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NIH grant to support study of heart's inner mechanisms
CuiJianmin Cui, PhD, has received a nearly $1.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the molecular bases for the function of potassium channels vital for the heart,...
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Ancient Africans used ‘no fly zones’ to bring herds south
Steven GoldsteinA modern Kenyan cattle herd.Once green, the Sahara expanded 5,500 years ago, leading ancient herders to follow the rain and grasslands south to eastern Africa. But about 2,000 years...
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More than the potato: Rediscovering Ireland's rich history of wild plants
Courtesy of Missouri Botanical GardenPeter Wyse Jackson digs a sweet potato plant at the Missouri Botanical Garden.Ireland lost one million souls to hunger and disease during the potato famine and...
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A feat of four-dimensional imagination
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNvt-98JWN8The curious child of bookish parents who browses through their libraries sometimes falls down a rabbit hole while apparently reading quietly in an armchair....
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Washington University, St. Louis to host anthropology, human biology...
The importance of human milk in evolution and modern health; biology and race in Ferguson; and the latest research on Cahokia Mounds will be among the presentation topics as three major human biology...
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Brimer brothers help StEP kick off speaker series
The Student Entrepreneurial Program (StEP) at Washington University in St. Louis kicks off its speaker program at 5 p.m. Monday, March 23, with entrepreneurial brothers Andrew and Matthew Brimer.Andrew...
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Is blood really thicker than water?
Bandwagonman at en.wipideiaEven Darwin was vexed by the cooperative behavior of insects such as these leaf cutter ants, which didn't seem to fit with his theory of natural selection. Why would ants...
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Academy of Science-St. Louis honors Washington University researchers
Six researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are being honored as outstanding scientists by the Academy of Science-St. Louis.University recipients of this year’s honors are faculty members...
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Manganese speeds up honey bees
Wikimedia Commons/Maciej A. Czyzewski Asked to name one way people have changed the environment, many people would probably say “global warming.” But that’s really just the start of it. People burn...
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Big data allows computer engineers to find genetic clues in humans
Yin-yang haplotypes arise when a stretch of DNA evolves to present two divergent forms. A group of engineers at Washington University in St. Louis showed a massive yin-yang haplotype pair encompassing...
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High-tech method allows rapid imaging of functions in living brain
These images show fast functional photoacoustic microscopy of the mouse brain. Figure (d) shows a representative x-y projected brain vasculature image through an intact skull. Figure (e) shows a...
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Pick a color, any color
Amy Brown's kindergarten class http:www.mrsbrownart.com/ In 2005, scientists studying tiny sac-like creatures called sea squirts found bacteria containing two types of chlorophyll (a and b) in cavities...
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Researchers find less expensive way to convert carbon dioxide
Researchers developed a method to tap solar energy to convert carbon dioxide to different materials.With an abundance of carbon dioxide being produced worldwide, scientists and engineers are looking...
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Endangered tortoises thrive on invasive plants
Christian Zeigler A male tortoise on the island of Santa Cruz during a “feeding bout.” Most research on the role of introduced species of plants and animals stresses their negative ecological impacts....
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Climate change on Mars topic of 2015 McDonnell Distinguished Lecture
NASA/JPL-CaltechNighttime temperatures on Mars shown as curtains dropping from the orbital tracks of the Mars Climate Sounder instrument. Temperatures range from 120 Kelvin (minus 244 degrees...
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Research as art
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Math team ranks 16th out of 431 in Putnam Competition
Hang ChenJunior Anthony Grebe concentrates on a math problem. Students everywhere enjoy complaining about tests and how hard and unfair they are, but in the world of tough tests, the Putnam is...
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Locusts provide insight into brain response to stimuli, senses
Barani RamanBaranidharan Raman, PhD, and his team trained locusts to recognize odors to learn more about how the brain processes stimuli. By training a type of grasshopper to recognize odors, a team...
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Rare dune plants thrive on disturbance
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