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Mothers’ paid work suffers during pandemic, study finds
When COVID-19 forced schools and daycares to shut down and millions of Americans to transition to working from home, some suggested the pandemic might equalize certain aspects of gender equality as men...
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Research shows how businesses can win more customers, influence your friends
Companies typically offer incentives directly to customers who refer friends. Google Apps, for instance, offers customers $15 for each new friend they recruit. And the video game World of Warcraft...
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Reconfiguring public space
Master of Urban Design students in the Sam Fox School’s Global Urbanism Studio investigate social distancing in St. Louis’ Delmar Loop on June 16, 2020. The outing represented the first time a Sam Fox...
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University supports suit challenging federal policy on international students
Washington University in St. Louis has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of a lawsuit filed by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology challenging a federal policy...
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Global wildlife surveillance could provide early warning for next pandemic
The virus that causes COVID-19 probably originated in wild bats that live in caves around Wuhan, China, and may have been passed to a second animal species before infecting people, according to the...
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Rewriting history: New evidence challenges Euro-centric narrative of early...
In American history, we learn that the arrival of Spanish explorers led by Hernando de Soto in the 1500s was a watershed moment resulting in the collapse of Indigenous tribes and traditions across the...
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Social distancing and COVID-19: A law of diminishing returns
The first case of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the United States was in late January. By mid-March, “social distancing” had entered the public lexicon. People altered their routines and local...
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Dream on: Study shows engaged workers should dare to daydream
A wandering, daydreaming mind can spur creativity … wait, where was I? Oh, yes, two researchers from Washington University in St. Louis and another from Pontificia Universidad Católica in Chile found...
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Gut bacteria protect against mosquito-borne viral illness
Chikungunya virus, once confined to the Eastern Hemisphere, has infected millions of people in the Americas since 2013, when mosquitoes carrying the virus were discovered in the Caribbean. About half...
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Lab-made virus mimics COVID-19 virus
Airborne and potentially deadly, the virus that causes COVID-19 can only be studied safely under high-level biosafety conditions. Scientists handling the infectious virus must wear full-body biohazard...
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WashU-developed holograms help physicians during cardiac procedure
Bringing a little bit of science fiction into an operating room, a team of engineers and physicians at Washington University in St. Louis has shown for the first time that using a holographic display...
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COVID-19 vaccine trials to be conducted at Washington University, Saint Louis...
As U.S. scientists ramp up a national effort to evaluate COVID-19 vaccine candidates at clinical trial sites across the country, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and...
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Two immunotherapies merged into single, more effective treatment
Some of the most promising advances in cancer treatment have centered on immunotherapies that rev up a patient’s immune system to attack cancer. But immunotherapies don’t work in all patients, and...
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Supply chain works better if you previously worked, studied together
Amid a pandemic when limitations on disinfecting wipes, toilet paper and drugs brought attention — and disruption — to supply chains, new research involving Washington University in St. Louis delivers...
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University announces cancellation of fall sports
Due to the continuing COVID-19 global pandemic, Washington University in St. Louis will not participate in varsity athletic competitions during the 2020 fall season. This includes men’s and women’s...
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Specific bacteria help explain stunted growth in malnourished children
Many children treated for childhood malnutrition in developing countries never fully recover. They suffer from stunted growth, immune system dysfunction and poor cognitive development that typically...
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New insights into wound healing
When we get a wound on our skin, the cells in our bodies quickly mobilize to repair it. While it has been known how cells heal wounds and how scars form, a team led by researchers from Washington...
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Alzheimer’s protein in blood indicates early brain changes
Two decades or more before symptoms arise, plaques of a sticky protein called amyloid begin forming in the brains of people later diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers at Washington...
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Having a higher purpose promotes happiness, lowers stress
Having a personal higher purpose promotes well-being, more happiness and even lower stress from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to findings from a new survey by two Washington University in St. Louis...
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Graham Chapel to ring its chimes in honor of Rep. John Lewis
Rep. John Lewis served as Commencement speaker in 2016. (Photo : James Byard/Washington University) Graham Chapel at Washington University in St. Louis will join houses of worship across the nation in...
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