Science & Technology

Peter R. Phillips, a professor emeritus of physics in Arts & Sciences, died Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in St. Louis. He was 92 years old.

A visual active search tool developed by Nathan Jacobs, Anindya Sarkar and Yevgeniy Vorobeychik at the McKelvey School of Engineering combines deep reinforcement learning with traditional active search methods.

The Office of Sustainability offers tips for reducing energy use during the winter break. It’s also hosting the annual holiday lights recycling drive through Feb. 2.

Washington University in St. Louis researchers will adapt their COVID-19-detecting breathalyzer to one that can also screen for common seasonal viruses with a two-year $3.6 million grant from Flu Lab. With the funding, they plan to take the technology from bench into clinical trials with the goal of preparing the handheld rapid screening breath test for commercial application and FDA registration.

Michelle Oyen, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering, has been named among the 200 Trailblazing Leaders in Women’s Health and FemTech for 2023 by Women of Wearables.

Researchers and clinicians at Washington University in St. Louis developed a new imaging method to better diagnose lesions in the ovaries and fallopian tubes that may help to avoid unnecessary surgeries.

Researchers working with Fuzhong Zhang at the McKelvey School of Engineering have genetically engineered a protein-based bio-adhesive with programmable material properties.

Older adults spend less time worrying and more time staying on task, according to a new study by WashU psychological and brain sciences researchers Matt Welhaf and Julie Bugg in Arts & Sciences.

Collaborative research from Rohit Pappu’s laboratory at the McKelvey School of Engineering, published in Nature Communications, shows that timing matters when it comes to the order of how different RNA molecules are added to condensates.

Sang-Hoon Bae at the McKelvey School of Engineering and collaborators have demonstrated integrated processing hardware they say could revolutionize artificial intelligence computing.