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November 25, 2009

Science

07/09/09

Engineering | Science | Engineering:  Professor wins international award for materials research

Engineering professor Subhash Mahajan is recognized by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, for his accomplishments in materials science and research.

07/08/09

Science | Research | Earth / Space:  Explosive growth of life fueled by early greening of Earth

Researchers, led by ASU geologist L. Paul Knauth, believe they have found the trigger for the Cambrian explosion of life that occurred on Earth roughly 540 million years ago.

07/07/09

Engineering | Science | Innovation / Entrepreneurship | Engineering | Sustainability and environment:  Energy-harvesting provides simple source of energy

ASU engineering associate professor Henry Sodano is generating electrical energy from the simplest of mechanical movements.

06/30/09

Engineering | Science | Renewable energy | Engineering | Sustainability and environment:  Professor strives for 'greener' power plants

Jerry Lin is aiming to make power plants more green by researching a way to produce hydrogen without the side-effect of releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

06/22/09

University | Science | Faculty and Staff | Life Science:  What do toad toes show? Plenty, says ASU biologist

Professor Brian Sullivan's work with toads north of Phoenix provides evidence of how human activity can affect the process of species formation.

06/17/09

Arts / Culture | Science | Humanities | Social Science:  Marean weighs in on the debate over oldest human art

ASU anthropologist Curtis Marean addresses the discovery of 70,000-year-old objects that may bear engravings

06/12/09

Law | Science:  Ellman article published in legal studies journal

An article co-authored by law professor Ira Ellman, titled “Intuitive Lawmaking: The Example of Child Support,” recently was published in the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies.

06/05/09

Engineering | Science | Community partnerships | Bioscience / Biotech:  Engineering better therapy for stroke patients

Researchers working with ASU's Arts, Media and Engineering program are partnering with Banner Baywood Medical Center to develop a "mixed reality" rehabilatation system designed to provide physical therapy for stroke patients.

05/27/09

Science | Earth / Space:  Find your own place on the Red Planet

ASU has teamed with Google to create a new feature in Google Earth 5.0 that lets members of the public suggest places on Mars to photograph with ASU's THEMIS camera.

05/27/09

Engineering | Science | Faculty and Staff | Students:  Teaching award will benefit engineering design classes

ASU assistant professor David Frakes will use half the funds that came with his Centennial Professor of the Year teaching award to buy materials that students can use in his engineering design classes.