Idaho’s Silver Valley has produced about 1.2 billion ounces of silver since the late 1800s, enough to cast a solid cube roughly as tall as a five-story building, along with huge amounts of lead and zinc.
Ten Washington State University research projects were awarded funding from the President’s Big Ideas Initiative, and two of those efforts come from professors affiliated with the College of Arts and Sciences.
“Critical minerals” have moved from obscure policy jargon to a central topic in debates over energy, technology, and national security.
Washington State University’s resident feline scientist, Dr. Universe, dives deep beneath Earth’s surface to answer a big question from Nora, 6, of Florida: Why does Earth have lava in the middle?
Washington State University’s School of the Environment will host a free, public presentation, “Adventures in Caving,” by National Geographic explorer Robbie Shone at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 20, in Webster Hall 16.
A recent study by geophysicists at Washington State University offers insight into how nutrients may reach the subsurface ocean of Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons and a leading candidate for extraterrestrial life in the solar system.
Washington State University’s resident feline scientist, Dr. Universe, takes readers on an out-of-this-world journey to answer a big question from Lucy, 10, of Illinois: How do scientists know the mass and size of planets?
MSN: Meghan Parsley is the lead author on a study on how quickly eDNA degrades in the environment.
The Salt Lake Tribune: Professor John Harrison addresses the geological and climate implications of mud volcanoes and methane gas.
Among the jagged peaks of the North Cascades, lush alpine meadows rich with berries and wildflowers blanket valleys carved by glaciers, some threaded with trickling creeks. But these idyllic landscapes are missing one big thing that had helped sustain them over the millennia: grizzly bears. That will soon change after federal officials decided last month […]