Meet Swette Center staff member, Gina Nichols
In this series, we’re meeting with Swette Center team members to explore their background in food systems, what they are currently working on, and their vision of food systems transformation.
ASU’s Biodesign Institute and Banner Health open summer opportunities for neuroscience scholars
If understanding the inner workings of the brain is on your mind, now is the time to explore the Banner-ASU Neuroscience Scholars program. Top-achieving college undergraduate and graduate science students
A biological paradox offers new insights into the mystery of cancer
The cells in the body can be thought of as tiny archery targets, each vulnerable to the deadly arrow of cancer. The more cells a given animal has and the
Klaus Lackner joins Newsweek's America's Greatest Disruptors Hall of Fame
Klaus Lackner, director of the Center for Negative Carbon Emissions and a pioneer in the carbon capture research space, has been named to Newsweek's Hall of Fame for America's Greatest
Meet affiliated faculty Joshua MacFadyen
Read on for an interview with Joshua MacFadyen, Affiliate Global Futures Scholar in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory.
Microorganism sheds new light on cancer resistance
A simple, marine-dwelling creature known as Trichoplax adhaerens has some remarkable properties. The organism can tolerate unusually high doses of radiation that would kill most other forms of life. T.
Klaus Lackner joins Newsweek's America's Greatest Disruptors Hall of Fame
Klaus Lackner, director of the Center for Negative Carbon Emissions and a pioneer in the carbon capture research space, has been named to Newsweek’s Hall of Fame for America’s Greatest
Computing scenarios for defusing polarized politics
Opposites may attract when it comes to personal relationships. In political affairs today, however, that claim is becoming more difficult to assert. New research shows that common ground is shrinking in politics, and people on opposite ends of the ideological spectrum are more entrenched in their divergent positions than at any time in recent history. Those conclusions are derived not only from results of traditional opinion polls — in this era of big data and
Increasing research impact: Inclusive digital development
From July 19 to 21, 2021, USAID and UKRI hosted a joint workshop that focused on identifying research gaps and questions to inform future research agendas and promote inclusive digital
Graduate Students from our PIRE project
Here is one of our graduate student Gerson Leonel performing Raman spectroscopy at Kansas State Univ. as part of our PIRE project.
Holiday letter 2021
Another year has flown by; I have now been in AZ over two years — and what a crazy, fastmoving, wonderful, exciting, satisfying, frustrating, surprising time it has been. I have been healthy, triply vaccinated (two Pfizer, one Moderna, no ill effects other than a sore arm) and am part of a trial of a nifty tiny neutralizing antibody detector designed by an immunologist colleague.
Future Cities episode 56: The Hidden Environmental Histories of the River Clyde
This week we bring you another podcast from the city of Glasgow focusing on the Hidden Environmental Histories of the River Clyde. At the height of the British Empire, Glasgow