Keith Hengen , an associate professor of biology in WashU Arts & Sciences, studies the brain’s computational power. He’s now turning that knowledge toward a new endeavor: developing quantum sensors for next-generation computing. Hengen Hengen and Whit... See more
Mold. It grows on bathroom walls, it makes basements smell bad, and it ruins perfectly good loaves of bread. And if you're allergic to it, there's a good chance that mold will add to your misery. The spores from common molds function much like the pollen ... See more
Deep in a cave in the Missouri Ozarks, a ghostly crustacean blindly grasps for food in total darkness. Illuminated by a flashlight, the Bristly Cave crayfish shines white and nearly translucent. Cut off from sunlight for thousands of generations, cave cra... See more
In an advance that could one day lead to new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, Meredith Jackrel, an associate professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, and her team have developed a method to rapidly pro... See more
Much of the beauty — and challenge — of biology lies in its complexity. That’s especially true in the microbial world, where hundreds or thousands of different bacterial species may co-exist in a patch of soil or in a section of the human gut. Each specie... See more
