Arizona State University has announced that Charles J. Arntzen, currently president and CEO of the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, will join ASU as the Nelson Presidential Chair in Plant Biology.
Chemists at Arizona State University have designed and synthesized the first stable example of a "metal-organic framework" -- a new class of materials expected to be immensely useful as catalysts. The material is a model for a new kind of "molecular sieve" with larger pores capable of handling larger molecules, they reported in the Nov. 18 issue Nature.
Under heat and pressure, minerals are breaking down deep beneath your feet. A new study confirms that where the earth is hotter these processes occur shallower, and consquently have significant seismic results. If you live in the Pacific Northwest, this only recently understood process might rock your world.
A psychology of influence researcher at Arizona State University has conducted a study that shows that the effectiveness of persuasive strategies is heavily dependent on cultural contexts.
A burial offering containing four skeletons was recently found under the Pyramid of the Moon, the oldest monument at Teotihuacan, the Western Hemisphere's oldest metropolis.
Using electron diffraction microscopy, researchers at ASU have achieved startlingly clear images of the "unseeable" -- the electron orbitals responsible for covalent bonding in cuprite, a superconductor. The images are direct experimental proof of a controversial hypothesis in quantum mechanics and provide a strange but real peek at atomic structures.
New Hubble Space Telescope images show gas shells ejected into space at regular intervals by an unusual type of white dwarf star, possibly revealing important information about the role novae play in the evolution of our galaxy, including the distribution of heavier elements and the development of planetary systems.
One of the world's first studies of urban areas as ecosystems is surveying the birds of Phoenix and now posting the results on the web. While the birds may not care, the information may be of real value to scientists, homeowners and even developers interested in creating bird-friendly communities.
Hitching a ride on a comet may be like latching onto a bus's tailpipe. A recent Arizona State University study, published in the February 10 issue of The Astrophysical Journal, found that comet gas tails, previously thought to be mostly water, actually contain high concentrations of ionized carbon monoxide .
Some of the best evidence yet for existence of a liquid ocean under Europa's surface is being collected and analyzed by Arizona State University scientists this week from pictures being transmitted to Earth by the Galileo spacecraft.
A recent study of 400 divorcing couples contains a number of surprising findings about divorce, among them the conclusion that there is little difference in how fathers and mothers fare economically after divorce, contradicting earlier studies. A new book, Divorced Dads: Shattering the Myths claims to correct past data errors.
The recent discovery of a burial of what appears to be a ruler with 150 surrounding artifacts inside the Pyramid of the Moon at the ruins of Teotihuacan could very well be a critical clue to understanding the mysterious people of this ancient city, the Western Hemisphere's first major metropolis.
An ASU biologist is a leading expert on pikas -- which, with related rabbits and hares, include some of the world's most endangered mammals. Though pika fieldwork spans much of Asia, he and the undeniably cute rodents are now unexpectedly at the center of one of Japan's biggest environmental battles.
Following a year of research and conversations with legislators and policy makers, nine students added their voices to the scientific literacy debate, addressing the global science community with an editorial in SCIENCE. "This is the first time undergraduates have ever authored an editorial there," said Jane Maienschein, the group's co-author.
Examining some basic data sets in a new way, ASU climatologists have evidence for what Atlantic boaters always suspected: coastal rain is most likely to occur on the weekend and the weather will improve on Monday. The likely culprit is air pollution, which also has a weekly cycle, they report in the journal Nature. The good news? The effect weakens hurricanes.
Plants may not feel the pain of an injury as animals do, but they have their own "alarm" reaction to injury and, in an effect curiously similar to that in animals, this reaction can be short-circuited by aspirin, according to a study recently published in The Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) geologists at Arizona State University may have found a hotspot for future NASA Mars missions to explore. Scientists monitoring data from the Thermal Emission Spectrometer -- a geology mapping device on the MGS spacecraft orbiting Mars -- have found evidence of a large deposit of mineral hematite, a rock a rock with implications for the possible development of life.
Arizona State University has added Exobiologist Jack Farmer and Cosmochemist Laurie Leshin to its strong, specialized programs in planetary geology, environmental science and materials science to form a world-class Astrobiology Center. NASA has announced that this team will be one of five university participants in its new "virtual" Astrobiology Institute.
Martian meteorite ALH84001 was evidence for extraterrestrial life because minerals found in it resembled minerals created by unusual earthly bacteria. Now it appears that the bacteria themselves contradict that claim. An article in this week's Science reports that sulfides in the bacteria do not match the meteorite's minerals.
An Arizona State University graduate student studying the Tibetan plateau in China is helping nomadic yak herders fight two years of savage winters. Biology student Marc Foggin went to the Qinghai Province of China to learn how best to sustain development and ecology on the grasslands of Tibet, one of the harshest environments in the world.
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