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ASU Preservation Facility Serves as Test Bed for Rooftop Heat Mitigation

EnKoat, an Arizona State University spinout founded by two doctoral students, has developed a roof coating that uses thermal-energy storage materials to mitigate heat effects improve building energy use.
7-Nov-2024 12:25 PM EST Add to Favorites

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ASU-Led Initiative Announces First Decarbonization Projects for US Industry

Today, Electrified Processes for Industry Without Carbon, or EPIXC, took its first steps toward that ambitious goal and announced its first volley of efforts targeting industrial greenhouse gas emissions.
8-Oct-2024 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Researchers Use AI to Help People See More Clearly

A serious, irreversible eye disease known as myopic maculopathy is on the rise. Yalin Wang, a professor of computer science and engineering in the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence at ASU, is leading a team to find solutions
2-Oct-2024 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Extreme Heat Impacts Daily Routines and Travel Patterns

Research shows a clear shift in transportation choices under extreme heat conditions. Car use increases, while trips made by walking, biking and public transit drop significantly. On average, public transit trips fall by nearly 50% on extreme heat...
2-Oct-2024 7:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

In November the Famous ‘Lucy’ Fossil Discovery Turns 50, Continues to Impact Human Origins Scientific Research

Fifty years ago—on November 24, 1974—only a few years after humans’ first steps on the moon, a young paleoanthropologist, Donald Johanson, walking in the dusty landscape of the Afar Rift Valley of Ethiopia discovered the first human ancestor...
20-Sep-2024 7:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

ASU receives $4.5M grant to educate the next generation of cybersecurity professionals

The American Cybersecurity Education Initiative will develop a master's degree in cybersecurity systems at the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University.
2-Jul-2024 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Chilling discovery: Cold-sensing protein may pave the way for safer pain relief

Research published in Science Advances traced the history of human’s ability to feel cold back to the molecular underpinnings of the cold and menthol sensor TRPM8 over hundreds of millions of years. The findings could lead to non-addictive pain...
18-Jun-2024 2:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Computer modeling shows where Arizona’s winter precipitation originates

A team of researchers working with a weather model have uncovered new details of water availability in Arizona’s uplands and where that water comes from. The work may help in future planning of the Phoenix metropolitan area, as well as provide...
17-Jun-2024 8:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites


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How sports analytics is changing the game

With expertise in basketball and football analytics, as well as sports revenue generation and economic impacts of events, Daniel McIntosh has assisted with economic impact studies and shares how sports analytics has changed the NBA.
6-May-2024 3:05 PM EDT

ASU expert says executive actions to support caregivers a step in the right direction

A set of executive actions by the Biden-Harris administration include directives to reduce childcare and long-term care costs, improving access to home-based care for veterans, addressing care workers’ rights and expanding support for family...
20-Apr-2023 5:45 PM EDT

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Do the math: ChatGPT sometimes can't, expert says.

ASU Associate Professor Paulo Shakarian details results of a study in which he tested ChatGPT on 1,000 mathematical word problems. He's not sold on its reasoning ability.
21-Feb-2023 5:05 PM EST

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