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Giammar named Browne Professor in Environmental Engineering
GiammarDaniel Giammar, PhD, has been named the Walter E. Browne Professor in Environmental Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. He was installed Dec. 1.Giammar, who was promoted to...
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World’s fastest 2-D camera may enable new scientific discoveries
WangA team of biomedical engineers at Washington University in St. Louis, led by Lihong Wang, PhD, the Gene K. Beare Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has developed the world’s...
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Genetic errors linked to more ALS cases than scientists had thought
Michael C. PurdyWashington University graduate student Janet Cady and assistant professor of neurology Matthew Harms, MD, found evidence that genetic mutations may contribute to more cases of...
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Genetic errors linked to aging underlie leukemia that develops after cancer...
Robert BostonNew research by Daniel Link, MD, and colleagues at The Genome Institute at Washington University has revealed that mutations that accumulate randomly as a person ages can play a role in a...
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Laughing gas studied as depression treatment
Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images Nitrous oxide (laughing gas) has been used as an anesthetic in medicine and dentistry for 150 years. In this illustration from a 19th century book, a man is...
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Hepatitis C ruled out as cause of mental impairment in HIV patients
Advances in treatment for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have made it possible for people with HIV to survive much longer. As they age, however, many experience impaired thinking, memory loss,...
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Hearing aids may improve balance
Robert BostonTimothy Hullar, MD, (right) and medical student Miranda Colletta help patient Audrey Miller prepare for a balance test. Older adults with hearing loss appeared to perform better on balance...
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Alzheimer's research awarded $30 million
Two major Alzheimer’s disease studies at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received federal funding totaling $30 million over the next five years.The grants renew support for...
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Wash U Expert: Drug manufacturers must be held accountable for public safety
Fourteen people have been arrested in connection with a 2012 outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to steroid injections that caused 64 deaths across the United States.Dresser The Dec. 16 arrests, which...
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ANITA III launched over Antarctica
Christian Miki, University of Hawaii-ManoaSuspended from its launch vehicle, ANITA III (the third incarnation of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna) is a splendidly improbable beast. On Dec. 17,...
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Research opens opportunities to develop targeted drug therapy for cardiac...
CuiIn an orchestra, each instrument plays an important role in creating a beautiful piece of music. If just one instrument falls out of rhythm, a world-class symphony could sound more like a...
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Alumnus named 2014 Air Force Cadet of the Year
2nd Lt. Alexander Cox (right) receives the 2014 Cadet of the Year Award Dec. 5 at the Pentagon.2nd Lt. Alexander Cox, a recent graduate of the School of Engineering & Applied Science at...
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Most-read stories of 2014: In the laboratory
Every day, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are making an impact in the fields of science, engineering and technology. This year they advanced our understanding of schizophrenia and...
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Most-read stories of 2014: In the field
From the American workplace to the Chinese countryside, Washington University in St. Louis researchers collected and analyzed important data to better understand our ourselves and our world. Among the...
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How bacteria control their size
CDCMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, are so uniform in size they look like they were made in a factory. How do the bacteria manage to keep their size so uniform? Scientists have...
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Wash U Expert: Charlie Hebdo terror attack feeds on centuries-old tensions
The secular, anti-immigration and Islamophobic divisions now gripping France have their roots in the nation’s 200-year history of close interaction with Algeria and its strong 19th century tradition of...
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Wash U Expert: New method of finding drugs more important than new antibiotic...
KinchIt was big news this week when Nature published the discovery of a new antibiotic, teixobactin. Teixobactin, which kills bacteria by a different pathway than other antibiotics, represented the...
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Wash U Expert: Time to raise the gasoline tax?
Falling oil and gasoline prices have prompted some in Congress to debate about increasing the federal fuel tax, which helps fund highway and bridge construction, among other projects.Rosenzweig...
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Wash U Expert: Commitment to free speech doesn’t justify lashing out at...
A commitment to free speech doesn’t justify lashing out at innocent people, says a First Amendment expert at Washington University in St. Louis, in the wake of the terrorist attack on the satirical...
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Surprised by math
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDMBDFQQCzcA young boy sits on the carpet, his feet disappearing into a puddle of cloth — actually a giant pair of sweatpants he put on over his own clothes before...
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