Research

WSU scientists are leading a project to figure out how to make plants produce more oil and produce oils of different compositions.

WSU-designed handbook helps parents become advisors and coaches to young adults leaving for first year of college.

Firearm injury is the primary cause of death for U.S. children and adolescents. WSU, the University of Washington, and Arizona State University have partnered to examine how early prevention systems in communities can change that sobering statistic.

WSU Extension educates and empowers citizen scientists to make impactful changes across Washington state.

WSU student Rowena Gonzalez used fermented tea and the film it produces to create an alternative, sustainable material for apparel, and made a purse from kombucha.

In college competition, students condensed years of research into just a few minutes.

Twenty-one scientists and educators in WSU’s College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences received promotion in tenure or career tracks for 2023. Faculty members advancing their careers work in more than a dozen fields

WSU scientists find keeping queen bees chilled in indoor refrigeration units can make the practice of “queen banking” more stable and less labor-intensive.

Katie Sullivan relates how nutrition help exotic animals at WSU Halver Lecture.

Food scientists are unraveling the mysteries of foods like chocolate, studying what happens to our senses when we pop treats into our mouths.