In the nation’s third-largest metro area, about 400 residents tracked their moods during a summer when temperatures hit 100 degrees by mid-June. Were they feeling cranky? Acting impulsively? Lashing out verbally? Yes, yes, and yes, according to survey results.
The Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine launched its first mobile simulation unit to bring simulation-based medical education and training to WSU’s regional medical campuses and Washington communities.
Adults in a study who said they looked to a person they knew as role model for good health — such as a friend, relative or healthcare provider — rather than a celebrity, had greater motivation to reach their health goals. The women participants were also more likely than men to choose a personal role model rather than a celebrity. And the person most often named was their own mother.
A Maltese puppy named Carter became the first dog to undergo a new procedure at Washington State University that will provide a safer treatment option for the tiniest of patients diagnosed with patent ductus arteriosus or PDA, a common and deadly congenital heart defect.
A wearable health monitor developed by Washington State University researchers can reliably measure levels of important biochemicals in sweat during physical exercise.
Voters who are neither wealthy nor white are more likely to live in counties with fewer resources available to make sure ballots are counted on time, a new election index revealed.
esponding to evolutions in technology and the needs of students, all while sustaining her track record of excellent teaching, has led to multiple awards for Kathleen Rodgers.
Washington State University’s newest spring wheat variety honors a pioneering Black family whose contributions to farming, community building and civic service in the 1800s helped shape the Pacific Northwest.
A robotic gripper developed by Washington State University researchers is able to gently grab the majority of apples out of a tree without damaging the fruit.
Who proposes a bill matters more to Republican men than what it says — at least when it comes to the environment, a recent study found.
Washington State University’s Knott Dairy Center is working with dairy farmers around the state to learn more about the challenges facing today’s industry and research solutions to those problems.
The Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (WADDL) at Washington State University has been awarded a $1.5 million grant to identify and track respiratory pathogens in the Pacific Northwest with the potential to spread between humans and livestock. This includes the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 that has recently jumped from birds into dairy cattle
Kyle Yoshida, a postdoctoral researcher in WSU’s School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, has received a Washington Research Foundation fellowship to study human-robot interactions and agricultural robotics — work that he hopes to bring someday to his home in Hawaii.
Blocking a protein known as CDK7 could prevent heart damage associated with a commonly used cancer chemotherapy medication, according to a study led by scientists at Washington State University. Importantly, the researchers also found that inhibiting CDK7 could help enhance the medication’s cancer-killing capability.
