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Breakthrough Sensing Platform Enhances Sensitivity in Conventional Sensors
Optical sensors serve as the backbone of numerous scientific and technological endeavors, from detecting gravitational waves to imaging biological tissues for medical diagnostics. These sensors use light to detect changes in properties of…
Washington University in St. Louis: Humanities Exploration Takes Center Stage at Tyson Research…
Listening is a fundamental human capacity. It also can be a skill, an artistic practice and even a political act.
So argues Anya Yermakova, an American Council of Learned Societies Emerging Voices Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for…
AI Breast-Cancer Screening at Washington University in St. Louis Aims to Cut Unnecessary Tests
Using artificial intelligence (AI) to supplement radiologists’ evaluations of mammograms may improve breast-cancer screening by reducing false positives without missing cases of cancer, according to a study by researchers at Washington…
Engineering Course at Washington University in St. Louis Focuses on Women’s Health Solutions
Women’s health through the lifespan has been getting a new focus in recent years from the local to the federal level, with President Joe Biden recently launching initiatives to boost federally funded research in this long-overlooked area.…
Sam Fox School Presents 95th Annual Fashion Design Show at Washington University in St. Louis
Online, fashion is often reduced to image. But in life, fashion is highly tactile. The weight of a fabric, the weave of a cloth, the way it drapes or moves with the body — all profoundly shape the wearer’s experience.
For young…
Elmesky Receives William H. Danforth St. Louis Confluence Award at Washington University in St.…
For more than a decade, Rowhea Elmesky, an associate professor of education in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has worked with educators and students in University City School High School to create a culture of…
Washington University in St. Louis Junior Seiler Awarded Truman Scholarship
Isaac Seiler, a junior studying sociology and political science in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has won the Truman Scholarship, the leading graduate fellowship for students who are committed to careers in…
Ishida to Lead Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Design Programs at Washington…
Aki Ishida, an associate professor and interim associate director of the School of Architecture at Virginia Tech, has been named director of the College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design in the Sam…
Traube Installed as Neidorff Family and Centene Corporation Dean of the Brown School at Washington…
Dorian E. Traube, an expert on early childhood development, was installed as the Neidorff Family and Centene Corporation Dean of the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis during a Feb. 15 ceremony in Brown Hall.
Traube…
Epilepsy Drug Shows Promise in Preventing Brain Tumors in NF1 Mice
A drug used to treat children with epilepsy prevents brain tumor formation and growth in two mouse models of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), according to a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. NF1…