The first-of-its-kind development is expected to make it easier to find treatments for a disease that has destroyed millions of acres of orange, grapefruit and lemon groves around the world.

The competitive grant brings the total NIH investment into the program to more than $10.4 million since it began in 1989 as one of the first nine NIH training grant programs in biotechnology.

The 2019-2020 projects include a new course in which students will learn the chemical origins of color perception and create painting projects from pigments they have synthesized themselves in the laboratory.

This year’s national Goldwater pool included more than 1,200 students nominated by 443 academic institutions.

The prototypes will be implemented in classrooms in spring of 2020.

Yong Wang has been named a recipient of the 2019 Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division Practice Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

A team of Washington State and Tufts University researchers have uncovered fundamentals in how mirror-image molecules interact, a discovery that could have implications in biochemistry, medicine, and industry.

The plant-based material surpasses the insulation capabilities of Styrofoam, is very lightweight and can support up to 200 times its weight without changing shape. 

Washington State University researchers are studying how to use cellulose nanocrystals to insulate sensitive trees and buds against the cold. So far, their experiments have been successful.

The team is led by horticulturist Matt Whiting and engineer Xiao Zhang. Their research was recently featured in Good Fruit Grower Magazine. Read the article >>

Their device, called Appiture, tests for the possibility of autism spectrum disorder quickly and conveniently.