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Aiding quest to make gravitational waves visible
PULLMAN – Einstein’s general theory of relativity predicts them. And tiny movements in large objects confirm them. But scientists have yet to see gravitational waves.
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How Solid Is Concrete's Carbon Footprint?
PULLMAN, Wash.—Many scientists currently think at least 5 percent of humanity's carbon footprint comes from the concrete industry, both from energy use and the carbon dioxide (CO2) byproduct from the production of cement, one of concrete's principal components.
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WSU Joins with NASA, USGS CVO in High-Tech Monitoring of Mt. St. Helens
VANCOUVER, Wash. – Using sensor software written by a team of researchers at Washington State University, a dozen high-tech robotic pods forming a network built to operate in hostile environments are currently being used in hot spots inside and around the mouth of the most deadly and active volcano in the continental United States.
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WSU Astrobiologist Updates Book on the Search for Life Beyond Earth
PULLMAN, Wash.-The search for life on other worlds goes on, and Dirk Schulze-Makuch has a lot to say about how we should go about it.
The Washington State University astrobiologist has just come out with a second edition of the 2004 book he wrote with Louis Irwin of the University of Texas at El Paso. “Life in the Universe: Expectations and Constraints” was so well received that the publisher, Springer, asked him and Irwin to write a second edition just four years later.
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$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.”
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WSU Researchers to Use High-Speed Fiber Optic
PULLMAN, Wash. -- Washington State University’s research community will enjoy the benefits of high-speed fiber optic bandwidth by the beginning of the new semester in 2009. The university’s Information Technology Services division finalized a contract with 360 Network Inc. of Seattle to lease fiber optic cable access with 40 gigabytes per second capacity.
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WSU Researchers Do Landmark Shock Wave Experiments at Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source
A team of physicists from Washington State University has successfully completed the first experiments using the nation’s premiere synchrotron X-ray facility to detect shock wave-induced changes in a crystalline material.
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Merial Licenses WSU DNA Testing Technology
PULLMAN, Wash. -- Washington State University has signed a licensing agreement with Merial Limited., a world-leading animal health company, to commercialize DNA technology that will benefit beef and dairy cattle producers in the selection, breeding and management of their herds. The technology was originally developed by Zhihua Jiang, assistant professor of animal sciences.
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