Uncovering how cells allocate space to make way for new growth
A study led by physicist Shankar Mukherji in Arts & Sciences uses a new technique to simultaneously visualize how six major organelles within a cell change as the cell grows. The work has implications for how cells regulate metabolism and growth, which is important in both health and disease.
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From Kent State to L.A.: Echoes of a Dark Past in Protest Crackdown
Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard against anti-deportation protesters is sadly familiar after other attacks on the First Amendment, writes Greg Magarian.
Violence Against Jews Is About More Than Left or Right
The rise of identity politics and a growing taste for transgression have eroded the taboo against antisemitism across the political spectrum, writes Mark Oppenheimer.
Your left and right brain hear language differently − a neuroscientist explains how
Hysell Oviedo, the Roger M. Perlmutter Career Development Assistant Professor of Biomedical Research
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Beyond visual data
Can we ever see too much data? Yes, actually. In some situations, visual overload can paralyze decision-making. But over the last year, the interdisciplinary SAIL lab, with help from WashU Rowing, has explored nonvisual means for transmitting real-time performance feedback.
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The United States of no states?
What would America look like if there were no state governments? Stephen H. Legomsky, the John S. Lehmann University Professor Emeritus at WashU Law, tackles that question in his new book, “Reimagining the American Union: The Case for Abolishing State Government,” published by Cambridge University Press.