Author: Talia Ogliore

A team led by biologists in Arts & Sciences and the Missouri Botanical Garden uncovered the ecological forces that drive remarkable chemical diversity of trees in the Andes mountains.

Physicist Mikhail Tikhonov in Arts & Sciences proposes an outside-the-box idea for detecting alien biology. His new study is published in Nature Communications.

Thunderstorms that swept the central U.S. in 2022 were unprecedented, but their extreme precipitation may not be that rare — especially with global warming, according to a new analysis from researchers in Arts & Sciences.

New calculations by Arts & Sciences researchers suggest surprising geology beneath Venus’ surface.

Lúcia Lohmann and Toby Pennington will have joint appointments with both research institutions.

Physicists in Arts & Sciences have created a new phase of matter in the center of a diamond. They created a new form of time crystal called a discrete-time quasicrystal. Such states could be useful for high-precision sensing and advanced signal processing.

A multidisciplinary team led by WashU chemists repurposed an antimalarial drug in the fight against antibiotic resistance.

Biologist Kevin Cox, in Arts & Sciences, has discovered a low-cost way to more easily study the detailed makeup of plant cells. The ultimate goal is to help grow better crops, improving food security.

WashU researchers recently identified the first longhorned tick found in suburban St. Louis County. In concert with a local community science effort, Tick Watch STL, the researchers will conduct additional tick investigations in the region.

A one-hour adjustment to the clock on the wall may not sound dramatic. But our biological clock begs to differ, according to biologist Erik Herzog in Arts & Sciences.