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WSU undergraduates receive Udall scholarships
Katy Ayers and Jessalyn Swanson are the latest recipients of prestigious, nationally competitive Udall Undergraduate Scholarship awards.
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Engineers, plant scientists decode electrochemical soil signals
Seeking new tools to improve soil health, WSU scientists are studying electric signals that bounce between plants and the underworld community of microbes that sustain them.
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WSU Emeritus/Emerita Society gives awards, grants to undergraduate researchers
The society of retired faculty members awarded five undergraduate research awards and two grants for arts and humanities research in 2023.
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Fungi means hope, not horror, says WSU student
Concern over the “zombie fungus” is understandable given the new HBO series and popular video game “The Last of Us,” but cordyceps is a staple of traditional medicine and could have new and beneficial uses for humans.
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Two WSU faculty named National Academy of Inventors senior members
Engineering professors Shulin Chen and Xiao Zhang were recognized for their success in producing technologies that have, or will have, a significant impact on society.
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Baby kangaroo fecal microbes could reduce methane from cows
Kangaroo feces might help provide an unlikely solution to the environmental problem of cow-produced methane, a WSU study indicates.
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Sustainable fertilizer production method proven to be cost-effective
New WSU research shows the cost of ammonia sustainably produced using steam or water electrolysis was comparable to current methods that use either natural gas or coal.
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Kangaroo rat research earns new NSF grant
A new three-year, National Science Foundation grant will allow researchers to explore the complexities of kangaroo rats, small rodents that have impressive hopping abilities.
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Su Ha named George Austin Endowed Director
Ha, the newly named director of the Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, has been with WSU since 2005.
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Novel waste treatment efficiently converts sewage to biogas
A new method to treat sewage can efficiently convert leftover sludge to biogas, an advance that could help communities lower their waste treatment costs while helping the environment.
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