Science & Technology

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are finding ways to efficiently reclaim useful intermediary chemicals from sewage instead of a more energy-intensive process for biogas reclamation.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have found new rules for how groups of cells can sense beyond their surrounding environment, which can help in tracking how cancer moves and how wounds heal.

Jianjun Guan, an expert in biomaterials and tissue engineering, has been named the Earl E. and Myrtle E. Walker Professor of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have received a National Science Foundation grant to use artificial intelligence to design a new kind of plastics that can be easily broken down and recycled.

Alexandra Rutz, a biomedical engineer at WashU, has received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation to create 3D bioelectronic scaffolds for ovarian follicles, to be used for infertility and aging research.

Environmental engineer Jenna Ditto, at WashU, aims to establish a link between indoor air quality and the chemistry of building material surfaces with a grant from the National Science Foundation.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis find sea spray concentrations, used in measuring cloud formation, can vary widely and estimates made from shore should not apply to lower levels of spray on the open ocean.

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis identified drivers of maternal and child health service use across Africa.

Mechanical and materials engineer Sara Roccabianca has been named director of the Center for Women’s Health Engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis.

A researcher at Washington University in St. Louis developed a way to create an embedded fingerprint in 3D-printed parts that would withstand the item being broken, a potential way to track “ghost guns.”