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Washington University, St. Louis County collaborate on COVID-19 survey
Washington University in St. Louis, the St. Louis County Department of Public Health and other collaborators are conducting a survey of St. Louis County residents and offering COVID-19 testing to gauge...
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Aging memories may not be ‘worse,’ just ‘different’
“Memory is the first thing to go.” Everyone has heard it, and decades of research studies seem to confirm it: While it may not always be the first sign of aging, some faculties, including memory, do...
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Targeting ultrasound for noninvasive diagnosis of brain cancer
Brain tumors are typically diagnosed using MRI imaging because taking a sample for a tissue biopsy is risky and may not be possible due to tumor location or a patient’s poor health conditions....
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Storing energy in red bricks
Imagine plugging in to your brick house. Red bricks — some of the world’s cheapest and most familiar building materials — can be converted into energy storage units that can be charged to hold...
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Immunotherapy-resistant cancers eliminated in mouse study
Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer treatment by stimulating the patient’s own immune system to attack cancer cells, yielding remarkably quick and complete remission in some cases. But such drugs...
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Vaccine prevents pneumonia, elicits high levels of protective antibodies
An experimental vaccine is effective at preventing pneumonia in mice infected with the COVID-19 virus, according to a study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The vaccine,...
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Zeroing out their own zap
Electric fish generate electric pulses to communicate with other fish and sense their surroundings. Some species broadcast shorter electric pulses, while others send out long ones. But all that...
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Engineers to use $6.7 million grant to build power plant of the future
In most parts of the United States, we take access to electricity for granted. “It’s so stable that if we lose power for an hour, we start to panic,” said Richard Axelbaum, the Stifel & Quinette...
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Four steps to a healthy WashU community
With the start of the academic year, each and every member of the Washington University in St. Louis community who will be on campus this fall will be required to follow four steps – four public health...
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Clinical trial focuses on reducing overactive immune response in COVID-19
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are investigating whether a drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat rare diseases of an overactive immune...
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Drug development for severe respiratory diseases supported with $3.9 million...
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a $3.9 million development award supporting new technologies and therapeutics to advance a first-in-class drug to...
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Wrighton named inaugural holder of Wertsch professorship
Chancellor Emeritus Mark S. Wrighton has been named the James and Mary Wertsch Distinguished University Professor at Washington University in St. Louis. An installation ceremony will be held at a later...
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Researchers one step closer to bomb-sniffing cyborg locusts
If you want to enhance a locust to be used as a bomb-sniffing bug, there are a few technical challenges that need solving before sending it into the field. Is there some way to direct the locust — to...
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School of Law dual-degree program with Fudan University enters second year
The Washington University in St. Louis School of Law is entering the second year of its partnership with the Fudan University Law School in China. The program allows a cohort of students from Fudan to...
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ISP launches middle school COVID-19 curriculum
The Institute for School Partnership (ISP) at Washington University in St. Louis has launched a comprehensive COVID-19 curriculum. The free unit boasts both synchronous and asynchronous elements and...
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Henriksen lands CAREER grant to chase electron effects
Erik Henriksen, assistant professor of physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has been awarded a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award by the...
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WashU Spaces: Seigle Hall L004
Seigle Hall classrooms have been equipped with cameras and microphones so students ca participate in hyflex courses. Here, David Strait, professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, records a...
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Picture this: Employee fraud decreases when they see family photos
Displaying family photos in the workplace cuts down on employee fraud and other unethical behavior, new Washington University in St. Louis research finds. For instance, in one study the researchers...
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Over 60% of public schools are within 1,000 feet of tobacco retailers
Across 30 major U.S. cities, an average of 63% of public schools are located within 1,000 feet — about two city blocks — of a store selling tobacco and e-cigarette products, according to a...
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Major weight loss — whether from surgery or diet — has same metabolic benefits
Gastric bypass surgery is the most effective therapy to treat or reverse type 2 diabetes in severely obese patients. Many achieve remission of diabetes following surgery and no longer require diabetes...
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