By Will Ferguson, College of Arts & Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Sandia National Laboratories physicist Marcus Knudson is the first joint faculty appointee to serve both Sandia and Washington State University. Using Sandia’s unique Z machine, he will enhance fundamental research into the compression of materials under extreme conditions.
By Will Ferguson, College of Arts & Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Bizarre creatures that go years without water. Others that can survive the vacuum of open space. Some of the most unusual organisms found on Earth provide insights for Washington State University planetary scientist Dirk Schulze-Makuch to predict what life could be like elsewhere in […]
By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University physicist Marc Weber will boldly go where he has not gone before – to address an audience at the Super Bowl of science fiction conventions.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Ian Richardson has won the top award in the U.S. for students studying cryogenics, or materials at very low temperatures.
By Nella Letizia, WSU Libraries PULLMAN, Wash. – An exhibit opening this week in Washington State University’s Terrell Library continues the yearlong exploration of America’s garbage problems through the entity in charge of monitoring and fixing them: the government.
By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, WASH. – Nature is tossing a bright celestial ball of dust and ice over the Pacific Northwest this week. Comet Lovejoy is at its peak of brightness, giving observers an opportunity to see its glow in winter’s night sky, according to Washington State University astronomer Michael Allen.
By Eric Sorensen, WSU science writer PULLMAN, Wash. – A Washington State University undergraduate has helped develop a new method for detecting water on Mars. Her findings appear in Nature Communications, one of the most influential general science journals.
By Eric Sorensen, WSU science writer PULLMAN, Wash. – An international team of researchers has found extremely small habitats that increase the potential for life on other planets while offering a way to clean up oil spills on our own.