Demystifying nano-neuro interactions

Demystifying nano-neuro interactions

Researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering received a three-year $570,746 grant from the National Science Foundation to support their work to understand the fundamental mechanisms that underpin interactions between nerve cells, or neurons, and nanoparticles, which can be used to both sense and stimulate neurons.
Framework promotes equitable science learning

Framework promotes equitable science learning

Teaching science in a way that includes and engages all learners can be challenging, but a new framework developed by the Institute for School Partnership at Washington University in St. Louis, and published in the journal Science and Children, provides criteria for equitable lesson development in elementary science.
New insight into orchid origins

New insight into orchid origins

Research from Washington University in St. Louis shows that orchids probably originated in Eurasia. Biologist Susanne Renner in Arts & Sciences is a senior author of the study in New Phytologist.
Water quality monitor, locust-inspired electronic nose under development

Water quality monitor, locust-inspired electronic nose under development

Two teams of engineers led by faculty in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University will work toward developing products to monitor drinking water quality and to detect explosives with an electronic nose with one-year $650,000 Convergence Accelerator Phase 1 grants from the National Science Foundation.
Locusts’ sense of smell boosted with custom-made nanoparticles

Locusts’ sense of smell boosted with custom-made nanoparticles

Srikanth Singamaneni and Barani Raman, both professors at the McKelvey School of Engineering, led a team that harnessed the power of specially made nanostructures to enhance the neural response in a locust’s brain to specific odors and to improve their identification of those odors.
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