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Pow Wow 2019: ‘Keep Them Sacred’
The theme of this year’s Pow Wow at Washington University in St. Louis is “Keep Them Sacred: Honoring Generations of Indigenous Women.” The 29th annual event, a celebration of American Indian cultures,...
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Building resilient cities
Washington University in St. Louis senior Marissa Lerner studies science and engineering. Her friend and classmate Alexis Vidaurreta studies architecture and design. But they have both come to realize...
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Flaw in many home pregnancy tests can return false negative results
Each year, women in the U.S. rely on some 20 million home pregnancy tests to learn potentially life-altering news. Despite marketing claims that such tests are 99 percent accurate, research at...
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Solar on the South 40? Students study bringing renewable energy home
Marc Lopata of Azimuth Energy shows members of RESET a drone that will capture images of campus rooftops. The students were gathered at Sumers Recreation Center to observe the installation of new solar...
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Participation is high in Israel’s universal CDA program, the first in the world
A new analysis by the Social Policy Institute at Washington University in St. Louis examines enrollment and participation trends in a newly implemented national Israeli child development account (CDA)...
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Lithium boosts muscle strength in mice with rare muscular dystrophy
Standing up from a chair, climbing stairs, brushing one’s hair – all can be a struggle for people with a rare form of muscular dystrophy that causes progressive weakness in the shoulders and hips. Over...
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The kids are alright
It’s spring, finally — and in the tree branches a battle is brewing. A robin returns to her nest with an earthworm. Her nestlings all beg, but only one will get this meal. And while Mom has an interest...
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New rules for lung transplants lead to unintended consequences
A donated lung suitable for transplant is a scarce resource. For this reason, the national policy determining which patients on the lung transplant waiting list will receive such an organ has provoked...
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Takes a licking and keeps on storing
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis made an energy storage device that can withstand a hammer striking it more than 40 times. The shatterproof supercapacitor is also nonflammable, unlike...
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Researchers receive $3 million to study how adversity affects offspring’s health
Washington University in St. Louis psychology researchers Ryan Bogdan and Thomas Oltmanns received a federal grant totaling more than $3 million to study how adversity may perpetuate racial health...
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Video: Washington University Wind Ensemble
A tuba establishes the simple, five-note motif. Woodwinds respond. The full ensemble quickly joins the fray. So begins Gustav Holst’s celebrated Second Suite for Military Band. Written in 1911, the...
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Despite health warnings, Americans still sit too much
Most Americans continue to sit for prolonged periods despite public health messages that such inactivity increases the risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and certain cancers, according to a major...
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Justice Department narrows interpretation of emoluments clause
The United States Justice Department has narrowed its interpretation of the foreign emoluments clause, allowing foreign countries to court President Donald Trump through patronizing his hotels, condos...
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Women’s Society recognizes students with awards, scholarships
The Women’s Society of Washington University presented the Harriet K. Switzer Leadership Award and the Elizabeth Gray Danforth Scholarships to four deserving students at their annual membership meeting...
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‘We do research to help people’
Guangming Zhao says it repeatedly: “I’m just a normal person.” He doesn’t understand why anyone would be interested in talking to him, a 29-year-old PhD candidate in the McKelvey School of Engineering...
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A well-rounded entreprenurial education
Michael Kramer has always taken things to the next level. While most teenagers aren’t averse to doing occasional yard work or dog walking for their neighbors, Kramer turned neighborhood side gigs into...
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Expanding solar power at Tyson Research Center
Washington University in St. Louis students Maya Coyle, Kyle Cepeda and Sarah Chen have learned about their field by going into the woods — the woods of Tyson Research Center. The trio, all seniors...
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Wearable motion detectors identify subtle motor deficits in children
A wristwatch-like motion-tracking device can detect movement problems in children whose impairments may be overlooked by doctors and parents, according to a new study from Washington University School...
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Newfound autoimmune syndrome causes muscle pain, weakness
A previously unknown autoimmune muscle disease involving sudden onset of debilitating muscle pain and weakness has been identified by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St....
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Kemper Art Museum to present ‘Ai Weiwei: Bare Life’
Ai Weiwei, “Forever Bicycles,” 2011. Installation view, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, 2011. (All images courtesy of Ai Weiwei Studio.) This fall, the newly expanded and renovated Mildred Lane Kemper Art...
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