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WSU scientists will study different hemp varieties and do chemical analysis of them as part of a new $10 million USDA grant.

New research helps add to our knowledge of how plants store energy. This could lead to plants better adapted to a warming climate.

WSU microbiologist John Peters co-authored a paper that has won the prestigious Cozzarelli Prize from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

WSU researcher and several colleagues challenge a previous scientific finding. Both the original finding and the challenge were posted in the journal Science.

A WSU researcher is part of a large team that announced the genome sequence for switchgrass, a major bioenergy crop.

State-of-the-art research hub virtually dedicated through commemorative video.

A unique partnership between WSU and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will have new leadership, starting in January. John Peters, director of WSU’s Institute of Biological Chemistry (IBC), will take the reins of WSU’s…

Little-understood protein guides development to regulate flow from roots to shoots

Scientists are one step closer to understanding how the cancer-fighting drug Taxol is produced by trees.

Research team led by WSU has developed a new tool to study how lipids interact with proteins in plants to help understand how photosynthesis happens, earning an editor’s choice honor from Science.