Ferran Garcia-Pichel

ASU professor receives prestigious award for mentoring, interdisciplinary research

Ferran Garcia-Pichel, Arizona State University professor and researcher, has been awarded the 2021 D.C. White Award by the American Society for Microbiology. The American Society for Microbiology is one of the

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Edson seed grants advance innovative dementia solutions

Over $300,000 from The Charlene and J. Orin Edson Initiative for Dementia Care and Solutions was awarded to three Arizona State University research teams for innovative research projects. The funding

ASU’s Sustainability Opportunity certificate program coming online January 2021

As the world rounds the final corner of an incredibly disruptive year for business operations and society at-large, it’s time to look ahead and envision how life will be in

Writers from around the world envision the future, earn spot in new magazine

In April, Arizona State University’s Narrative Storytelling Initiative invited people worldwide to write a short story on what they think the future holds, based on our current world. No science fiction, no fantasy, but an imagined future reality. The results are in, and they’re illuminating. Enjoy the top five in a new magazine: Envisioning the Future, Volume 1.

Arizona adds 80,000 new jobs as economy slowly bounces back

Nearly 80,000 jobs have been added in Arizona in the past month after the coronavirus pandemic upended the economy.

Read latest issue of Metaleptea

The latest issue of Metaleptea (Vol. 40, Issue 3), the Newsletter of the Orthopterists’ Society, is published and available to read! It features upcoming events, announcements, regional reports, and recent

Microplastic contaminants in American Samoa’s seafood and coastal environments

ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Associate Center Director of Biodiversity Valuation and Assessments Beth Polidoro will be delivering a webinar Thursday, September 24, 2020, 9:00-10:00 a.m. MT (12:00-1:00 p.m. EST)

Chabana Farms: Mitigating wildlife conflict through ensuring food security

Mavis Nduchwa - founder and CEO, Chabana Farms, Botswana 2020 WE Empower Awardee, Sub-Saharan Africa Food security and conflict with wildlife are salient issues in Sub-Saharan Africa but Mavis Nduchwa

West Coast Fires: Will they finally push us to act?

In our latest piece on Medium, co-authors Peter Schlosser and Steven Beschloss examine the wildfire outbreak across the western US and if this is finally the climate-oriented moment that will

UCRC Exploring Cool Pavements in Phoenix

This summer the City of Phoenix has been experimenting with a cool-seal product that replaces the traditional very dark seal coat that is applied to streets every 3-5 years with

Abhishek Singharoy

Mining molecular data with cryo-EM unveils hidden biological secrets

The field of structural biology has made enormous strides, peering into the activities of nature at the tiniest scale. Such investigations are critical for charting the behavior of important macromolecules

Technique permits convenient, precise optical imaging of individual proteins

Often considered the workhorses of the body, proteins are among the most important biomolecules critical to life processes. They provide structural foundation for cells and tissues and perform a dizzying