February 18, 2021 SHARE
COVID-19 is the worst. Tim Bono, campus happiness expert, won’t pretend otherwise. But if we are to protect our mental, as well as our physical, health, it’s vital to celebrate small kindnesses, moments of beauty and pieces of good news. “The Gratitude Project,” a new video series, highlights Washington University in St. Louis faculty, staff and students rising up for the greater good.
“Despite the challenges, we can still take some time to watch one of our colleagues running down the street in a gingerbread costume to bring cheer to his co-workers or a sloth at the Dallas Zoo wishing students well,” said Bono, assistant dean for assessment in Student Affairs and lecturer in psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences. He produced the series with Jeff Allen, manager of the Harvey Media Center. “Practicing gratitude does not trivialize trauma or deny it, but it can help us cope.”
Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have discovered a way to convert the methane in natural gas into liquid methanol at room temperature.
Atalanta Therapeutics founded by UMass Medical School and three faculty members
Biotech launches with $110 million to pioneer RNA therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases By Mark L. Shelton January 12, 2021
Atalanta Therapeutics, a biotech founded by UMass Medical School and three faculty research scientists to pioneer treatment options for neurodegenerative diseases, has launched with financing by venture capital fund F-Prime Capital and strategic collaborations with Biogen and Genentech.
Atalanta’s technology, called branched siRNA and licensed from UMass Medical School, is based on more than 30 years of research at the Medical School in the field of RNA biology and its clinical applications. Branched siRNA is a novel oligonucleotide architecture that has shown potent ability to silence gene expression in the central nervous system and can be applied across multiple neurodegenerative diseases.
New Technology Can Get Oxygen, Fuel From Mars Salty Water Press Release - Source: Washington University St Louis
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This illustration shows Jezero Crater the landing site of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover as it may have looked billions of years ago on Mars, when it was a lake. At Washington University in St. Louis, Vijay Ramani s lab has developed a way to extract hydrogen and oxygen out of the briny water that may remain under the Martian surface. (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
When it comes to water and Mars, there s good news and not-so-good news. The good news: there s water on Mars! The not-so-good news?