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Researchers forecast stable, slightly declining levels of COVID-19 entering fall
The rate in which COVID-19 cases spread is not proportionate with the number of contagious individuals – as prior models assumed – but rather concave, meaning that the impact of one more infected...
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COVID-19 mouse model will speed search for drugs, vaccines
The global effort to quickly develop drugs and vaccines for COVID-19 has been hampered by limited numbers of laboratory mice that are susceptible to infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes...
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Washington University statement on presidential proclamation on Chinese...
At Washington University, we are committed to fostering a diverse, global academic community. The faculty and students who come to us from around the world play a vital role in making the university...
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An ion channel senses cell swelling and helps cells to choose a response
After a dry spell, a rainy day can feel rejuvenating. But for plants, a downpour can mean trouble. Faced with water suddenly rushing into its tissues, a plant must control its cells’ volume or risk...
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Cutting-edge computing paves way to future of NMR spectroscopy
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy helps chemists and other scientists identify and explore atomic structures. However, NMR is limited by the availability of catalogs of reference data to...
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Scientists map how human retinal cells relay information to brain
To understand how we see the world and how diseases such as age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma impair vision, scientists need to understand how the retina communicates vision signals to the...
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Patients with COVID-19 donate specimens to advance research efforts
In the weeks before the St. Louis region saw its first patients with COVID-19, physician-scientists at Washington University School of Medicine began planning and preparing how best to collect blood...
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Electrically charged dust storms drive Martian chlorine cycle
How’s the weather on Mars? Tough on rovers, but very good for generating and moving highly reactive chlorine compounds. New research from Washington University in St. Louis planetary scientists shows...
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Learning Lodge provides free virtual tutoring
Alex Hu provides one-on-one virtual tutoring from his home in Dayton, Ohio. (Photo courtesy of Hu) The school year has ended, but Learning Lodge, an online tutoring service founded by Washington...
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Previously undetected brain pulses may help circuits survive disuse, injury
A neuroscientist’s neon pink arm cast led him and fellow researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis to discover previously undetected neuronal pulses in the human brain that...
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Oral antibiotics work, shorten hospital stays for IV drug users with infections
People who inject illicit drugs can develop potentially deadly infections of the heart, blood, joints and soft tissues. Typically, such infections require weeks of hospitalization to treat effectively....
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Engineers develop new fuel cells with twice the operating voltage as hydrogen
Electrification of the transportation sector — one of the largest consumers of energy in the world — is critical to future energy and environmental resilience. Electrification of this sector will...
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Washington University statement regarding SCOTUS ruling on DACA
We are heartened by today’s decision from the United States Supreme Court that rescinds the Trump administration’s attempt to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. We...
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COVID-19 antibody tests evaluated as diagnostic test in low-resource settings
With Brazil leading the world in newly diagnosed COVID-19 cases, Latin America has become the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, outbreaks continue to escalate in parts of Asia, Africa...
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Stroke survival rates worse in rural areas, study says
A major U.S. study reveals large gaps between urban and rural patients in quality of care received after a stroke and rates of survival. In more rural areas, the ability of hospitals to deliver...
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Juneteenth and collective progress
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863. But for many enslaved Americans, freedom was still years away. Juneteenth, the oldest and most widely celebrated emancipation...
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Religion may offer protective role for black adolescent boys who experience...
In the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks and many more, a new study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis finds that religion may offer a protective role for...
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WashU Expert: Five lessons from HIV to guide COVID-19 approach
Forty years ago, another pandemic was sweeping the globe and causing confusion and fear. Over the years, the global HIV response has provided the modern medical community with valuable experience about...
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Washington University statement on presidential proclamation expanding...
We are disappointed with President Trump’s proclamation expanding restrictions on visas for individuals wishing to enter the United States for work. The proclamation will have a negative impact on...
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Global pollution estimates reveal surprises, opportunity
It is not unusual to come across headlines about pollution or global warming and find that they reach different conclusions depending upon the data source. Researchers at Washington University in St....
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