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Those with episodic amnesia are not ‘stuck in time,’ says philosopher Carl...
In 1981, a motorcycle accident left Toronto native Kent Cochrane with severe brain damage and dramatically impaired episodic memory. Following the accident, Cochrane could no longer remember events...
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Insect diet helped early humans build bigger brains, study suggests
A. MelinA capuchin monkey of the Cebus variety dines on a bright green katydid grasshopper. A steady diet of abundant ripe fruit and leaf-crawling insects may explain why Cebus can't hold a stick to...
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Slaying bacteria with their own weapons
http://youtu.be/pVbtLgBRjiYThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned last fall that the U.S. faces “potentially catastrophic consequences” if it doesn’t act quickly to combat the growing...
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Washington University’s Joseph Jez is one of 15 ‘million dollar professors’
Joe Angeles/WUSTL PhotosNewly designated HHMI professor Joseph Jez in his laboratory working with graduate student in plant biology Ashley Muehler-Sherp. Joseph Jez, PhD, co-director of the plant and...
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Doctoral students to study biology, mechanics connection under NIH grant
Petr Novák/Wikimedia CommonsThe Venus Flytrap is one of nature's best examples of the integration of mechanics and biology, known as mechanobiology.The Venus Flytrap is a fascinating plant with two...
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STEM Faculty Institute on Teaching a good FIT
Sid Hastings/WUSTL PhotosWashington University in St. Louis’ Daniel E. Giammar, PhD (right), the Harold D. Jolley Career Development Associate Professor in energy, environmental and chemical...
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Discovery of Neandertal trait in ancient skull raises new questions about...
Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of ScienceThe Xujiayao 15 late archaic human temporal bone from northern China with the extracted temporal labyrinth...
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Emre Toker appointed managing director of Skandalaris Center
TokerEmre Toker has been appointed managing director of the Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. Toker most recently served as entrepreneurship senior...
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Brunt named chief of minimally invasive surgery
L. Michael Brunt, MD, a nationally recognized laparoscopic surgeon, has been named chief of the Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery in the Department of Surgery at Washington University School of...
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Schaal named to national Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research board
Schaal Barbara Schaal, PhD, dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis and the Mary-Dell Chilton Distinguished Professor, is one of 15 distinguished scientists...
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Expecting to teach enhances learning, recall
People learn better and recall more when given the impression that they will soon have to teach newly acquired material to someone else, suggests new research from Washington University in St. Louis....
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Baby zebra is latest success in university-zoo research partnership
Courtesy of Saint Louis ZooA female Grevy's zebra foal (pronunciation rhymes with Chevy) was born at the Saint Louis Zoo June 22. Makena (mah-KAY-nah), which means "happy one" in the East African...
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Finding quantum lines of desire
Joe Angeles/WUSTL PhotosKater Murch (right), assistant professor of physics, and junior Chris Munley work with the equipment that can map a quantum device's trajectory between two points in quantum...
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From the provost: Lab safety — going beyond compliance to a positive culture
ThorpMembers of the Washington University in St. Louis community:Chemical research is potentially hazardous, and universities have an obligation to do all we can to instill a culture that promotes...
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Washington University part of group awarded $20 million for climate...
Mikhail BerezinIn visible light, a leaf from a plant living in normal weather conditions (above left) and one from a plant suffering from drought (above right) look very similar. But a scanner for...
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Building on success
Sid Hastings/WUSTL PHOTOSDeja Stallworth, 10, proudly shows off the robot she made during the inaugural Health and Engineeering Careers Summer Camp July 31 at West Side Missionary Baptist Church in St....
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Electric car charging station driven partly by sun
Joe Angeles/WUSTL PhotosThe electric car charging station in front of Brauer and Whitaker halls on the Washington University in St. Louis campus is now getting a boost from the sun after workers...
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2010 Chilean earthquake triggered icequakes in Antarctica
Courtesy of Doug WiensA seismic network recently installed on the West Antarctic ice sheet unexpectedly picked up icequakes triggered by a strong but distant earthquake. Here, Doug Wiens, professor of...
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Can large introductory science courses teach students to learn effectively?
Monica Duwel/WUSTLIf a stone aboard a boat is dropped in the water, does the level of the water rise, sink or stay the same? An innovative physics course at Washington University coaxes students to...
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New technology may identify tiny strains in body tissues before injuries occur
Robert BostonFrom left, Guy Genin, PhD, John Boyle and Stavros Thomopoulos, PhD, watch as a sample is exposed to stress and force. They have developed algorithms that may lead to the ability to...
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