A closer look at biomolecular ‘Silly Putty’
Researchers at Washington University have developed a method to peer into biomolecular condensates, which could lead to a better understanding of condensate functions and their impairment in cancers and neurodegeneration.
How cells sense, remember their environments
A $2.2 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant will fund research in the McKelvey School of Engineering to explore how epithelial cells sense their environments and acquire mechanical memories.
Multimodal AI tool supports study of ecosystems
Computer scientists at Washington University developed TaxaBind, an artificial intelligence tool that combines six information streams to address modeling of ecosystems.
Ling named ‘Rising Star’ in environmental research
Environmental engineer Fangqiong Ling, at the McKelvey School of Engineering at WashU, has been named among ACS Environmental Au’s “Rising Stars in Environmental Research.”
AI tool helps make trustworthy, explainable scheduling decisions
Researchers at Washington University developed TRACE-cs, a hybrid system that combines symbolic reasoning with large language models to solve students’ course scheduling problems.
Foundation AI model predicts postoperative risks from clinical notes
An AI for Health Institute team unveils a versatile large language model that enables early and accurate prediction of postoperative complications to help improve patient safety and outcomes.
New biosensor can detect airborne bird flu in under five minutes
Researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering have developed a sensor that detects airborne H5N1 avian flu and can be used on poultry and dairy farms.
Electrochemical field key to how dementia precursors ‘break bad’
Researchers at Washington University have found electrochemical rules for how toxic protein assemblies form, opening the way for better treatments of dementia.
‘IsolateGPT’ to make LLM-based agents more secure
Engineers at Washington University have developed a way to keep external LLM tools isolated while running in a system.
Five named National Academy of Inventors senior members
Five researchers from Washington University have been named senior members of the National Academy of Inventors.
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