For ASU professor Thomas Moore, an invitation to guest lecture became a demonstration in a lab which led to a seafood lunch – which led to a joint invention with colleagues from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The School of Earth and Space Exploration hosted a symposium “Living with the Planet” that featured the premiere screening of the documentary film “Mud Max" and included a panel discussion with earth scientists from leading institutions.
ASU has been awarded nearly $3 million in federal stimulus funds from the National Institutes of Health for two innovative projects designed to improve human health.
ASU researchers have discovered that several species of microbes, at least one found prominently in the deserts of the Southwest, have evolved the trait of rope-building to lasso shifting soil substrates.
The American Chemical Engineering Institute gives one of its top awards to ASU professor Jerry Y.S. Lin, recognizing his ground-breaking contribitions.
ASU engineering students have undertaken months of intense training to compete in a supercomputing challenge at the international Supercomputing Conference 2009.
The Center for Ecogenomics, directed by ASU's Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Dean Deirdre Meldrum, has a key role in a new cancer research center at the university.
ASU's Consortium on Emerging Technologies, Military Operations and National Security will explore the meaning of new war weapons and their ethical ramifications.