Research Wire

WashU rises in a global ranking of patent awards.

The Jansky/Bander Family Fund, a generous commitment of $1.1 million over five years, has been established to advance critical initiatives within the Section of Movement Disorders in the Department of Neurology at WashU Medicine.

Esther Viola Kurtz, in the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences, has published an article titled “Call, Response, and Compromisso: Ethical Practice in Capoeira of Backland Bahia, Brazil.”

Computer scientists at Washington University developed TaxaBind, an artificial intelligence tool that combines six information streams to address modeling of ecosystems.

Researchers at WashU Medicine have uncovered why some patients with a rare genetic disorder called primary ciliary dyskinesia have worse lung problems than others with the same disorder.

Researchers at Washington University developed TRACE-cs, a hybrid system that combines symbolic reasoning with large language models to solve students’ course scheduling problems.

Li-Feng Jiang-Xie, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Pathology and Immunology at WashU Medicine, has received the 2024 WashU Medicine Bold Pioneer Award.

Engineers at Washington University have developed a way to keep external LLM tools isolated while running in a system.

Researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering have developed a method that leverages artificial intelligence to ensure accurate heart scans without added radiation or cost.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed metasurfaces that could expand the use of antennas beyond radios and cellphones to many applications, such as virtual reality devices.