Using Washington University’s state-of-the-art zebrafish facility, scientists have identified a gene that helps regulate how well nerves of the central nervous system are insulated. The finding may have implications for human diseases such as multiple sclerosis, in which this insulation is lost.

When it comes to race, too many people still mistake bigotry for science, argues Washington University anthropologist Robert W. Sussman, PhD, of Arts & Sciences. His new book is “The Myth of Race: The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea.”

​Watch as Washington University students rehearse an ancient Phillipine dance form called tinikling, one of more than a dozen performances scheduled for this year’s Lunar New Year Festival Friday and Saturday, Jan. 30-31. More than 160 students will perform in the annual celebration of Asian art forms and traditions. ​

A research team, including Elijah Thimsen, PhD, of the School of Engineering & Applied Science, has developed a technique to increase the performance and electrical conductivity of thin films used to print solar cells from inks. Their work was published in Nature Communications.