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Environmental microbiologist Yaochun Yu studies how microbes break down pesticides, plastic additives, and other chemicals in the environment. His goal is to enable new ways to clean up pollution and design safer chemicals for the future.

Civil and environmental engineering professor Jack Baker discusses his new book, which aims to transform how researchers communicate their findings.

Water innovation is no longer just about making treatment technologies work. Meagan Mauter explains how energy constraints, system design, policy reform, and distributes water solutions are reshaping desalination, membranes, and the future of resilient water systems.

The School of Engineering recognized staff service award recipients at an event on April 22 hosted by Dean Jennifer Widom. The winners were nominated by their colleagues for their excellence in citizenship, innovation, client service, leadership, community and culture, and overall accomplishment.

Experts at the 2026 Water in the West conference examined the governance failures putting the West's water future at risk.

With energy costs up and electricity demand climbing, Stanford researchers are leading efforts to make clean power affordable and reliable for all while cutting the emissions that drive climate change. Their work ranges from deep underground heat to solar on farms, renewable fuels, and upgrades for the power grid and batteries.

Researchers have developed a volcanic rock formula that cuts carbon emissions by 67 percent, potentially offering an affordable alternative to increasingly scarce cement additives.

As a Stanford undergraduate, William Tarpeh learned to spot problems others ignore. Financial aid gave him a path forward—all the way to a MacArthur Fellowship.

By tapping residents’ deep knowledge of their neighborhoods, Stanford experts are working to design better infrastructure solutions in flood-prone communities.

Dozens of teams from across North and South America competed at Stanford to become finalists in the inaugural Global Sustainability Challenge. Four Stanford teams are headed to the final event in Munich in April.