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Women in Oceanography: Erika McPhee-Shaw

I seem to have a lot of dreams about crashing waves and tumbling rivers, and my favorite college physics courses were those in electromagnetism, so perhaps it was inevitable that I would end up working in the science of waves and Earth’s water systems. One focus of my research has been the…

2015-01-30
Scientists produce two bio-fuels from single algae

Washington, Jan 29 (IANS) A common algae commercially grown to make fish food holds promise as a source for both bio-diesel and jet fuel, a study says.

Algae contains fatty acids that can be converted into fatty acid methyl esters, or FAMEs, the molecules in…

2015-01-30
Making a difference — Honoring women in male-dominated careers

Melissa Rice is an Assistant Professor of Planetary Science at Western Washington University, where she teaches in the Geology Department and the Physics & Astronomy Department. Her research focuses on the sedimentology, stratigraphy and mineralogy of planetary surfaces; the current aim…

2015-01-30
Western Professor Leads Research Team to Develop Potential Jet Fuel Made From Algae 2015-01-29
From Window magazine: Success story x 2 2015-01-26
Curiosity beyond Earth

As the sun rises and 8 a.m. gleams on her clock, Melissa Rice prepares for the next eight hours of her day. Rice’s agenda for the day includes conference calls with scientists from around the world, as well as planning for the future of the Mars rover: Curiosity.
Rice is not only an…

2015-01-16
WWU sets sail in new marine research boat

In preparation to take the first group of Western Washington University students out aboard the school’s newest research vessel, Capt. Nathan Schwark spent Wednesday afternoon doing a test run in Burrows Bay.
Engines synced? Check.
Monitors on? Check.
Winch lowering? Check.…

2015-01-08
Scientists say climate change means sicker world for sea life

The shellfish pathogen that hit California’s Channel Islands in the 1980s began to quickly kill one of the tideland’s most important animals — black abalone.

But what unnerved scientists was what they learned next: Whenever ocean waters grew warmer, the deadly…

2015-01-05
WWU professor helps craft marching orders for Mars rover

These are exciting days for the earthbound scientists who study Mars. Data from a NASA rover creeping across the red planet’s surface is rewriting our understanding of Mars’ geological history and offering tantalizing clues to the possibility that the planet once harbored life — or, possibly,…

2014-12-26
Retirement party for Deb Jusak is Jan. 9 2014-12-15
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