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IDEA Labs bridges medical, engineering gap
Allison BraunChien-Huan Chen, MD, PhD, talks with students interested in devising new technology to help explore the small intestine. He discussed concerns with current tools at IDEA Labs’ inaugural...
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Samurai sword protein makes strategic cuts in cell skeletons
DIXIT LABWUSTL scientists are using a model system in which the internal skeleton of a cell (its cytoskeleton) is tagged with fluorescent green and cherry red dyes to learn why some skeletons are...
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VIP treatment for jet lag
Cristina MazuskiIn this image of the master clock in the mouse brain, the nuclei of the clock cells are blue, and VIP — a molecule that allows the neurons in the clock to synchronize — is fluorescent...
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The dynamic sky is topic of 2013 Robert M. Walker Distinguished Lecture Series
Caltech/SSC/J. Rho and T. Jarrett and NASA/CXC/SSC/J. Keohane et al. A fossil fireball lies within the remnants of a supernova W49B that exploded 1,000 years ago. Gas within the stellar wreck retains...
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Apply now for Bear Cub grants
Washington University in St. Louis is known for its innovation-rich environment, but moving research from the laboratory to the marketplace can be challenging, even for the most accomplished...
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NIH support fosters diversity among PhD trainees
Gaia Remerowski(From left) James Allen, Wendell Jones, Jabari Elliott and Jaime Vaquer-Alicea III are scholars in a program, funded by the National Institutes of Health, that promotes diversity in the...
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WUSTL recognized for its leadership in the Sustainable Land Lab
Whitney Curtis/WUSTL PhotosWashington University in St. Louis was recognized last week for its leadership in the Sustainable Land Lab, a partnership with the city of St. Louis, and for furthering...
View ArticleWashington University partners with Techli to support entrepreneurship in St....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUcalDD8aQsWashington University in St. Louis’ Olin Business School and School of Engineering & Applied Science have announced a partnership with the startup-focused...
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Volcano discovered smoldering under a kilometer of ice in West Antarctica
doug WiensMount Sidley, at the leading edge of the Executive Committee Range in Marie Byrd Land, is the last volcano in the chain that rises above the surface of the ice. But a group of seismologists...
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Climate Change Initiative: A conversation
Climate Change Initiative conversationPeter Raven Himadri Pakrasi, PhD, director of the International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (I-CARES), sat down recently with Peter...
View ArticleScientist helps kids — through turtles — connect with nature
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eeq8baGtoOs&feature=youtu.beA natural with kids, Stephen Blake asks a group of teens to pretend to be foraging giant tortoises, ambulating on all fours at a...
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Swarming insect provides clues to how the brain processes smells
Raman’s research is the cover story for the December issue of Nature Neuroscience. Our sense of smell is often the first response to environmental stimuli. Odors trigger neurons in the brain that alert...
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Environmental politics and climate change
This is the third in a series of articles that describe how scholars at Washington University in St. Louis are bringing their varied skills to bear on the issue of climate change and global warming....
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Two WUSTL faculty named AAAS fellows
Two faculty members from Washington University in St. Louis have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society....
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Scientists stitch up photosynthetic megacomplex
Courtesy of Haijun LiuThe photosynthetic megacomplex from a cyanobacterium, which scientists have managed to isolate in its complete, functioning form, weighs about 6 million Daltons. It has three...
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Amazon drones: Technology almost there, insurance and regulation still far off
For Amazon’s recently announced drone delivery system to get off the ground, the company will have to solve numerous difficult technological challenges. Chief among them will be increasing battery...
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Listeners can distinguish voices of tall versus short people, study finds
Our voice can reveal a lot about us: our age, our gender, and now – it seems – our height as well. A new study by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, UCLA, and Indiana University found...
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Tyson designated an Earth Observatory
Jonathan A. MyersLight filters through the canopy at WUSTL's Tyson Research Center at dawn. The forest, just designated a ForestGEO, will become part of an early warning system for the effects of...
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Active-Learning Classroom blends old and new to promote student learning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6C4dSFldvIAt first glance, the Active-Learning Classroom (ALC) on the lower level of Eads Hall looks more like an inviting group-study lounge than a classroom.The ALC...
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The holidays come early for WUSTL scientists
http://youtu.be/KXrFwxqhnkEA large wooden crate was delivered to the Compton Hall loading dock Dec. 4, direct from Paris. The crate contained a fabulous new instrument that Washington University in St....
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