Category: Washington University

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There’s growing evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic spurred a small business boom. In May, the National Bureau of Economic Research…

Given the increased interest in sports and exercise around the Olympics underway in Tokyo, events such as the Summer Games…

An untapped trove of desirable drug-like molecules is hidden in the genomes of Streptomyces bacteria — the same bacteria responsible…

Washington University in St. Louis is launching a smartphone system that allows Washington University faculty, staff and students to use COVID-19 Exposure…

Minuscule tunnels through the cell membrane help cells to perceive and respond to mechanical forces, such as pressure or touch….

The coronavirus pandemic has emphasized the importance of vaccines, particularly for the elderly, who have been disproportionately impacted by the…

Messenger RNA, or mRNA, has been in the news recently as a crucial component of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19…

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Rebecca Wanzo, professor and chair of women, gender and sexuality studies in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St….

Michael J. Krawczynski, assistant professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis,…

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After a year break due to the COVID-19 crisis, the Home Plate program is back and looking for volunteer families…

Dan Epps, the Treiman Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis, testified before the Presidential Commission on the…

Dedric Carter, vice chancellor for operations and technology transfer at Washington University in St. Louis, received an award from a…

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Since the 18th century, thousands of women in Jeju, South Korea, have made a living diving in icy-cold water for…

Careers in data science are among the most in-demand in today’s world, yet there are more jobs available than qualified…

The body’s so-called good cholesterol may be even better than we realize. New research from Washington University School of Medicine…

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Philosopher Carl Wellman, the Hortense and Tobias Lewin Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in the Humanities in Arts & Sciences at…

Wingfield Adia Harvey Wingfield, vice dean of faculty development and diversity and the Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor of Arts &…

The remains of microscopic plankton blooms in near-shore ocean environments slowly sink to the seafloor, setting off processes that forever…

Washington University in St. Louis has made a $25,000 contribution in support of Proposition R, an initiative that will appear…

Nanomaterials have been used in a variety of emerging applications, such as in targeted pharmaceuticals or to bolster other materials…

Spider silk is said to be one of the strongest, toughest materials on the Earth. Now engineers at Washington University…

Working mothers are often expected to work like they don’t have children and raise children as if they don’t work….

Too much milk gets pitched, something that was an issue long before these pandemic times of global food insecurity. One…

An entirely new class of fire, spherical cool diffusion flames, appropriately referred to as “cool flames,” has been documented by…