Science & Technology

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.

Biologists in the laboratory of Hani Zaher in Arts & Sciences examined the modified nucleotides used in COVID-19 vaccines. The modifications faithfully produce the protein products as designed, a welcome sign for future RNA therapeutics.

Researchers from the McKelvey School of Engineering discover the conditions inside tiny pores can have big consequences for chemistry.

A National Science Foundation grant will support the research of Zhen “Jason” He at the McKelvey School of Engineering as he works to develop a more economically viable, sustainable waste conversion technology for wastewater.

ShiNung Ching and collaborators are working with a $1 million NIH grant to predict and prevent some injuries related to neurological illnesses.

A $1.5 million NIH grant will support J. Mark Meecham’s development of microfluidic technology to separate cells and molecules from other microscopic particles, such as in blood.

Physicists Zohar Nussinov and Alexander Seidel, both in Arts & Sciences, received a $224,287 award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to work on imaging goggles for fluorescence-guided surgery.