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NSF features WSU research on pygmy rabbit, habitat

Shipley
Shipley

Lisa A. Shipley, professor in the School of the Environment, is featured in a new Science Nation video from the National Science Foundation about sagebrush habitat.

The video considers the southeastern Idaho region from the perspective of a tiny forager – the pygmy rabbit.

Shipley, a wildlife ecologist at Washington State University, collaborates on the research with ecologists Janet Rachlow, University of Idaho, and Jennifer Forbey, Boise State University.

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WiSTEM encourages, mentors WSU women in STEM

Elizabeth Magill
Magill

As a sophomore transfer student, Elizabeth Magill wanted to start on the path to graduate school right away.

“I was really passionate about my zoology studies but didn’t know how to get involved outside of class,” she said. “In my junior year, I met two female graduate teaching assistants. They gave me direction, helped me get a job in a zoology lab and are still my friends and mentors today.”

In appreciation for that guidance, Magill is helping other students by participating in the WiSTEM initiative – Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics – at Washington State University.

The School of Biological Sciences (SBS) launched the effort this fall to connect young women interested in STEM careers with mentors, networking opportunities and a supportive community of like-minded individuals.

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Institute promotes nuclear science research, collaboration

Aurora Clark
Aurora Clark

The new Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology (INST) will bring together diverse scientists and researchers at Washington State University to address global challenges in security, human health, energy and environmental quality.

“At a national level, one of the major research problems in nuclear science and technology is that experts working on one specific type of problem often are isolated from colleagues working in other areas,” said Aurora Clark, professor of chemistry and director of the institute.

Approved by the WSU Board of Regents in September, INST includes faculty from three colleges and will enable creative solutions to challenges in radioecology, nuclear energy, nuclear medicine and nuclear policy.

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Bose-Einstein pioneer Peter Engels elected APS fellow

Peter Engels
Peter Engels

Peter Engels, professor of physics and astronomy, has been elected a fellow of the American Physical Society in recognition of his pioneering work studying Bose-Einstein condensates – clouds of atoms laser-cooled to the point where they behave like one wave instead of discrete particles.

“This recognition bears testimony to Washington State University’s strengths in physics and in the fundamental sciences in general, which form the basis for strong research endeavors at WSU,” Engels said.

His research is advancing fundamental understanding of the laws of quantum physics. This could eventually help in the development of ultrapowerful quantum computers and a wide variety of advanced sensors for taking measurements of quantities such as gravity, rotations and magnetic fields.

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Ask Dr. Universe: Why does the Earth spin?

Guy Worthey
Guy Worthey

No matter how still we stand, or if we’re in Scotland, Malaysia, or the United States, we are always spinning. Our Earth spins at a constant, very fast speed as we make a trip around the sun.

But it’s not just the Earth that spins, said my friend Guy Worthey, an astronomy professor at Washington State University. The moon, the sun, and almost all the other planets spin, too.

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