Mantis shrimp, aggressive, predatory sea crustaceans, have among the most sophisticated vision of all animals. A group of researchers, including Viktor Gruev, PhD, want to recreate that vision to make a specialized camera that could
bring more precision to biomedical imaging and weapon targeting in
defense.
WUSTL employees interested in learning about evening
and part-time graduate programs are encouraged to attend a
lunch-and-learn session at noon on Dec. 6 in the Danforth University
Center.
The student-run local chapter of Locks of Love encouraged WUSTL community members to participate in the annual campus-wide hair drive Nov. 12. The drive yielded $600 and 26 hair donations. All hair and money collected is sent to the Locks of Love national organization, which aims to help restore self-esteem and confidence in children afflicted by disease-related, long-term hair loss.
Detecting whether a patient will have acute kidney
injury could become as simple as dipping a paper test strip printed with
gold nanorods into a urine sample, a team of Washington University in
St. Louis researchers has found.
Two scientists at Washington University have developed a low-energy defibrillation
scheme that significantly reduces the energy needed to re-establish a
normal rhythm in the heart’s main chambers. They hope this
electrotherapy will be much less painful than the existing electrotherapy, making treatment with a defibrillator much more acceptable to patients.
Alum Robbie Garrison (left), of MMBiosensing, LLC, talks with Ken Harrington, managing director of the Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, following the selection of Garrison’s firm as one of seven finalists for the 2012 Olin Cup during a ceremony Nov. 8 in Simon Hall.
Everyone knows someone who overshares on social media,
from constant updates about daily minutiae to an automatically generated
stream of songs listened to, articles read, games played and other matters blast-broadcast through various applications. Intentional
over-sharers may be a necessary nuisance in our wired world, but the
days of the auto-generated social media stream may be numbered, says
Neil Richards, JD, privacy law expert and professor of law at Washington
University in St. Louis.
People with diabetes often develop clogged arteries that cause heart disease. New research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found that when vitamin D levels are adequate in people with diabetes, blood vessels are less likely to clog. But in patients with insufficient vitamin D, immune cells bind to blood vessels near the heart, then trap cholesterol to block those blood vessels.
Nov. 12-16 is Geography Awareness Week at WUSTL. The Geographic Information Systems office at WUSTL is sponsoring a number of sessions highlighting resources available through the university. Attendees can learn how to organize, analyze and present spatial information.
On November 8, 2012, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham
Clinton announced the appointment of three new science envoys, including
Barbara Schaal, the Mary-Dell Chilton Distinguished Professor of
Biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. The science envoys travel in their capacity as private
citizens and advise the White House, the U.S. Department of State, and
the U.S. scientific community about the insights they gain from their
travels and interactions.