WSU gained access to a $530,589 grant in June to study little cherry disease and fund testing services at WSU's Plant Pest Diagnostic Clinic, where researchers will receive their first samples this week.
LCD...
Four people in Washington, all of them in King County, have tested positive for monkeypox, a virus that has been appearing in headlines worldwide since May. However, monkeypox is much less transmissible...
WSU researchers are developing gut-on-a-chip technology to determine why Escherichia coli can be lethal in dogs and humans.
Escherichia coli, or E. coli, is a group of bacteria that live in the intestinal...
When she plays the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons with her friends, WSU senior Alexandra Puzon plays the Druid class for its healing capabilities.
In her DnD experience, she noticed a balanced...
FRANKIE BEER, Evergreen news editor
• April 27, 2022
Olivia Hayden lifts a 40-pound bag of sand over her shoulders, preparing to walk from Pullman to Moscow alongside her brother and the rest of Air Force ROTC Detachment 905.
At around 3:30 a.m., she...
TOM ABBOTT, Evergreen sports editor
• April 13, 2022
Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome is a medical condition causing repeated and severe vomiting in long-time daily cannabis users.
CHS has a very brief history in the world of medicine, first described...
HALEY MORRIS, Evergreen contributor
• April 13, 2022
A recent study by senior biochemistry major Dana Pittman has generated an accurate mathematical model for mouse populations, showing how they could impact disease transmission of hantavirus, an infection...
DAVID HUTNER, Evergreen reporter
• February 17, 2022
Researchers from WSU and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) are working to combat stripe rust, a fungus that can devastate wheat crops and harvests in the Pacific Northwest.
The aim...
GREY KAMASZ, Evergreen reporter
• February 10, 2022
Researchers from NuPhY and Texas A&M University received a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant to research and develop ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequencing technology for virus...
A WSU research team examined the effects of gallic acid in combination with stretching mechanisms on human cartilage cells from arthritic knees to mimic the stretching from walking. The results found both...
GREY KAMASZ, Evergreen reporter
• January 20, 2022
A research team within the Paul G. Allen School for Global Health is studying how an infectious bacterium causes fleas to transmit the Bubonic Plague via flea bite.
The research team is led by Viveka...
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the U.S., and the rates have only increased in recent years — but what exactly is cancer, and can we prevent it?
Cancer occurs when a cell divides uncontrollably,...
