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Professor Marcus Foston, of Washington University St. Louis, helped develop a new process using byproducts from soybean oil, paper, and biodiesel production to produce stronger, more flexible plastics. The resulting hardened material is still biodegradable, but has three times the strength and flexibility as basic soy-based plastics.

It’s officially fall in the northern hemisphere, but depending where you are, it might not look like it.

According to a statement released by Washington University in St. Louis, the cultural importance of the adzuki bean dates back much further than previously thought.

Why is it ever worth being with others that not only compete for food but may pass on diseases or even mate with your partner?

Dr. Rodrigo Siqueira Reis, Professor of public health at Washington University, and the senior investigator on the study of “liveability” joins Megan Lynch to share his findings.

While consumers can probably go to a local lumberyard to buy lumber from sustainably grown trees cut at nearby sawmills, no one asks for local glass.

Tick-borne diseases are on the rise, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Learn the surprising truths about the little skeeters so you can steer clear.

The neighborhood association says the shuttered hospital is a nuisance and want a judge to force them to clean it up.

Stan Strembicki spent 15 years documenting the storm’s aftermath in New Orleans.