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Reforestation Study Shows Trade-Offs Between Water, Carbon and Timbe
More than 13,000 ships per year transit the Panama Canal each year. Each time a ship passes through, more than 55 million gallons of water are used. The advent of large “super” cargo ships has demanded expansion of the canal, leaving the...
5/23/2013 2:00 PM EDT
Scientists Announce Top 10 New Species
An amazing glow-in-the-dark cockroach, a harp-shaped carnivorous sponge and the smallest vertebrate on Earth are just three of the newly discovered top 10 species selected by the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State...
5/22/2013 4:00 PM EDT
ASU Professor Is Appointed to Committee on the National Medal of Science by President Obama
Arizona State University Professor Carlos Castillo-Chavez, has been reappointed to the U.S. President’s Committee on the National Medal of Science. Castillo-Chavez is a Regents’ Professor and a Joaquin Bustoz Jr. Professor at ASU. President...
4/16/2013 12:55 PM EDT
ASU, Tribal and State Environmental Agencies Air Pollution Research Partnership Wins National Award
An extensive joint research project among two American Indian tribes in Arizona, the American Indian Policy Institute, the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University and state environmental agencies to examine air toxics in the...
3/27/2013 4:00 PM EDT
As Brazil Ramps Up Sugarcane Production, Researchers Foresee Regional Climate Effects
Conversion of large swaths of Brazilian land for sugar plantations will help the country meet its needs for producing cane-derived ethanol, but it also could lead to important regional climate effects, according to a team of researchers from Arizona...
3/8/2013 1:40 PM EST
Finding “Mr. Right,” How Insects Sniff Out the Perfect Mate
You may want to ramp up your romance this year by sharing a candlelight dinner, a walk on the beach, or even the scent of a perfume, but will that help you find your perfect mate? For one wasp species, it only takes a whiff of his special love...
2/13/2013 11:15 AM EST
Knights, Astronauts Launch ASU Night of the Open Door Events
For one night only, from 4-9 p.m. on March 2, ASU students, staff and faculty offer more than 100 activities in a science carnival-like, family-friendly atmosphere across the Tempe campus. Want to meet NASA astronaut Catherine “Cady” Coleman?...
2/11/2013 2:00 PM EST
Scientists Unravel the Mysteries of Spider Silk
Scientists at ASU are celebrating their recent success on the path to understanding what makes the fiber that spiders spin – weight for weight – at least five times as strong as piano wire.
1/28/2013 2:10 PM EST
Fountain of Youth to be Found in the Anthill?
Aging "“ we are all doing it. It is relentless and terminal. We stand in modern times with a span of a century to our name, at most. Technological wizardry abounds, so why do the factors that determine life span still elude us? If you ask...
11/20/2008 11:30 AM EST