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Off to the races: 2013 car revealed
Whitney CurtisSenior Matt Monson, a mechanical engineering major in the School of Engineering & Applied Science and chief engineer of the WU Racing Team, gives a big thumbs-up after helping to...
View ArticleStudents' low-cost medical device wins inaugural Discovery Competition
A low-cost medical device targeted at improving world health has taken the top prize in Washington University in St. Louis School of Engineering & Applied Science’s inaugural Discovery...
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Genomics to reshape endometrial cancer treatment
Robert BostonScientists at Washington University's Genome Institute have shown that adding genomics-based testing to the standard diagnostic workup for endometrial cancer could change the recommended...
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Author of book about the famed Cori Laboratory to open Cori Lecture May 8
John Exton, MD, PhD, the author of “Crucible of Science” — a book detailing the history of a unique laboratory at Washington University and of Carl and Gerty Cori, the tremendous biochemists who...
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Scientists assemble genetic playbook for acute leukemia
Benjamin Raphael, Brown UniversityLines in the circos plot connect major genes involved in acute myeloid leukemia with patients whose leukemia cells have mutations in those genes. For an interactive...
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Elson elected fellow of arts and sciences academy
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis faculty member Elliot L. Elson, PhD, has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Elson, the Alumni Endowed Professor of...
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Early responses coming in on Next Generation Science Standards
The 26 states in blue partnered with a nonprofit educational group to write the Next Generation Science Standards. (Missouri applied to be a partner state but its application was still pending when the...
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Three faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences
Three Washington University in St. Louis scientists are among the 84 members and 21 foreign associates elected to the National Academy of Sciences this year. Election to the academy is considered one...
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Nerve stimulation for severe depression changes brain function
Copyright Brain Stimulation 2013, with permissionPET scans of patients successfully treated with vagus nerve stimulation show marked increases in cerebral glucose metabolism after 12 months of...
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Faulty memory finds a new culprit
Grandpa's stories often begin with the phrase, “Have I ever told you about the time…?” What he doesn’t know is that, yes, he has told you about that time, and he has told you many times before.Why is...
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Unusual comparison nets new sleep loss marker
For years, Paul Shaw, PhD, a researcher at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has used what he learns in fruit flies to look for markers of sleep loss in humans. ShawShaw reverses...
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Engineers in training
Sid Hastings (2)Ritenour High School’s Draye Harris (above) launches a plane on behalf of his team during the annual Boeing Engineering Challenge at the Washington University in St. Louis Athletic...
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Carter to lead international education and research in engineering school
Dedric A. Carter, PhD, has been named associate dean for international education and research and professor of the practice in the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University...
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Supreme Court decision closes loophole in Monsanto’s business model
The Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion in Bowman v. Monsanto holds that farmers who lawfully obtain Monsanto’s patented, genetically modified soybeans do not have a right to plant those soybeans and...
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Scientists show how nerve wiring self-destructs
Elisabetta Babetto, PhDMouse nerve axons (green) connect to muscle synapses (red) to coordinate movement. Three days after injury, these axons are protected from degeneration because they are missing...
View ArticleI-CARES announces 2013 funded research projects
The International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (I-CARES) has announced the award winners for its 2013 Call for Proposals. As part of its mission, I-CARES awards seed funding...
View ArticleWashington University teams win $50,000 Arch Grants
Four startup companies with ties to Washington University in St. Louis have received $50,000 each in the Arch Grants 2013 Global Startup Competition designed to stimulate and support the early stage...
View ArticleEngineering undergrads create game-changing asthma management device
http://youtu.be/zBGm83pNxuoEngineering students Andrew Brimer and Abigail Cohen discuss their project, Sparo Labs, which recently won the $25,000 prize in the Washington University in St. Louis of...
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WUSTL alumna selected as a 2013 National Geographic Emerging Explorer
Lance Hayashida/California Institute of TechnologyEhlmannBethany Ehlmann, who graduated from WUSTL in 2004 with a bachelor's degree in earth and planetary science, joins a roboticist, an...
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Bear Cub grants foster entrepreneurship
Joe AngelesJung-Tsung Shen, PhD, is one of five WUSTL scientists recently awarded a Bear Cub grant. Shen is developing a photonic switch, pictured on his computer screen, that is much faster, smaller...
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