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2 weeks ago | 
medicalxpress.com | Sara Zaske
Most people have right-dominant hearts—which to a doctor or a researcher means they have an artery that extends from the right side of their hearts to supply oxygenated blood to the back side. For some people, this artery, called the posterior descending artery, comes from the left side or from both directions. A study has found that the gene CXCL12 is connected to this artery's formation and that its directional pattern is set very early in human development.
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1 month ago | 
copernical.com | Sara Zaske
'Microlightning' in water droplets may have sparked life on Earthby Sara Zaske for Stanford NewsStanford CA (SPX) Mar 17, 2025 Life may not have begun with a dramatic lightning strike into the ocean but from many smaller "microlightning" exchanges among water droplets from crashing waterfalls or breaking waves.
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1 month ago | 
terradaily.com | Sara Zaske
'Microlightning' in water droplets may have sparked life on Earthby Sara Zaske for Stanford NewsStanford CA (SPX) Mar 17, 2025
Life may not have begun with a dramatic lightning strike into the ocean but from many smaller "microlightning" exchanges among water droplets from crashing waterfalls or breaking waves.
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2 months ago | 
magazine.wsu.edu | Sara Zaske |Larry Clark
The Association for Faculty Women is no ordinary networking group. It is arguably one of the most consequential organizations in Washington State University history—with the records to prove it. Among them: evidence of how AFW members have helped increase the numbers of women faculty at WSU, established a commission on women, and supported a gender equity lawsuit that transformed women’s athletics in the entire state, with impacts across the country.
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2 months ago | 
scitechdaily.com | Sara Zaske
Research suggests that stronger individuals, regardless of gender, have more lifetime partners. This challenges theories that men’s strength evolved solely for mate competition and suggests strength benefits both sexes in unexpected ways. A study found that both men and women with greater upper body strength reported having more sexual partners, defying traditional evolutionary theories.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
bigcountrynewsconnection.com | Sara Zaske
VANCOUVER, WA — Some of the most productive apple regions in America are facing big challenges from a changing climate, according to a Washington State University study. Researchers analyzed over 40 years of climate conditions that impact the growth cycle of apple trees from bud break and flowering through fruit development, maturation and color development.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
bigcountrynewsconnection.com | Sara Zaske
PULLMAN – While large language models like ChatGPT can do well when choosing multiple-choice answers on financial licensing exams, they falter when dealing with more nuanced tasks. A Washington State University-led study analyzed more than 10,000 responses to financial exam questions by the artificial intelligence language models BARD, Llama and ChatGPT.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
tudecidesmedia.com | Sara Zaske
Some of the most productive apple regions in America are facing big challenges from a changing climate, according to a Washington State University study. Researchers analyzed over 40 years of climate conditions that impact the growth cycle of apple trees from bud break and flowering through fruit development, maturation and color development.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
news.wsu.edu | Joe Roberts |Tina Hilding |Voiland College |Sara Zaske
As a research technician in Washington State University’s Department of Entomology, Todd Murray was the first to document a new invasive species, the oak-skeletonizer moth, in 1997. The director of the WSU Puyallup Research and Extension Center is coming full circle in a position that uniquely suits his interests and passions as the recently elected chair of the Washington Invasive Species Council (WISC). “This is a milestone for me,” Murray said.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
news.wsu.edu | Tina Hilding |Voiland College |Sara Zaske |Levi McGarry
Computer models that take into account how people act might someday be able to predict the ensuing evacuation challenges and traffic problems that occur during wildfire emergencies. Washington State University-led researchers used predictive machine-learning models to simulate how people behaved during the Tick wildfire in the Santa Clarita area of California in 2019. The research, published in Fire Technology, could improve evacuation policies and help emergency managers in fire prone areas.
