Guy Genin named to National Academy of Inventors

Guy Genin named to National Academy of Inventors
Guy Genin, the Harold and Kathleen Faught Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering was elected to the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

Best offense is a great defense for some carnivorous plants (Links to an external site)

Best offense is a great defense for some carnivorous plants
Insect-eating plants have fascinated biologists for more than a century, but how plants evolved the ability to capture and consume live prey has largely remained a mystery. Now, scientists at Washington University in St. Louis and the Salk Institute have investigated the molecular basis of plant carnivory and found evidence that it evolved from mechanisms plants use to defend themselves.