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$2.4-million instrument upgrade will let scientists see what is happening...
James Byard/WUSTL PhotosFike at the console of the SIMS instrument, originally designed for geological specimens, that will be upgraded for use on biological ones. A workman, the saying goes, is only...
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New drugs to treat deadly heart condition aim of $3.1 million study
CuiThe human heart pumps blood through the body and beats rhythmically through a complex system of electrical activity. A disruption in the timing of that activity can cause a whole cascade of adverse...
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Smart cornfields of the future
The world population, which stood at 5 billion in 1950, is predicted to increase to 10.5 billion by 2050. It’s a stunning number since it means the planet’s population has doubled within the...
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Two Washington University faculty named Pew scholars
The Pew Charitable Trusts have named two early-career faculty members at Washington University in St. Louis among their Pew scholars in the biomedical sciences. They are Qin Liu, PhD, assistant...
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It’s alive, it’s alive!
Dan DurdaAn astronomer's final guess before the flyby. On June 3, 2015, more than a month before New Horizons, flying faster than speeding bullet, reached its rendezvous with the Pluto system, an...
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Fish that have their own fish finders
Bruce CarlsonAfrican fish called mormyrids communicate by means of electric signals (white lines following fish). Research has shown that fish in one group (top five) can glean detailed information...
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Newly discovered brain network recognizes what’s new, what’s familiar
WUSTL Graphic / Adrian W. GilmoreThe Parietal Memory Network, a newly discovered memory and learning network shows consistent patterns of activation and deactivation in three distinct regions of the...
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High-energy observatory launches this week
NASAWatch this space. CALET, a high-energy astrophysics observatory, will be installed this week on the exposed terrace (above) of the Japanese Experiment Module on the International Space Station....
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Bacterial infection makes farmers out of amoebae
E. Magdalena L. In 2011 the Queller-Strassmann lab, then at Rice University, made a startling announcement in Nature Letters. They had been collecting single-celled amoebae of the species Dictyostelium...
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Blake Thornton: No. 1 standup paddleboarder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XIZZsyHI-EIt's safe to say that any river race with a skull-and-crossbones logo isn't a lazy summer float. And in fact, the Missouri American Water MR340 is a famous...
View ArticleSymposium to address climate change and extinction
http://youtu.be/3B7eK8mcqKkPeter Raven, PhD, the George Engelmann Professor Emeritus of Botany at Washington University, discusses climate change and the upcoming I-CARES symposium.Two degrees. It...
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WashU Expert: Arvidson on news that water still flows on Mars
NASA/JPL/University of ArizonaA GIF made up of repeated images taken by a camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows dark streaks that appear, lengthen and fade with the season. Scientists...
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IDEA Labs student entrepreneurs schooled on key to success
Tim ParkerRobert Chen, a first-year MD/PhD student at Washington University, encourages young entrepreneurs to use their creativity and passion to come up with ideas to prevent falling in people with...
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The brain’s wiring is linked to good – and bad – behavioral traits
WUSTL PhotoA new study co-authored by Washington University neuroscientists Deanna Barch, PhD, and David Van Essen, PhD, is among the first fruits of the Human Connectome Project.The way our brains are...
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Nobel laureate Moerner to give 2015 Weissman Lecture
Andy Nestl, courtesy Wikimedia. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.The nucleus of a bone cancer cell seen with normal fluorescence microscopy...
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Good as gold
Gold is one of the world’s best-known precious metals. For thousands of years, it’s been crafted into jewelry, medals and coins. When mixed with alloys, it can take on a white or rose-colored cast,...
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Washington People: Mike Dyer
Joe Angeles/WUSTL PhotosMike Dyer working with salt-tolerant grasses in the greenhouse. Mike Dyer began his career working as a horticulturist for North Carolina’s agricultural extension. Horticulture...
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Scientists discover ancient safety valve linking pollen to bacteria
All photos courtesy of Jan Derksen, Radboud University Nijmegen, http://www.vcbio.science.ru.nl/en/virtuallessons/pollenmorphology/ Most living things are killed by dehydration, but pollen has the...
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Bose named Packard Fellow
Arpita Bose, PhD, assistant professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named a Packard Fellow, a prestigious distinction awarded to only 18 top young...
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‘If this works, structural biology will never be the same’
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