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’Til the cows come home
The movements of ancient crop and animal domesticates across prehistoric Eurasia are well-documented in the archaeological record. What is less well understood: How Bronze Age farmers and herders...
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Sticky toes unlock life in the trees
Many lizards are phenomenal climbers. Their sharp, curved claws are ideal for clinging to tree trunks, rocks and other rough surfaces. However, in the precarious world of tree tops — filled with...
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17-year study of children associates poverty with smaller, slower-growing...
Children in poverty are more likely to have cognitive and behavioral difficulties than their better-off peers. Plenty of past research has looked into the physical effects of childhood poverty, or...
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Along with child tax credits, invest in child development accounts
Democrats have called for a permanent expansion of the monthly child tax credit, which will continue through the end of the year. In making the expanded credit permanent, lawmakers can leverage the...
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$33 million to support study comparing anesthetic medications
More than 50,000 surgical patients undergo general anesthesia every day in the United States, but clinicians and scientists lack evidence indicating which types of anesthesia drugs result in the best...
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A brief history of the cabbage butterfly’s evolving tastes
The cabbage butterfly, voracious as a caterpillar, is every gardener’s menace. Turns out, these lovely white or sulfur yellow butterflies started trying to take over the planet millions of years...
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Let nature of work dictate return-to-work plans
Many employers have already begun transitioning employees back to the office, while others plan to resume in-office work in the coming months. But after more than a year of working from home, is...
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Staudt to conclude deanship Oct. 1
Nancy Staudt, dean of the School of Law and the Howard & Caroline Cayne Distinguished Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis, will conclude her deanship and leave the university...
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Research to explore how genes, other factors affect cardiometabolic disease risk
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a four-year, $8.8 million grant to ramp up research aimed at unraveling how an individual’s risks of cardiometabolic...
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“The Outwin: American Portraiture Today”
Left: Adrian Octavius Walker, “Black Virgin Mary,” 2018. Inkjet print. Winner, commendation, Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition. Courtesy of the artist. Right: Quinn Russell Brown, “DeRay...
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Variations in sodium channel molecular composition may drive drug efficacy
Nerbonne Precision medicine considers each person’s unique genetic makeup, lifestyle and environment when considering treatments for illness and disease. A team of Washington University in St. Louis...
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Plunkonomics: How business scientists studied baseball’s beanings for...
Here’s one way to look at how and when baseball pitchers throw at opposing batters after one of their own gets plunked: corporate conflict resolution. That’s part of the research findings by three...
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Physicist Mukherji awarded $1.97 million to study cellular design
Cells are the basic units of structure and function in all forms of life on Earth, from humans and animals to yeasts and bacteria. But a cell itself is made up of even smaller working pieces called...
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Afghanistan crisis was a predictable catastrophe
Over the past few weeks, the Taliban has quickly taken control of major cities throughout Afghanistan, unraveling 20 years of efforts under United States occupation. Fear and uncertainty only...
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Cannabis use disorder: another COVID risk factor
Should doctors take particular care to talk to patients about the potential dangers of COVID-19 if those patients have a problematic relationship with pot? New research from Washington University in...
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Antibodies elicited by COVID-19 vaccination effective against delta variant
Despite causing a surge in infections this summer that has resulted in thousands of hospitalizations and deaths, the delta variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 is not particularly good at evading...
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WashU Expert: Play it again, Uncle Sam
Richard Chapman is a senior lecturer in film and media studies in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. He is producer of the HBO feature “Live from Baghdad,” about reporting...
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WashU Expert: There is no end to forever
Krister Knapp is a teaching professor and the minor adviser in history in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. He teaches courses about conflict and security, including “The...
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White clover’s toxic tricks traced to its hybridization
White clover is a weed that grows the world over — there’s a good chance you have some growing in your yard today. The plant that yard-preeners love to hate was spawned about 20,000 years ago when two...
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Physical activity associated with better cognition in breast cancer patients
A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found a strong association between high levels of physical activity and the ability to maintain cognitive function among...
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