Science & Technology

Some Source stories from years past continue to attract new readers. Here, we check in with WashU researchers in linguistics, psychology, engineering and other disciplines to learn more about their work and how the research has progressed.

Sleep helps restore the brain’s operating system to a critical state, according to new findings from biology and physics researchers in Arts & Sciences.

Certain populations of mosquitoes are more heat tolerant and better equipped to survive heat waves than others, according to new research from Washington University in St. Louis.

Nia Hodges, a second-year master’s student studying data analytics and statistics at the McKelvey School of Engineering, recently won a Diversity Fellowship Award from the Taylor Geospatial Institute, a collaboration that aims to advance geospatial technology.

Katharine M. Flores, the Christopher I. Byrnes Professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering, has been elected a Fellow of ASM (American Society for Metals) International for her contributions to the field of materials science and engineering.

Kimberly Parker, an assistant professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering, won the 2024 James J. Morgan Early Career Award from the American Chemical Society.

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.