Science & Technology

A team of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis is developing an at-home wearable device that would monitor electrical and mechanical signals in the uterus during pregnancy and labor, with a four-year $920,769 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis will empower people to monitor their own tap water with a project funded through the National Science Foundation.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are finding ways to efficiently reclaim useful intermediary chemicals from sewage instead of a more energy-intensive process for biogas reclamation.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have found new rules for how groups of cells can sense beyond their surrounding environment, which can help in tracking how cancer moves and how wounds heal.

Jianjun Guan, an expert in biomaterials and tissue engineering, has been named the Earl E. and Myrtle E. Walker Professor of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis.

Alexandra Rutz, a biomedical engineer at WashU, has received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation to create 3D bioelectronic scaffolds for ovarian follicles, to be used for infertility and aging research.

Environmental engineer Jenna Ditto, at WashU, aims to establish a link between indoor air quality and the chemistry of building material surfaces with a grant from the National Science Foundation.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis find sea spray concentrations, used in measuring cloud formation, can vary widely and estimates made from shore should not apply to lower levels of spray on the open ocean.

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis identified drivers of maternal and child health service use across Africa.

Mechanical and materials engineer Sara Roccabianca has been named director of the Center for Women’s Health Engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis.