Science & Technology

Researchers at WashU are documenting the loss of the Sunlight glacier system near Sunlight Peak, Wyo.

Ralph S. Quatrano, an internationally renowned plant scientist, former dean of the Washington University in St. Louis School of Engineering & Applied Science and former chair of the Department of Biology in Arts & Sciences, died Feb. 24, 2026, in St. Louis. He was 84.

WashU researchers will be looking over data about high-energy neutrinos, retrieved during a balloon flight over Antarctica in January.

Alvitta Ottley, a computer science researcher at WashU, was appointed to a United Nations panel on artificial intelligence.

The master’s program in biomedical data science and artificial intelligence is one of few such programs in the U.S. It offers a flexible curriculum, part-time enrollment and evening classes to accommodate working students.

Machine learning researchers at Washington University in St. Louis used artificial intelligence to help with early detection of spinal cord disease.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have a federal grant to further develop a fiber-based, deep-brain interface to study the relationship between neurovascular dysfunction and memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed muscle-inspired fiber materials for use in textiles, foods and biomedical applications.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have a new model for understanding fruit fly courtship behavior, which can help with other sensory models in neuroscience research.

Philip Payne, vice chancellor for biomedical informatics and data science at WashU Medicine and chief health AI officer for BJC Health and WashU Medicine, will lead the American Medical Informatics Association.