In spite of a grim economy, many Southwesterners in Arizona, Nevada, Texas and New Mexico are optimistic that conditions in the U.S. will improve over the next year, according to the Arizona State University-Southwest Poll released Oct. 30. The poll also shows that the race for the White House remains close.
In a twist on nontraditional uses of ultrasound, a group of neuroscientists at Arizona State University has developed pulsed ultrasound techniques that can remotely stimulate brain circuit activity. Their findings, published in the Oct. 29 issue of the journal Public Library of Science (PLoS) One, provide insights into how low-power ultrasound can be harnessed for the noninvasive neurostimulation of brain circuits and offers the potential for new treatments of brain disorders and disease.
An Arizona State University research team headed by School of Life Sciences Associate Professor Ananias Escalante will share in more than $6.3 million in awards from the National Institutes of Health for three related studies. Two of the studies will examine the ecology and evolution of malaria and a third will delve into the genetic mysteries behind the host shift of retroviral disease from primates to humans.
Arizona State University and its School of Life Sciences will host an evening that highlights the beauty, elegance and strangeness of insect societies featuring Pulitzer Prize winning authors and scientists Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson and the book launch of "The Superorganism" at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 5 at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix.
On Nov. 4, E. O. Wilson will kick off Arizona State University's Darwinfest, a series of events and speakers that will tap into what Darwin set in motion when he stepped outside of the box 150 years ago to publish "On the Origin of Species." Wilson will speak about "Darwin and the Future of Science" at 7 p.m. at Arizona's Tempe Center for the Arts.
What are the consequences of human-made tinkering with land cover and hydrology on surrounding native desert ecosystems and biodiversity? This question forms the backdrop for a case study proffered by an ASU research team and published in the journal BioScience, which found that one of the most profound impacts of urbanization is the "reconfiguration of surface hydrology."
Is nature or nurture more important in determining an ant's status in the colony? That is the question researchers posed in a new study of the Florida harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius, a resilient creature found in many parts of the southeastern United States. The answer? Both nature (i.e. the ant's genetic makeup) and nurture (what it eats, for example) play a role in determining its fate.
Arizona State University is strengthening its commitment to boost Arizona's economic development prospects in the renewable energy industry by establishing the Solar Power Laboratory. Prominent scientists and engineers are being hired to lead the endeavor to improve the efficiency of solar electric power systems while making them more economically feasible.
Among those trying to decipher the origins and trajectory of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria responsible for TB, are three Arizona State University researchers who are trying to establish a credible evolutionary timeline for TB. Their research suggests that the disease migrated from humans to cattle "“ not the reverse, as has long been assumed.
Steven Spielberg, a three-time Academy Award winner, is the 2008 recipient of Arizona State University's Hugh Downs Award for Communication Excellence. His latest film, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," starring Harrison Ford, opened in theaters worldwide late last month.
Anyone who frequently travels by airplane has likely experienced clear-air turbulence. It's the kind of jarring turbulence that can quickly turn a smooth flight into a bumpy ride. A grant from the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research will fund research by an Arizona State University professor aimed at reducing those anxious moments for air travelers.
The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University and an international committee of taxonomists "“ scientists responsible for species exploration and classification "“ today announce the top 10 new species described in 2007 and an SOS "“ State of Observed Species report card on human knowledge of Earth's species.
ASU's Thermal Emission Imaging System helped scientists find a safe landing site for the Mars Phoenix spacecraft - and the instrument is also giving flight controllers essential data on the atmosphere to ensure a safe touchdown.
Lawrence Krauss, a theoretical physicist and cosmologist whose research is so broad that it covers science from the beginning of the universe to the end of the universe, will join Arizona State University in August to assume a leadership role in an emerging research and educational initiative on "origins."
Arizona State University's Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies will implement a "Kids Voting" program in the world's newest state, Kosova, in collaboration with the Kosovar Institute for Policy Research and Development (KIPRED), will pilot the Kids Voting program in southeastern Europe.
Two Arizona State University professors "“ Edward Prescott, Regents' Professor and Nobel Laureate, and Luc Anselin, founding director of the School of Geographical Sciences "“ have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. They join 10 other ASU faculty members in the Academy.
Viral video on taxonomy and biodiversity receives honor from "Oscars of the Internet."
Electric-acoustic stimulation research by an Arizona State University professor could help discover important acoustic cues used to improve the hearing of certain profoundly hearing-impaired people.
One day soon a biosensing nanodevice developed by Arizona State University researcher Wayne Frasch may eliminate long lines at airport security checkpoints and revolutionize health screenings. Even more incredible than the device itself, is that it is based on the world's tiniest rotary motor: a biological engine measured on the order of molecules.
Gro Amdam, associate professor in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University, has been awarded two grants totaling the U.S. equivalent of about $1.4 million from the Norwegian Research Council to investigate biochemical factors and social life history properties that can influence aging and longevity in honeybees.
Billie Lee Turner, a national leader in sustainability science and a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, is joining Arizona State University as the inaugural Gilbert F. White Chair in Environment and Society in the School of Geographical Sciences.
A study by 31 aquatic biologists involving 72 stream sites in the United States and Puerto Rico has found that one critical buffer to excess nitrogen run off from agricultural and urban areas turns out to be small streams and rivers. The findings are published March 12 in the journal Nature.
To bring attention to cybertaxonomy and to celebrate the founding of the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University, a symposium and inaugural Linnaean Legacy Lecture is set for March 3 on ASU's Tempe campus.
An important discovery has been made with respect to the mystery of "handedness" in biomolecules. Researchers led by Sandra Pizzarello, a research professor at Arizona State University, found that some of the possible abiotic precursors to the origin of life on Earth have been shown to carry "handedness" in a larger number than previously thought.
A mathematical model that looks at different strategies for curbing hospital-acquired infections suggests that antimicrobial cycling and patient isolation may be effective approaches when patients are harboring dual-resistant bacteria. Results were presented Feb. 17 by an Arizona State University professor at the AAAS annual meeting.
Carlos Castillo-Chavez, a professor of mathematics, statistics and life sciences at Arizona State University, has been honored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for his efforts to help underrepresented students earn doctoral degrees in the sciences.
Biology is crucial to understanding psychosis, "but there is more to psychosis than mere biology," says Jason Robert, an Arizona State University bioethicist and philosopher of science. He bring conceptual research and perspective to the subject of cross-cultural issues in defining mental illness during a presentation on Feb. 16 at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting.
An unusual new species of whirligig beetle from India is being named Orectochilus orbisonorum in honor of the late rock "˜n' roll legend Roy Orbison and his widow Barbara. Arizona State University entomologist Quentin Wheeler announced the description and discovery of the beetle species Jan. 25 during a Roy Orbison Tribute Concert in Tempe, Ariz.
While nature's showiest subjects step out to promote reproductive success and survival with bright colors, flash and iridescence in feathers, scales, petals and wings, biologists, physicists, behaviorists and materials scientists will delve into what's behind all the bling at a workshop on "Iridescence" to be held Feb. 6-9 at Arizona State University.
In a first-of-its-kind program, joint teams of Chinese and U.S. high school students will explore the Red Planet at Arizona State University's Mars Space Flight Facility. Students drawn from all over China will meet with students from Nogales, Ariz., to take part in the China Youth Space Academy.
New poll reveals perspectives of Southwesterners in Arizona, Nevada, Texas and New Mexico on immigration issues, the U.S. presidential race and quality of life in the Southwest.
Arizona State University's computational mathematical sciences program will power a new set of undergraduate research projects with a $1 million grant from the NSF, offering interdisciplinary experiences involving weather and climate forecasting, math biology applications, and the efficiency of complex supply chain models.
Two young scientists at Arizona State University "“ a geophysicist and an educational psychologist "“ received the 2006 prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Having two faculty members receive this national award is a first for ASU.
Planet Bob," a joint video production from Arizona State University's International Institute for Species Exploration and Media Alchemy Inc., uses live action, state-of-the-art animation, and the vocal talents of venerable TV host Hugh Downs and others, to present the mysterious, exciting "“ and surprisingly funny "“ side of taxonomy.
Evidence of early humans living on the coast in South Africa 164,000 years ago, far earlier than previously documented, is being reported by a paleoanthropologist with the Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University.
Analyzing layers of sedimentary rock in a kilometer-long core sample from the Hamersley Basin in Western Australia, two multinational teams of scientists, including four researchers from ASU, report finding evidence that a small but significant amount of oxygen "“ a whiff "“ was present in the oceans and possibly Earth's atmosphere 2.5 billion years ago.
A heat-sensitive camera designed at Arizona State University and flying on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has led a team of Mars geologists to find seven small, deep holes on the flanks of Arsia Mons, a giant volcano on Mars. The holes may be openings, called skylights, in the ceilings of underground caves.
When the larvae of the primitive social insect Polistes metricus, a paper wasp, slips into the quiet pupal stage, she doesn't know if she'll arise a worker or gyne (future queen) "“ unless she consults with Arizona State University's social insect researcher Gro Amdam.
A new digital archive "“ created through a collaboration between Arizona State University and NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston "“ is making available high-resolution scans of original Apollo flight films. The complete lunar photographic record will be accessible to both researchers and the general public on the Internet at: apollo.sese.asu.edu.
Frigid geysers spewing material up through cracks in the crust of Pluto's companion Charon and recoating parts of its surface in ice crystals could be making this distant world into the equivalent of an outer solar system ice machine.
Scientists at Arizona State University's Mars Space Flight Center are using the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter to monitor a large dust storm on the Red Planet.
Gro Amdam, an assistant professor in Arizona State University's School of Life Sciences who heads social insect studies in laboratories at both ASU and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, is a new "Outstanding Young Investigator" from the Research Council of Norway.
Laboratory measurements of a high-pressure mineral believed to exist deep within the Earth show that the mineral may not have the right properties to explain a mysterious layer lying just above the planet's core. Scientists made the first laboratory study of the deformation properties of a high-pressure silicate mineral named post-perovskite.
A sheet of molten rock roughly 10 miles thick spreads underneath much of the American Southwest, some 250 miles below Tucson, Ariz. From the surface, you can't see it, smell it or feel it. But geophysicists detected the molten layer with a comparatively new and overlooked technique for exploring the deep Earth that uses magnetic eruptions on the sun.
Gro Amdam, an assistant professor in Arizona State University's School of Life Sciences who heads social insect studies in laboratories at both ASU and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, is one of only 20 researchers chosen this year to enter The Pew Charitable Trusts' exclusive rolls as a Pew Scholar in the biomedical sciences.
Arizona State University's BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science will host an international workshop to probe the innermost secrets of the atom. Quantum mechanics "plays with the commonsense notion of reality," says Paul Davies, an acclaimed theoretical physicist. "Now a whole new set of even more bizarre paradoxes have been uncovered."
James Rice, of Arizona State University's Mars Space Flight Facility, will be one of the initial eight inductees into the Space Camp Hall of Fame at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center on June 13. Rice, astrogeologist, is a faculty research associate in ASU's School of Earth and Space Exploration who works primarily on NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers.
In a paper published by PNAS, a pair of researchers from Cornell University and Arizona State University propose a model, based on tug-of-war theory, that may explain the selection pressures that mark the evolutionary transition from primitive society to superorganism.
Patterns of human behavior and movement in crowded cities "“ for instance, the tipping point at which agitated crowds become anti-social mobs, the design of retail space that fosters active walking -- are at the core of an immersive 3-D computational model under development by an Arizona State University geographer.
A team of researchers from Arizona State University, Purdue University and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences has discovered evidence that honeybees have adopted a phylogenetically old molecular cascade "“ TOR (target of rapamycin), linked to nutrient and energy sensing "“ and put it to use in caste development.
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