Samples from a Wild comet reveal a surprising past
Eighteen years after NASA’s Stardust mission returned to Earth with the first samples from a known comet, the true nature of that icy object is coming into focus, according to physicist Ryan Ogliore in Arts & Sciences.
Four factors that drove 2023’s extreme heat
2023 was the hottest year in recorded history. Michael Wysession, a professor of earth, environmental and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, explains four factors that drove the year’s extreme heat and climate disasters — and what this means for the future.
Why do we sleep? Researchers propose an answer to this age-old question
Sleep helps restore the brain’s operating system to a critical state, according to new findings from biology and physics researchers in Arts & Sciences.
Some mosquitoes like it hot
Certain populations of mosquitoes are more heat tolerant and better equipped to survive heat waves than others, according to new research from Washington University in St. Louis.
Flores named ASM Fellow
Katharine M. Flores, the Christopher I. Byrnes Professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering, has been elected a Fellow of ASM (American Society for Metals) International for her contributions to the field of materials science and engineering.
Parker receives Morgan Early Career Award
Kimberly Parker, an assistant professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering, won the 2024 James J. Morgan Early Career Award from the American Chemical Society.
Peter R. Phillips, professor emeritus of physics, 92
Peter R. Phillips, a professor emeritus of physics in Arts & Sciences, died Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in St. Louis. He was 92 years old.
Meta-learning to find every needle in every haystack
A visual active search tool developed by Nathan Jacobs, Anindya Sarkar and Yevgeniy Vorobeychik at the McKelvey School of Engineering combines deep reinforcement learning with traditional active search methods.
Earliest evidence for domestic yak found using both archaeology, ancient DNA
Archaeologists from Washington University in St. Louis discovered evidence for domestic yak in the Tibetan Plateau dating back 2,500 years.
Team to develop breathalyzer test for COVID, RSV, influenza A
Washington University in St. Louis researchers will adapt their COVID-19-detecting breathalyzer to one that can also screen for common seasonal viruses with a two-year $3.6 million grant from Flu Lab. With the funding, they plan to take the technology from bench into clinical trials with the goal of preparing the handheld rapid screening breath test for commercial application and FDA registration.
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