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Experts call for increased efforts to prevent cancer
That the first public health revolution occurred more than a century ago might surprise people, according to some historians. Before the discovery of penicillin or the polio vaccine, life expectancy...
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The public house as public forum
Without public spaces for debate and discussion, our ideas and our expressions stay in our private spaces and we don’t have opportunities to engage with each other, argues John Inazu, the Sally D....
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‘This Train is my Bedroom’
Architecture is often defined by the activities that happen within it. But the boundary between public and private wears thin. We eat in the car and sleep on the train. We congregate in commercial...
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Brain hardwired to respond to others’ itching
https://biomedradio-media.wustl.edu/episodes/Contagious%20itch%20.mp3 Some behaviors — yawning and scratching, for example — are socially contagious, meaning if one person does it, others are likely...
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$7 million aimed at illuminating the genetics of Alzheimer’s disease
As people age, it can be hard to predict whether they will develop Alzheimer’s disease. With the exception of a few people with strong family histories of the disease, doctors don’t know who will...
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Wonders of Pluto
William B. McKinnon, professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, will deliver the McDonnell Distinguished Lecture on Wednesday, March 29, on the Danforth Campus of Washington...
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Preventing lead spread
While lead pipes were banned decades ago, they still supply millions of American households daily with drinking water amid risks of corrosion and leaching that can cause developmental and neurological...
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The Fed’s bank bailout
This week, the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates for just the third time in nine years. While many Americans know the Fed for its role in making monetary policy, it serves another lesser-known but...
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500 girls explore STEM careers at Washington University
About 500 seventh-grade girls from across Missouri visited Washington University to learn about STEM careers. Here, students learn how to collect forensic evidence from a crash scene. (Photos: Myra...
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A probiotic stress fix
U.S. soldiers face continuous periods of excessive stress in “fight-or-flight” situations, triggering surges of chemical messengers called neurotransmitters, often known as an adrenaline rush. While...
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Unintended consequences of beachgrass
What bothers a plant? Why are some plants rare while others are common? Are the rare plants simply adapted to rare habitat or are they losing the competition for habitat? Are their populations small...
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Spinal cord stimulation relieves back pain without opioids
https://biomedradio-media.wustl.edu/episodes/Bottros%20story.mp3 Doctors who treat patients suffering from back pain are exploring new approaches that help some patients avoid opioid drugs. The highly...
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Surprising culprit in nerve cell damage identified
In many neurodegenerative conditions — Parkinson’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and peripheral neuropathy among them — an early defect is the loss of axons, the wiring of the nervous...
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Inaugural Stone & DeGuire Contemporary Art Awards
Filmmaker Ericka Beckman, BFA ’74, and visual artist Ian Weaver, MFA ’08, are recipients of the inaugural Stone & DeGuire Contemporary Art Awards. Established by the Sam Fox School of Design &...
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African Film Festival returns March 31-April 2
“Orisha’s Journey” animator will offer a free cartooning workshop at the African Film Festival. The African Film Festival returns March 31-April 2 with a range of titles sure to fascinate all...
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Scientists get closer look at living nerve synapses
The brain hosts an extraordinarily complex network of interconnected nerve cells that are constantly exchanging electrical and chemical signals at speeds difficult to comprehend. Now, scientists at...
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University launches interactive map
Interactive campus map Washington University in St. Louis has launched a new campus map that will help users find accessible parking, the closest place to buy a cup of coffee and the nearest bus stop...
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Tom Sawyer’s day in court
On a cool spring night, five students enacted one of the most famous scenes in American literature. Tom Sawyer, bucket in hand, prepares to paint a fence — his punishment for skipping school. But...
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Mice run by starry clocks
Until recently, work on biological clocks that dictate daily fluctuations in most body functions, including core body temperature and alertness, focused on neurons, those electrically excitable cells...
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Mouse in the house tells tale of human settlement
Long before the advent of agriculture, hunter-gatherers began putting down roots in the Middle East, building more permanent homes and altering the ecological balance in ways that allowed the common...
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