrangement of DNA in chromosomes plays a key role in enabling cells to repair damage to their DNA, according to a new study by researchers in Washington State University’s School of Molecular Biosciences.
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Dr. Guy Palmer, a veterinary pathologist at Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Science’s Institute of Medicine (IOM). Election to this prestigious body is one of the highest honors for those in biomedical research and human health care.
The institute announced the election of its new members today (Oct. 9) in Washington, D.C.
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PULLMAN, Wash. – Animals might not analyze their emotions the way humans do, but they do experience them, according to Jaak Panksepp, a professor and researcher at Washington State University.
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It's taken 25 years of basic research in labs like that of John Browse for work on plant-oil biochemistry to begin to yield benefits we can use.
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PULLMAN, Wash. – Microscopic roundworms are helping scientists better understand what regulates cholesterol and fatty acid levels in the body, according to Washington State University researcher Jennifer Watts.
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In an effort to save its dwindling Asian vulture populations, India has announced it will ban veterinary use of the drug diclofenac. Lindsay Oaks of the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine and The Peregrine Fund discovered that the drug used as an anti-inflammatory in cattle was highly toxic to the vultures when they ate carcasses of treated animals.
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Kaid’dub Pavel, a bright-eyed, blond-haired, effervescent 4-year-old, is leading the way for a new WSU preschool program that focuses on honing the oral language and listening skills of children with hearing impairments.
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Researchers at Washington State University are seeking volunteers aged 50 and over to participate in a study being conducted in Pullman and Spokane that may lead to new techniques and memory interventions to assist those suffering from progressive dementia.
