Fossil skulls alone cannot predict if animal was warm blooded
Biologist Stan Braude in Arts & Sciences was part of a team that analyzed CT scans of the heads of more than 300 mammals to determine whether certain structures in the nasal cavity play a pivotal role in body temperature maintenance.
Brain movement measured for clues to prevent, reduce injury
Philip Bayly and Jordan Escarcega at the McKelvey School of Engineering led a multi-institutional team to compare how the human brain deforms in response to movement using two types of magnetic resonance imaging. Such deformations are key to understanding traumatic brain injury but are challenging to study since the brain is hidden inside the skull.
NIH funds study of ultrasound with genetics to treat brain disorders
With support from a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a multidisciplinary team led by Hong Chen at the McKelvey School of Engineering seeks to integrate ultrasound with genetics to precisely modify neurons in the brain.
Brighter fluorescent markers allow for finer imaging
Nanoparticles engineered by Washington University in St. Louis researchers help provide a clearer picture of brain cell structure.
How birds adapt to extreme temperatures
Most bird families have adapted to changes in ambient temperature by changing both their bodies and their bills simultaneously, according to biologist Justin Baldwin in Arts & Sciences, first author of a new study in Nature Communications.
XL-Calibur telescope to fly again in 2024
Researchers led by physicist Henric Krawczynski in Arts & Sciences received $1.5 million from NASA to fund a new flight of XL-Calibur, a balloon-borne telescope built to examine the most extreme objects in the universe. XL-Calibur will be launched from Esrange Space Center in Sweden, north of the Arctic Circle, in May 2024.
Ling wins best Emerging Investigator Series paper
Fangqiong Ling, an assistant professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering, has been awarded the Best Emerging Investigator Series Paper in 2022 from the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Portable, low-cost tech tracks uterine contractions
In a paper published in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, researchers at Washington University describe a portable uterine-contraction tracker: a cheap-to-make, flexible electrode patch.
Arvidson wins fourth public service award from NASA
Raymond Arvidson, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in Arts & Sciences, has been awarded an Outstanding Public Leadership Medal from NASA. The honor — his fourth service medal from the space agency — marks the culmination of a storied career in planetary exploration that goes back to the first Viking Mars landers in the 1970s.
Robert Morgan, former professor of engineering, 89
Robert Morgan, a former professor in the McKelvey School of Engineering for more than 30 years, died Monday, June 26, in Falls Church, Virginia. Morgan joined the faculty in 1968 and worked to build new research and educational activities on the social applications of technology.
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