Science & Technology

Biomedical researchers at Washington University have decoded how mechanical forces drive cell behavior in fibrosis.

Physicists in Arts & Sciences have created a new phase of matter in the center of a diamond. They created a new form of time crystal called a discrete-time quasicrystal. Such states could be useful for high-precision sensing and advanced signal processing.

A multidisciplinary team led by chemist Timothy Wencewicz in Arts & Sciences repurposed an antimalarial drug in the fight against antibiotic resistance.

Rob Bilott, the attorney who exposed DuPont’s water contamination cover-up, will speak April 7 for the Assembly Series. “Dark Waters,” a film based on his fight for justice, screens in advance.

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.

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.

Researchers at Washington University find high social disadvantage may limit the benefits of parenting on language and cognition.

Computer scientists at Washington University developed TaxaBind, an artificial intelligence tool that combines six information streams to address modeling of ecosystems.

Biologist Kevin Cox, in Arts & Sciences, has discovered a low-cost way to more easily study the detailed makeup of plant cells. The ultimate goal is to help grow better crops, improving food security.

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.”