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University launches grants for low-income students
Washington University is launching grants to help low-income students transition to college. (Photo: James Byard/Washington University) As part of an ongoing effort to provide every student the true...
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Pottery reveals America’s first social media networks
Long before Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook and even MySpace, early Mississippian Mound cultures in America’s southern Appalachian Mountains shared artistic trends and technologies across regional...
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When a defect might be beneficial
In the quest to design more efficient solar cells and light-emitting diodes (LEDs), a team of engineers has analyzed different types of defects in the semiconductor material that enables such devices...
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Jazz Band performs ‘Só Danço Samba’
Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim was among the 20th century’s most influential songwriters and a pioneer of the bossa nova style. Many of his works — such as “Desafinado,” “Wave” and “Girl From...
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For adult scoliosis, surgery, other treatments are viable options
For years, spine surgeons have debated the best methods for treating scoliosis in adults. Spinal curvature often results in more back pain, leg pain and other symptoms for adults than teens because...
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Video: ‘Angels in America’
A light flashes. A wing rustles. A feather floats gently to the floor. Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America” features some of the most indelible images in American theater. From Feb. 22 to March 3, the...
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University creates Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity
Chancellor-elect Andrew D. Martin and Vice Provost Adrienne Davis at the opening event for the Day of Discovery, Dialogue & Action. (Photo: Washington University/Joe Angeles) During remarks at...
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Earning a bee’s wings
It is a classic coming-of-age story, in many ways. A honey bee hatches and grows up deep inside a hive. Surrounded by 40,000 of her closest relatives, this dark and constantly buzzing place is all...
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Needlemans commit $15 million aimed at therapies for chronic diseases
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has received a $15 million commitment from longtime benefactors Philip and Sima Needleman to support two cutting-edge research centers aimed at...
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Fail Better: Robert Mark Morgan
Set designer Robert Mark Morgan shares how he overcame self-doubt after a devastating review. (Video: Tom Malkowicz/Washington University) Listening to his voicemail, Robert Mark Morgan wondered if...
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Chemical added to consumer products impairs response to antibiotic treatment
Grocery store aisles are stocked with products that promise to kill bacteria. People snap up those items to protect themselves from the germs that make them sick. However, new research from Washington...
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Unnecessary testing for UTIs cut by nearly half
Tests to detect urinary tract infections (UTI) often are performed routinely in hospitals, even when patients don’t have symptoms. Such testing “just to be safe” can return results that lead doctors to...
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A tool kit for moral courage
“Questions are the soul’s way of saying, ‘I’m ready to grow.’” That was one of the backdrops onstage for best-selling author, filmmaker and religious reformer Irshad Manji during her keynote...
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Engineer to develop a drug-filled gel to repair heart after heart attack
After a heart attack, the cells in the heart muscle cannot get enough nutrients and oxygen to survive, so they die. A structural support network in the heart’s wall can help those cells regenerate,...
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High-powered fuel cell boosts electric-powered submersibles, drones
An artistic representation of the pH-gradient enabled microscale bipolar interface (PMBI) created by Vijay Ramani and his lab. The transportation industry is one of the largest consumers of energy in...
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Better together: Mitochondrial fusion supports cell division
Mitochondria are the powerhouses of the cell. And for mitochondria, much like for double-header engines stacked together in a steam train, working in multiples has its benefits. Patti New research from...
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Sam Fox School names Amy Hauft to lead College & Graduate School of Art
Amy Hauft (Photo: Courtesy of the artist) Amy Hauft, the Leslie Waggener Professor in Sculpture at the University of Texas at Austin, has been appointed director of the College & Graduate School of...
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Computational biology project aims to better understand protein folding
Greg Bowman, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is leading a supercomputing project called Folding@home. The project...
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Energy, environment focus of 2019 McDonnell lecture
Richard Alley, the Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences at Pennsylvania State University, will deliver the McDonnell Distinguished Lecture at Washington University in St. Louis. Alley is the author of...
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A new method for precision drug delivery: painting
If traditional drug delivery were a type of painting, it might be akin to paintball. With good aim, a majority of the paint ends on the bullseye, but it also drips and splashes, carrying streams of...
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