New research finds 1M deaths in 2017 attributable to fossil fuel combustion Comprehensive evaluation of source sector, fuel contributions to the PM2.5 disease burden analyzed across over 200 countries
WashU receives $744,000 EPA grant for microbial 'kill switch' research Edward Chu, EPA region 7 acting administrator, presented the grant to Washington U. professors Tae Seok Moon and Kim Parker. 07.29.2021
Two strands are tougher than one Despite assumptions, dsRNA has traits that make it stand apart from the more common single-stranded RNA. 07.28.2021
Missouri Has Hundreds Of Thousands Of Lead Pipes, Among The Highest In The U.S. There are more than 330,000 lead pipes in Missouri that carry drinking water into homes and other buildings, the Natural Resources Defense Council estimates. 07.26.2021
Western wildfires create potentially dangerous air quality in St. Louis Jay Turner sheds light on air pollution from wildfires. 07.26.2021
Microbially produced fibers: stronger than steel, tougher than Kevlar Artificially designed, amyloid-silk hybrid protein developed in Zhang lab even outperforms some spider silks. 07.20.2021
‘Cool flames’ ignited in space Experiments in microgravity allow Axelbaum, collaborators to observe flames that can’t be created on Earth. 07.19.2021
Moon to engineer microbes to control heat production New research is funded by the Office of Naval Research. 07.16.2021
Two 2021 McKelvey Engineering graduates earn CoSIDA Academic All-District honors Ally Persky and Benjamin van der Sman were among three Washington University in St. Louis student-athletes who earned College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District At-Large honors. 07.13.2021
Jun to receive 2022 Jackson Award Young-Shin Jun, professor in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, has been recognized for her technical contributions to the structure and reactivity of clay minerals. 07.06.2021
