Science & Technology

A WashU-led team successfully launched the DR-TES mission Sept. 24 from NASA’s balloon launch facility in New Mexico. Physicists in Arts & Sciences are using this mission to test quantum X-ray and gamma-ray detectors in near-space conditions.

Researchers in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis have devised an agent to help large language models “think.”

The Europa Clipper mission is the first to specifically target Jupiter’s ocean moon for detailed science investigation. In this Q&A, WashU’s William B. McKinnon, a science team member, describes what’s at stake when it launches next month.

Researchers from WashU and Duke University have shown that the formation of biological condensates affects cellular activity far beyond their immediate vicinity.

Two WashU faculty members, Benjamin Garcia and Rohit Pappu, have received annual awards from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

WashU students, faculty and staff  are invited to break out their U-Passes Sept. 20 to compete in the annual College Transit Challenge, an annual celebration of public transportation sponsored by Citizens for Modern Transit. 

Washington University in St. Louis faculty experts are available to discuss a variety of topics related to the election, politics and national and local issues.

Researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering are the first to quantify the effect of dark brown carbon on snow melt.

Trained as an engineer, Janie Brennan, a senior lecturer at the WashU McKelvey School of Engineering, now builds courses instead of machines. She’s using her classroom to peel away systemic and cultural barriers to engineering. 

WashU earth scientists in Arts & Sciences are mapping Earth’s interior and analyzing lava rocks from a volcanic hotspot near the islands of Samoa.