New calculations rev up origins-of-life controversy
Scientists have performed calculations to show the early Earth’s atmosphere was chock-full of methane, ammonia, hydrogen and water vapor.
Atlas provides brain fold maps
It’s already helping scientists understand how an inherited disorder changes the brain and how brain function adjusts in response to blindness.
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Infectious diseases specialist Nagami to speak Oct. 5
In her most recent book, she describes the often-frightening truth about even the most seemingly harmless bite or bump.
Special honors
Photo by Kevin LowderSix WUSTL chemistry professors were recently honored for their significant contributions to the Manhattan Project.
Einstein experts speak on groundbreaking papers
Also known as the World Year of Physics, 2005 is featuring worldwide events of interest to physicists and the general public.
‘Really a beautiful dormitory’
Photo by David KilperKoenig House on the South 40 opened in August and is home to 160 first-year students.The 45,000-square-foot structure is located just north of the Wohl Parking Garage off Shepley Drive and houses 160 freshmen.
A simple twist of fate
Forty years ago, fate sprung an ambush on Michael J. Welch. Welch, born and raised in the English city of Stoke-on-Trent, had just earned a Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of London and was on his way to Brookhaven National Laboratory in the United States for a postdoctoral appointment. He had filled out all […]
English, music and PAD aim to help Katrina victims
“New Orleans is such an important home for the arts in the United States,” said PAD Chair Henry I. Schvey.
Symphony concert Oct. 2 to feature Schubert’s ‘Unfinished’ Symphony
Officially known as Symphony No. 8 in B Minor and written in 1822, the piece is the most mysterious and the most forward-looking of his works.
Sounds of the South: School of Social Work’s Katrina benefit concert today
Graduate students, faculty and staff are invited to the Lopata Courtyard between Goldfarb and Brown halls today for “Sounds of the South,” a hurricane-relief benefit concert featuring the Zydeco Crawdaddys. The event, hosted by the George Warren Brown School of Social Work student body, will kick off with a happy hour at 6 p.m. The […]
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