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A newly launched Washington University project will examine the environmental health of neighborhoods devastated after an EF3 tornado swept through the St. Louis area in May.

Scientists are exploring how to manufacture beer brewing waste into useful products.

The city of eThekwini’s water politics has a long history.

The Brown School initiative is modeled on a first-of-its-kind program at USC that’s had a big impact.

On the banks of the Mississippi near its confluence with the Missouri River, visitors have a new place to go to experience the sight of migratory birds, including Bald Eagles, Trumpeter Swans, and Great Blue Herons.

Anyone can tell a dog from a cat, right? Not so fast! Our recent study found that selection for baby-like features — big eyes, small noses, and round heads — has led to the evolution of breeds of dogs and cats whose skulls are very similar.

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.