I don’t know the full heritage of my mutt from the pound, Buster Brown by name. Buster was listed as a “Lab mix” by the Humane Society but my vet has said he is more of a German Shepherd mix. We all can agree he’s a mongrel – indeed, one or both of his parents […]
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Normally, when a bacterium invades your body, it’s surrounded and engulfed by a white blood cell. At least that’s what we were taught in high school biology. If all goes well, the white blood cell kills the bacterium and the infection is over: case closed.
When I was a child, I read a lot of murder mysteries. At a young age I favored the books featuring Miss Marple by Agatha Christie. When I was a bit older I fell in love with Lord Peter Wimsey in the books by Dorothy Sayers. No matter the book, I liked to follow along […]
WSU student selected as 2013 Golden Opportunity Institute Scholar John Kuhn, a senior in WSU’s Crop and Soil Sciences department has been selected as a 2013 Golden Opportunity Institute Scholar. The recognition includes funding support for Kuhn’s participation in the 2013 International Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, […]
Tell Us What You Really Think We think it’s about time we ask our readers what they think. Would you please take five minutes to answer a short poll about our online newsletters? In appreciation, we’ll enter your name (if you so choose) in a drawing to win one of three prizes: The Crimson Spoon […]
PNW Bioenergy Farms Tour Over 120 public agency, policy, research, and extension stakeholders got an inside look this summer at how poplars may lead the Pacific Northwest toward energy self-sufficiency. The toured demonstration sites, part of the Advanced Hardwood Biofuels research project, are designed to test and showcase all aspects of growing hybrid poplar as […]
Experienced poker players know the basic odds of drawing the card they need to build a better hand. They also are good at estimating if their hand is likely to be better than those of the other players around the table. In other words, probability and statistics are built into the game of poker.
Washington State University’s plant science research is at the heart of some of our biggest issues as a society: responding to climate change, growing enough food and the challenges of protecting that food from pests and pathogens. WSU’s endeavor to address these issues stems from its land-grant heritage and tradition of service to society.
