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A new species in Forest Park

4.27.18

University strengthens archaeological collaboration with Sichuan University, China

4.26.18

Science Research Roundup: April 2018

4.18.18

Bugged out by climate change

4.18.18 |

Warmer summer and fall seasons and fewer winter freeze-thaw events have led to changes in the relative numbers of different types of bugs in the Arctic, says Amanda Koltz, a postdoctoral fellow in Arts & Sciences. The study relies on the longest-standing, most comprehensive data set on arctic arthropods in the world today: a catalogue of almost 600,000 flies, wasps, spiders and other creepy-crawlies collected at the Zackenberg field station on the northeast coast of Greenland from 1996-2014.

4.4.18

Trap, contain and convert

New research gives precise look at underground CO2 abatement process

4.4.18 |

Injecting carbon dioxide deep underground into basalt flows holds promise as an abatement strategy. Now, new research by scientists at Washington University in St. Louis sheds light on exactly what happens underground during the process, illustrating precisely how effective the volcanic rock could be in trapping and converting CO2 emissions.

3.29.18

Young Hispanic men may face greatest risk from police shootings, study finds

3.29.18 |

The police shooting earlier this month of Stephon Clark in his grandmother’s Sacramento backyard has renewed protests over officer-involved deaths of unarmed black men, but research led by Washington University in St. Louis suggests young Hispanic men may face an even greater risk of being killed by police, especially in mixed-income neighborhoods with large Latino populations.

3.28.18

Science Research Roundup: February and March 2018

3.28.18

Bryce Sadtler wins NSF CAREER award to develop better catalysts for alternative fuels

3.26.18

Food Culture Along the Silk Road

Compared to nomadic communities, Silk Road cities were urban food deserts, study finds.

3.26.18 |

Like passionate foodies who know the best places to eat in every town, Silk Road nomads may have been the gastronomic elites of the Medieval Ages, enjoying diets much more diverse than their sedentary urban counterparts, suggests a new study in Scientific Reports.

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