Washington Research Foundation, a Seattle-based nonprofit that funds research and scholarship in Washington state, awarded more than $1.2 million for entrepreneurship training programs at the University of Washington and Washington… Read More
Universities and their computer science and engineering programs have been striving for years to boost the diversity of their student population, achieving varied levels of success. The schools are a… Read More
Washington state wants to create a “world leading” research and development center focused on low-carbon, sustainable aviation fuels. The facility is planned for Snohomish County’s Paine Field — Boeing’s historic… Read More
Each week, Ridwell workers fan neighborhoods in six cities around the country picking up canvas sacks stuffed with plastic bags and packing waste. The plastic film is sorted and sent… Read More
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is asking lawmakers to allocate $10 million in funding for Washington State University’s Institute for Northwest Energy Futures. The effort to launch the institute began in… Read More
An experiment that’s on its way to the International Space Station focuses on a subject that’s as common as dirt, but could be the key to growing crops in space.… Read More
Breaches in cybersecurity continue to grow in complexity and severity, costing companies more than $10 trillion per year by 2025, according to some estimates. To help train future cybersecurity experts… Read More
Washington State University has landed $10 million to increase the nutrient quality of whole-grain crops and help bring them to market. The funding, announced Wednesday, is part of a U.S.… Read More
Despite well-intended efforts to keep plastic water bottles, packaging and other items out of landfills, only 9% of plastics in the U.S. are recycled. One of the big problems is… Read More
Dewey Scientific, the Pullman, Wash.-based agtech startup that is leveraging genomics, data science and more to improve the quality and genetic diversity of cannabis crops, has raised $3.2 million in… Read More
The University of Washington and Washington State University are adding artificial intelligence research institutes thanks to $40 million in funding from the National Science Foundation. UW and WSU will house… Read More
Humans produce more than 6 billion tons of plastic every year, and its accumulation in landfills and oceans is considered by many to be an environmental crisis. Only 9% of… Read More
The University of Washington will require all students get vaccinated against COVID-19 before the start of the autumn quarter, UW President Ana Mari Cauce announced Monday. In a message to… Read More
Build a better fuel tank, and the space industry will beat a path to your door. At least that’s what Washington State University researchers are hoping after they harnessed the… Read More
Washington State University is launching a new life sciences incubator in Spokane, Wash., designed to help startups grow out of the university while also connecting regional entrepreneurs to faculty experts.… Read More
Lauren Charles recently took up string art as a hobby, motivated by her elementary-age daughter’s desire to hammer things. But the act of creating images by connecting many points together… Read More
In the old days, farmers kept track of their crops’ vital stats in logbooks and on whiteboards — but in the new days, that’s just not going to cut it.… Read More
As University of Washington epidemiologist Brandon Guthrie sifts through mounds of research in his Seattle home office, seeking to better understand the whys and hows of COVID-19, in the background… Read More
Washington State University researchers are leading a team that’s exploring the use of robotic pollinators to assist fruit farmers. The project just received a three-year grant totaling nearly $1 million… Read More
Eric Lofgren admits that epidemiology is a curious profession. “The issue all epidemiologists have is we get excited about epidemics, but they’re terrible things,” said Lofgren, an infectious disease epidemiologist… Read More
SPOKANE, Wash. — If you showed up at an emergency room with a heart attack, you’d expect to receive some diagnostic tests like pulse, blood pressure and an EKG. You’d… Read More
Jordan Zager grew up on the eastern slope of the Sierras, admiring the work started by John Muir and Jeanne Carr and learning the importance of protecting nature’s scarce resources.… Read More
Adding the newest YouTube animal sensation, background music or other pieces of irrelevant entertainment to a lesson plan isn’t a good idea if teachers want students to retain important information,… Read More
Crimson Robotics, a team of students from Washington State University, is one of 80 teams from around the world chosen to compete in an upcoming season of “BattleBots,” the popular… Read More
Artificial intelligence can do a lot of impressive things, like find snow leopards among Himalayan grasses captured by remote cameras, maneuver self-driving cars through traffic, and defeat world-class opponents in… Read More
The most hotly anticipated apple of the year has arrived. It’s not a iPhone, iWatch, iMac or iAnything. It is an actual fruit. Say hello to the Cosmic Crisp, a… Read More
If you’re a frequent taker of images of yourself — “selfies” — you may not click “like” on this story. Scientists at Washington State University have taken a closer look… Read More
One of the first industries to grasp the potential of the internet of things was agriculture, where changing weather and soil conditions across vast fields can cost farmers a lot… Read More
Tobacco plays a big role in Native American history and culture, predating Christopher Columbus’ arrival by well more than a millennium. But what did ancient tribes smoke? And can history… Read More
The moon is one of the last places in the solar system you’d expect to find life today, but astrobiologists say life could have found a foothold there billions of… Read More
