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Clinical trial in children to investigate rare inflammatory disorder linked...
Washington University pediatric specialists who treat patients at St. Louis Children’s Hospital are part of a major research effort led by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to investigate how...
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Simple tools reveal high-fidelity truth in lithium-ion batteries
Acceleration due to gravity here on Earth is about 9.8m/s^2, but if you’re trying to build a rocket that will escape Earth’s pull, you’re going to have to do better than that. You would need to factor...
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Physicist Freese explores dark side of universe in McDonnell lecture
The ordinary atoms that make up the known universe — from our bodies and the air we breathe to the planets and stars — constitute only 5% of all matter and energy in the cosmos. The remaining 95% is...
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NIH awards $3.1 million grant for Washington University, St. Jude ALS research
Scientists from Washington University in St. Louis and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have been awarded a five-year $3.1 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and...
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Zetchers provide major commitment for scholarships, paving the way for...
Washington University in St. Louis alumnus and emeritus trustee Arnold B. Zetcher and his wife, Ellen, have made a significant commitment to establish an endowed scholarship for undergraduate...
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‘You’re Paid What You’re Worth’
Your pay depends on your productivity and occupation. If you earn roughly the same as others in your job, with the precise level determined by your performance, then you’re paid market value. And who...
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Immune cell implicated in development of lung disease following viral infection
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have implicated a type of immune cell in the development of chronic lung disease that sometimes is triggered following a respiratory...
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Washington University to develop lunar resource utilization technology for NASA
Power and in-situ resources are two things humans will need as they explore deep space. How future astronauts use these commodities depends on the technology at hand. That’s why NASA is looking to...
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Comparing pandemic spending patterns in U.S. and Israel
The pandemic is exacerbating preexisting social and economic inequalities in the United States and abroad, finds a new study from the Social Policy Institute (SPI) at Washington University in St....
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WashU Expert: How to cope with pandemic anniversary emotions
Anniversaries are an opportunity to recognize important events in our lives — both good and bad — and reflect on how they have shaped us. There will be no shortage of anniversaries this month. There...
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Washington University launches strategic planning process
With an aim to be bold, transformative and collaborative, Washington University in St. Louis has officially begun its strategic planning process to develop a roadmap that will guide the university’s...
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Promising role for whole genome sequencing in guiding blood cancer treatment
For certain blood cancers, such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), deciding whether patients need an aggressive treatment typically hinges on a set of lab tests to...
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One pandemic year later, what’s next?
A city the density of Atlanta or Milwaukee, over a half-million strong, tragically has been wiped from the face of America’s future. Thousands of businesses disappeared, never to return. Millions...
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‘What we’re made of’
This week marks one year since everything changed — our jobs, our lives, our spirit. Yet, as COVID-19 upended our days, the Washington University in St. Louis community — our faculty, students, staff...
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Foodborne fungus impairs intestinal wound healing in Crohn’s disease
Eating is a dangerous business. Naturally occurring toxins in food and potentially harmful foodborne microbes can do a number on our intestines, leading to repeated minor injuries. In healthy people,...
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How WashU innovated its way through one of its greatest challenges
One year ago, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Shortly thereafter, Washington University in St. Louis made the painful but necessary decision to move students out of...
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Knott wins Olin Award for research quotient paper
Anne Marie Knott, the Robert and Barbara Frick Professor of Business at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, has won the 2021 Olin Award for “RQ Innovative Efficiency and Firm...
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Breaking Down the American Rescue Plan
On March 11 — exactly one year after the World Health Organization first declared a global COVID-19 pandemic — President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan into law. The expansive...
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Supreme Court term limits would greatly reduce imbalance on the court, study...
Imposing term limits on justices who sit on the U.S. Supreme Court could bring significant changes to the nation’s highest court, suggests a forthcoming paper from two Washington University in St....
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International Alzheimer’s clinical trial to test tau drugs
A worldwide clinical trial aimed at finding treatments for Alzheimer’s disease has expanded to include investigational drugs targeting a harmful form of the brain protein tau. The trial, known as the...
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