WSU scientists studying plant systems to increase understanding of oil production
WSU scientists are leading a project to figure out how to make plants produce more oil and produce oils of different compositions.
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Smart fabric and clothing the goal of new grant-funded project
WSU scientist earns a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award to create a way to manufacture fibers that make better ‘smart’ clothing.
Scientists study babies’ emotions to understand origins of risky behavior, depression
Washington State University researchers are launching a four-year study of babies’ emotional reactions and responses, seeking a greater understanding of how humans develop safe and unsafe behaviors. Funded by $602,043 grant from the National Science Foundation, scientists in WSU’s Department of Human Development and Department of Psychology will study infants’ approach and avoidance behaviors, to […]
National Science Foundation awards million-dollar funding for role model scientist
Andrei Smertenko recently received NSF CAREER program funding for this research into phragmoplasts, molecular machines that help plants grow.
$3M grant for Columbia basin food, energy, water needs
A team led by WSU will study how to better coordinate and manage the food, water and energy needs of the Columbia River basin and make the region more resilient to a changing climate as part of a $3 million grant cosponsored by the National Science Foundation and the USDA.
WSU receives NSF grant to evaluate university partner accommodation policies
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University professor of economics Jill McCluskey has been awarded a three-year, $449,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant will help fund a study of the effects of partner accommodation policies (PAPs), including their implications for increasing the number of female faculty teaching science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).