Surprising phosphate finding in asteroid sample
Washington University scientists, including Kun Wang in Arts & Sciences, are part of a team that reported that near-Earth asteroid Bennu’s dust is rich in carbon and nitrogen, as well as organic compounds, all of which are essential components for life as we know it.
Chen awarded two Scialog grants to study the molecular basis of cognition
Yao Chen, an assistant professor of neuroscience at the School of Medicine, is part of two teams that have been awarded grants to study the molecular processes that underlie memory and cognition.
OpenAI awards grant to improve machine learning models
An award from OpenAI will aid researchers at Washington University in St. Louis to better train powerful machine learning models.
Altered carbon points toward sustainable manufacturing
Researchers at McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a vastly more productive way to convert carbon dioxide into useful materials and compounds.
Advancing robot autonomy in unpredictable environments
Yiannis Kantaros, an assistant professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University, has received a five-year $591,457 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation to address limitations to robot autonomy.
Sampling eDNA for global biodiversity census
Kara Andres, a postdoctoral fellow with the Living Earth Collaborative, collected samples from Simpson Lake in Valley Park, Mo., one of about 800 lakes worldwide that were surveyed on the UN’s International Day of Biodiversity.
Biologists take closer look at stress response in cells
Hani Zaher, a professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, published a study in Molecular Cell that dives into the mechanisms behind the ways cells respond to stress.
Study aims to understand genetics of Parkinson’s disease in Black people
School of Medicine researchers have joined an international study aimed at understanding the gene changes that may lead to Parkinson’s disease in Black and African American people.
Understanding role of T cells in Alzheimer’s disease is aim of new grant
Naresha Saligrama, an assistant professor of neurology at the School of Medicine, has received a $200,000 grant from the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund to investigate whether other aspects of the immune system also contribute to the disease, specifically T cells.
Researchers develop improved techniques for medical imaging
Biomedical engineer Abhinav Jha, an assistant professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering and of radiology at the School of Medicine, both at Washington University in St. Louis, has published two papers recently related to improving imaging methods for medical applications.
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