Science & Technology

Ismael Seáñez received a five-year $1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to lead interdisciplinary spinal cord injury research.

Arts & Sciences’ John Baugh has been named to the advisory board of the first edition of the Oxford Dictionary of African American English.

Vijay Ramani at the McKelvey School of Engineering is one of 15 new fellows of the Electrochemical Society, recognized for his contributions to the field.

Jianjun Guan at the McKelvey School of Engineering was awarded a four-year $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a new dressing for chronic wounds in people with diabetes.

Research from the McKelvey School of Engineering and School of Medicine aims to overcome a critical barrier in kidney disease research with a new way to culture specific kidney cells.

Louis Woodhams and Phil Bayly’s team at the McKelvey School of Engineering built a model to better understand how certain cilia — tiny, hairlike structures throughout our body — beat.

Physicists from Washington University in St. Louis are developing a new experiment as part of NASA’s Astrophysics Pioneers Program. Brian Rauch in Arts & Sciences is leading the effort, which will investigate the origins of heavy elements in the universe and has a $20 million cost cap.

On Monday, Aug. 29, NASA plans to launch its Orion spacecraft from the world’s most powerful rocket for a trip around the moon. Lunar scientist Bradley L. Jolliff in Arts & Sciences explains why the Artemis mission represents the next great leap in human exploration of space.

A rumination on space and the human capacity to imagine.

New research from the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences in Arts & Sciences indicates that fear-based messaging may result in mixed effects when it comes to public health.