Science & Technology

Peng Bai, a researcher at Washington University, has received a National Science Foundation grant to expand his work in sodium-based batteries.

For the second straight year, WashU has won the Citizens for Modern Transit College Transit Challenge. The annual competition encourages students, staff and faculty from local colleges to log their rides on MetroLink and Metro buses for bragging rights and the College Transit Trophy.

WashU students, faculty and staff  are invited to break out their U-Passes Sept. 20 to compete in the annual College Transit Challenge, an annual celebration of public transportation sponsored by Citizens for Modern Transit. 

Biologists in Arts & Sciences have found new ways to encourage the plastic-producing power of purple microbes.

The Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Research Building at WashU Medicine has earned LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

A collaboration of universities and industry, led by the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University, is embarking on a bold plan to transform manufacturing toward zero or negative emissions by converting carbon dioxide into environmentally friendly chemicals and products that create a circular economy.

Researchers at Washington University are studying how to turbo-charge microbial bioproduction.

Researchers at McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a vastly more productive way to convert carbon dioxide into useful materials and compounds.

Students from Washington University brought home eight awards from the WERC Environmental Design Contest.

Meet 12 members of the Washington University in St. Louis 2024 graduating class ready to address the globe’s climate, environmental and sustainability challenges.