Sustainable technology to extract critical materials from coal-based resources
Young-Shin Jun to develop novel technology to extract, recover and enrich rare earth elements from coal-based resources.
WashU researchers quantify solar absorption by black carbon in fire clouds
New findings from Chakrabarty lab will help make climate models more accurate as massive wildfires become more common.
Fluctuating cellular energy drives microbial bioproduction
Fuzhong Zhang’s lab explores Adenosine-5’-triphosphate (ATP)’s role in biomanufacturing.
Competitive Energy
Alumnus Deko Devins is on a mission to make solar power more widespread, affordable and accessible.
Rethinking the waste in water
Young-Shin Jun and her team at the McKelvey School of Engineering see untapped resources in the chemical compounds in highly saline wastewater.
Can we improve the way the world eats?
Iannotti and her E3 Nutrition Lab at WashU investigate maternal and child nutrition by examining the impact of nutrient-rich foods that are locally sourced and affordable.
Linda C. Samuels Named Director of Sustainable Design and Environmental Justice for WashU Sam Fox School
Linda C. Samuels, professor and chair of urban design at the Sam Fox School at WashU, has been named the inaugural director of sustainable design and environmental justice at the school.
The infrastructure of fragmentation
In this Q&A, Heyda discusses Ferguson, the built environment and the roots of underlying systems.
Scientists find new way global air churn makes particles
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered a new mechanism by which particles are formed around the globe, often high up in the troposphere.
Archaeologists report earliest evidence for plant farming in east Africa
WashU archaeologist Natalie Mueller and her collaborators have uncovered the earliest evidence for plant farming in east Africa.