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And the Olin Cup goes to ...
Mary Butkus/WUSTL PhotoDave Sutter (left) and Casey Lawlor, members of the winning team from Love Will Inc., pose with the Olin Cup.The top prize in the 2015 Olin Cup competition was awarded to Love...
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Cyanobacterium found in algae collection holds promise for biotech applications
Cyanobacteria, bacteria that obtain their energy through photosynthesis, are of considerable interest as bio-factories, organisms that could be harnessed to generate a range of industrially useful...
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Intellectual privacy vital to life in the digital age
In our increasingly digital world, the balance between privacy and free speech is tenuous, at best.But we often overlook the important ways in which privacy is necessary to protect our cherished civil...
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To speed up magma, add water
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekiheqVpJuU&feature=youtu.beThe team aboard the research vessel Kilo Moana retrieves an ocean-bottom seismograph that has floated to the surface after receiving a...
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Class Acts: Schmidt brings 'listening ear' as Black Anthology playwright
Courtesy photoSchmidt (center) with graduates Eunhye Oak (left) and Alex Liu at last year's Lunar New Year. Schmidt has served as playwright for both Black Anthology and Lunar New Year. John Schmidt, a...
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$5 million funds research to develop drugs for common cold, respiratory diseases
Robert BostonThe Drug Discovery Program led by Michael Holtzman, MD, has received $5 million in funding to support research to find new treatments for respiratory diseases. A Washington University drug...
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Understanding how connections rewire after spinal cord injury
Mouse stem cells differentiated into spinal V2a interneuron enriched cultures (red = neuronal cells, blue = cell nuclei, green = V2a interneurons) to study their role in rewiring.Restoring function...
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Stressed bees die sooner, leading to abrupt collapse of colonies
An international team of scientists believe they may have worked out why bee colonies collapse rather than decline. Their findings appear in the Feb. 10 issue of PNAS. Colony collapse disorder has...
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Wash U Expert: Measles not only serious disease we’re failing to vaccinate...
While measles and the human papillomavirus (HPV) are vastly different diseases, failing to get vaccinated against them can have equally serious consequences, suggests Bradley Stoner, PhD, a medical...
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Forty-year-old Apollo 17 samples help date lunar impacts
Brad JolliffDetermining the ages of different melt components in a complex rock such as this impact melt breccia collected by the Apollo 17 astronauts requires carefully focused analyses. Analayzing...
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In the quantum world, the future affects the past
We’re so used to murder mysteries that we don’t even notice how mystery authors play with time. Typically the murder occurs well before the midpoint of the book, but there is an information blackout...
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Making teeth tough: Beavers show way to improve our enamel
The presence of an iron-rich coating gives a beaver's teeth a reddish-brown color. Researchers are studying the pigmented material to learn how it protects the tooth enamel.Beavers don’t brush their...
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Report: Robust global financial system necessary for economic growth
It’s the multibillion dollar question: What drives economic growth? Diverse sources of capital and a thriving global financial system are key, according to a new report from the U.S. Chamber of...
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Mothers can pass traits to offspring through bacteria's DNA
Robert BostonStudying mice, Herbert W. Virgin, MD, PhD (left), and Thad Stappenbeck, MD, PhD, have shown that mothers can pass a trait to their offspring through the DNA of bacteria. The finding...
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Camel, alpaca antibodies target anticancer viruses directly to tumors
Using antibodies from camels and alpacas, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found a way to deliver anticancer viruses directly to tumor cells, leaving other types...
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Engineers Week on campus begins Feb. 23
http://youtu.be/f4aA3hcuuJsEngineers Week in the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis begins Monday, Feb. 23, and runs through Saturday, Feb. 28. It will...
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Legislative decision-making can be influenced by testimony
Most state legislators say testimony at legislative hearings is influential, though few report that it changes their votes, finds research from the Brown School at Washington University in St....
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'Flicker: Your Brain on Movies'
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Bear-y Sweet Shoppe opens on South 40 with support of Student Entrepreneurial...
http://youtu.be/SJlvOgL9s9IMeet the health inspector in person.Expect red tape.And never underestimate your classmates’ appetite for Sour Patch Watermelons.The student owners of Bear-y Sweet Shoppe, a...
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Epigenome orchestrates embryonic development
Washington UniversityStudying zebrafish, scientists have shown that the epigenome plays a leading role in orchestrating development of early embryos. The early stages of embryonic development shape...
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