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WashU Expert: (Daylight Saving) Time is not on your side

3.9.18 |

The century-old government convention of daylight saving time takes effect this weekend, but it can be hard for our bodies to handle. Washington University circadian rhythm expert Erik Herzog offers some tips to help us adjust.

3.6.18

New view on electron interactions in graphene

3.6.18 |

There’s a new way to look at how electrons interact with each other in graphene, an intriguing material comprised of a single layer of carbon atoms. Washington University in St. Louis researchers, led by Erik Henriksen, assistant professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, are exploring the quantum electronic properties of graphene using infrared light.

3.5.18

Arms races and cooperation among amoebae in the wild

3.5.18 |

Using new gene sequencing techniques, Washington University biologists are taking a closer look at the behavior of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum, or Dicty for short.

3.1.18

Haswell elected council delegate for AAAS

3.1.18 |

Elizabeth S. Haswell, associate professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, has been elected as a council delegate for biological sciences for the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her term began Feb. 20.

2.28.18

The secret lives of plants

2.13.18

Every rose has its thorn — and its tick

2.13.18 |

A new study in Parasites & Vectors finds ticks in urban parks dominated by an invasive rose bush are nearly twice as likely to be infected with the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, as compared to ticks from uninvaded forest fragments. But the trend reverses itself at a broader scale.

2.6.18

Large-scale removal of beachgrass leads to new life for endangered coastal lupine

2.6.18 |

A rare, coastal flowering plant known as Tidestrom’s lupine — threatened by native deer mice that can munch up to three-quarters of its unripe fruits under cover of an invasive beachgrass — has been given a new life with the large-scale removal of that grass, a long-term study in the journal Restoration Ecology shows.

1.28.18

Plotting the path of plant pathogens

1.28.18 |

In a sneak attack, some pathogenic microbes manipulate plant hormones to gain access to their hosts undetected. Biologists have exposed one such interloper by characterizing the unique biochemical pathway it uses to synthesize auxin, a central hormone in plant development.

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WashU Expert: (Daylight Saving) Time is not on your side

New view on electron interactions in graphene

Arms races and cooperation among amoebae in the wild

Haswell elected council delegate for AAAS

The secret lives of plants

Every rose has its thorn — and its tick

Large-scale removal of beachgrass leads to new life for endangered coastal lupine

Plotting the path of plant pathogens

New molecular muscle responds to visible light

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