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The Daily Evergreen

Felix Lankester experimenting with facial recognition app on a dog from one of the villages in Tanzinia

Researchers help prevent rabies

Anna Haro, Evergreen reporter February 20, 2024

Researchers at Washington State University created a new facial recognition application for dogs that can help slow the spread of rabies. These researchers traveled to rural Tanzania as a part of a program...

The researchers with the bioreactor

New developments regarding WSU-made cancer treatment

Aimee Sulit, Evergreen reporter November 15, 2023

A WSU-made machine is capable of growing cells for cancer immunotherapy a treatment using someone's immune system and has reached new levels of development. The research for the bioreactor began with...

Mexican-American children were more likely to share than white children. But the Mexican-American children were more competitive than individualistc children if they spoke English at home.

Sharing is caring, but only for some

JUSTIN WASHINGTON, Evergreen research editor November 11, 2021

WSU researchers found that Mexican-American preschool children from collectivistic backgrounds are more cooperative and share more than white preschool children from individualistic backgrounds.  Collectivism...

A team with the WSU Sleep and Performance Research Center will be observing night-shift workers’ DNA and sleep cycles.

Center studies link between night-shift workers, risk of cancer

TRINITY WILLSEY, Evergreen reporter October 28, 2021

The WSU Sleep and Performance Research Center is monitoring sleep patterns of night-shift workers to identify factors that contribute to a higher risk of cancer.  A research team at the center will...

WSU is home to a nuclear reactor of its own. The core sits at the bottom of a 25-foot deep pool.

‘Our reactor is so safe we let undergrads operate it’

EMMA LEDBETTER, Evergreen news editor September 23, 2021

Seated in the console room of WSU’s Dodgen Research Facility, nuclear reactor operators have a poolside view unlike any other. Just on the other side of the console room window lies a 25-foot deep...

Researchers were studying how drought conditions affect the trees to determine which variety would best serve as winbreak tress for farmsteads.

Lind Dryland and the death of 85 Austrian trees

KASSANDRA VOGEL, Evergreen reporter September 16, 2021

WSU’s Lind Dryland Research Station housed 85 Austrian pine trees for 45 years before they were all destroyed in a fire this summer, leaving decades of ongoing research incomplete.  In 1976, 329...

The WSU Wilke Research and Extension Farm is located in Davenport, Washington.

Wilke Farm: Home to studies, researchers

ERIN MULLINS, Evergreen reporter September 16, 2021

Located in Washington’s intermediate rain zone in Davenport, the WSU Wilke Research and Extension Farm has been conducting research on cropping systems that improve farm profitability and enhance soil...

Left to right, Jan Dasgupta, Clark Kogan, Ziyi Chen and Tim Neumann discuss WSU’s Center for Interdisciplinary Statistics Education and Research.

Sprinkle in some stats

EMMA LEDBETTER, Evergreen news editor September 9, 2021

WSU’s Center for Interdisciplinary Statistical Education and Research stands ready to help researchers draw statistical conclusions from their data. CISER offers three services for faculty members...

Postdoctoral researcher Kathir Selvam holds a sample of yeast cells after the Elf1 gene has been knocked out.

Researchers redefine gene involved with DNA repair

TRINITY WILLSEY, Evergreen reporter September 2, 2021

WSU researchers discovered a gene involved in repairing genetic pathways that can lead to cancerous conditions, neurological defects and cause aging.  The gene — named ELOF1 — was discovered 20...

Professor Idil Akin collects soil samples for research after the 2018 Mesa Wildfire.

Soil: On unsteady ground

ERIN MULLINS, Evergreen reporter September 2, 2021

A WSU researcher received a $567,113 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the mechanisms that cause landslides after a wildfire occurs.  Landslides can occur at varying times after a...

Marcus Poppen, assistant professor of special education, said his research team plans to use the money to learn about how partnering with employers and schools helps students prepare for life after college.

Grant funds employment opportunities for students receiving special education services

ANNA MICHALSON, Evergreen reporter December 2, 2020

A team from the WSU College of Education received a two-year $300,000 grant to prepare students who receive special education services for employment after graduation.  Marcus Poppen, assistant professor...

If someone cannot engage with their environment in a way that satisfies them, they are more likely to experience a sense of boredom.

People feel less boredom as pandemic continues, study finds

ALEXANDRIA OSBORNE, Editor-in-chief November 20, 2020

Researchers found that people experienced more boredom at the beginning of the pandemic, but as restrictions continue, people have become adept at finding something to occupy their time. After states...

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