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Tiny and toxic: Researchers track smaller air pollution particles across US skies
Climate & Environment

Tiny and toxic: Researchers track smaller air pollution particles across US skies

To help understand air pollution health effects, researchers in St. Louis quantified how the amount of submicron particles in the air has changed over the past 25 years.
June 16, 2025
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A man of letters
Arts & Culture

A man of letters

A surprising donation of correspondence to WashU Libraries last winter is starting to yield new insights into the life of poet Howard Nemerov.
June 13, 2025
Published In Washington Magazine
Sleep aid blocks neurodegeneration in mice
Alzheimer's

Sleep aid blocks neurodegeneration in mice

A new study by WashU Medicine researchers suggests that lemborexant and sleep aids that work the same way could help treat or prevent damage caused by harmful buildup of the protein tau in multiple neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s.
May 27, 2025
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