Science & Technology

A team of researchers that includes scientists from Washington University have received $1.5 million grant from the Human Frontier Science Program to study a potentially transformative new mode of cell-to-cell communication.

Biologists in Arts & Sciences have found new ways to encourage the plastic-producing power of purple microbes.

A collaboration of universities and industry, led by the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University, is embarking on a bold plan to transform manufacturing toward zero or negative emissions by converting carbon dioxide into environmentally friendly chemicals and products that create a circular economy.

Microscopy engineers at Washington University model how molecules move to enhance understanding of nanoscale biological systems.

Researchers at Washington University studied the role of serotonin in altering odor-driven behavioral and neural responses in locusts.

A study by Kim Medley, director of Tyson Research Center, and others found that dragonflies with dark wing markings have a lower risk of extinction.

Tweaking the numbers of receptors in a key brain area changes the daily rhythms of rest and wake in mice, according to research led by Daniel Granados-Fuentes in Arts & Sciences, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have used microscopy to chart amyloid beta’s underlying structure and yield insight into neurodegenerative disease.

Scientists at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis sort the rules governing putty-like biomolecular condensates.

Researchers at Washington University are studying how to turbo-charge microbial bioproduction.