The Record

WashU research finds gaps in Google AI Overview citations, claims

With the advent of Google AI Overviews, Google has unprecedented editorial control over what users read and know, according to political scientist Jacob Montgomery, in Arts & Sciences.

Freezing out tumors with cryoablation

WashU Medicine radiologist Heather Garrett, MD, is on a mission to expand a minimally invasive procedure as a safe option for breast cancer patients.

WashU-led team wins $4M DARPA grant to improve fuel injector design

Research led by McKelvey Engineering’s James Friend aims to crack the code of atomization for future aircraft engines.

WashU research helped shape step with Trump Accounts

Research from the Brown School’s Center for Social Development helped lay the groundwork for a major change to the new federal Trump Accounts program: automatic account creation for eligible children.

Research Wire

WashU Medicine researchers show in a new study that brain cells called astrocytes modulate the supply of cholesterol in the brain to help neurons communicate.

Research Wire

Researchers at McKelvey Engineering studied how neuromodulators alter odor processing in locusts. Results were published recently in the Journal of Neuroscience.

Announcements

Students, employees asked to complete transportation survey

WashU is conducting a universitywide transportation survey. Data gathered from this survey will provide campus planners with key information about transportation behaviors. The survey closes Oct. 31.