A breakthrough in circular economy: Nanoparticles in hydrogels transform wastewater nutrients into fertilizer Young-Shin Jun’s lab developed a novel composite nanotechnology that removes and recovers nutrients from wastewater, subsequently upcycling them as agricultural fertilizers or as biorefinery feedstocks, while simultaneously mitigating the occurrence of harmful algal blooms. 06.10.2025
Metal catalysts offer solution to convert carbon dioxide to fuels Gang Wu and his team developed a dual-metal site catalyst that efficiently converts carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide in electrolyzers at industrial current densities 05.30.2025
A new approach to control light in photonic circuits A new method developed by WashU researchers can reconfigure transmission directions of light in a way that will lower expenses and simplify photonic circuits 05.05.2025
New nucleation to advance climate resilience and clean energy Young-Shin Jun and her team explore a sustainable approach to metal extraction and carbon mineralization 05.01.2025
The mysterious chemical world inside nanopores McKelvey Engineering researchers have found a way to precisely control contaminants in nanopores that would ultimately benefit desalination techniques, carbon dioxide storage and porous catalysts 04.30.2025
Nanoscale materials ripple in the cold, study finds That observation could help in the design of technologies that use MXenes, a promising new material 04.28.2025
Nanoantennas amplify & control light polarized in any direction Mark Lawrence developed metasurfaces made of highly resonant nanoantennas that can amplify and interact with light regardless of polarization 02.10.2025
Tiny displacements, giant changes in optical properties hile we usually think of disorder as a bad thing, a team of materials science researchers led by Rohan Mishra, from Washington University in St. Louis, and Jayakanth Ravichandran, from the University of Southern California, have revealed that — when it comes to certain crystals — a little structural disorder might have big impacts on useful optical properties. 06.05.2024
Pregnancy is an engineering challenge − diagnosing and treating preterm birth requires understanding its mechanics Michelle Oyen, director of WashU’s Center for Women’s Health Engineering, co-writes an article about studying, and improving, preterm birth outcomes by understanding the materials and mechanics involved. 06.04.2024
