Science & Technology

Researchers at Washington University study the upside to staying social online.

Faculty at WashU follow the natural world for inspiration and ideas for innovative and “wild” solutions.

WashU Medicine’s Eric C. Leuthardt, MD, and Robi Mitra, PhD, have been named fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

Researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering will investigate the effect of estrogen on thoracic aortic aneurysm development and develop patient-specific biomarkers to manage the disease.

Physicist Mikhail Tikhonov in Arts & Sciences proposes an outside-the-box idea for detecting alien biology. His new study is published in Nature Communications.

Researchers at Washington University have received a $4 million grant to study specialized cells that could help treat kidney disease.

A new approach developed by researchers at Washington University converts nitrogen waste into a valuable chemical product.

Thunderstorms that swept the central U.S. in 2022 were unprecedented, but their extreme precipitation may not be that rare — especially with global warming, according to a new analysis from researchers in Arts & Sciences.

Microscopy researchers at Washington University developed a new method to improve precision in molecular imaging.

Researchers at Washington University use data science to improve adolescent compliance with HIV treatments in low-resource areas.