Science & Technology

Biology and engineering researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have uncovered the mechanism of plants’ twisting roots.

Biologist Toby Pennington recently was installed as the inaugural David and Dorothy Kemper Professor at Washington University in St. Louis.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have found a way to better track circadian brain signals that synchronize the body clocks.

Alex Quillin, PhD ’25, talks about the day she looked through the microscope and realized what she and her fellow students discovered.

Lúcia Lohmann has been installed as the George Engelmann Professor of Botany at Washington University in St. Louis.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis found that the timing of biopsy can affect how doctors diagnose tumors and when those cancers may be more sensitive to chemotherapy.

A group of researchers from Washington University in St. Louis has created a new kind of fiber-optic device to manipulate neural activity deep in the brain.

In recent research, Guy Genin, a biomedical engineer at Washington University in St. Louis, has identified phase transitions in living tissue that could explain why fibrosis suddenly accelerates.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have created injectable bioelectric hydrogels for use in monitoring biological activity such as heart rate.

Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis and the Georgia Institute of Technology study lizards who have lost limbs to understand how omnipresent the forces of natural selection can be, and why those lizards appear to be resilient.