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November 22, 2009

Research

11/20/09

Health care | Research:  Baby’s sleep position is major factor in ‘flat-headedness’

Sleep position is the best predictor in the development of flat spots on an infant's head, according to findings reported by ASU scientists.

11/19/09

Innovation / Entrepreneurship | International engagement | Research:  SkySong showcase features research universities, global companies

Several of the world’s premier research universities and hospitals – as well as many top venture capitalists and promising global company start-ups – will visit SkySong for a one-day showcase.

11/18/09

Science | Faculty and Staff | Research:  ASU professor creates joint invention with MIT

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.

11/16/09

Innovation / Entrepreneurship | Community partnerships | Research:  ASU becomes key member of Boeing Technology Alliance

ASU has been chosen as one of five universities to become a member of the Boeing Technology Alliance, a network established to help Boeing identify and acquire technologies from nontraditional sources.

11/16/09

Science | Life Science | Research | Sustainability and environment:  Bacterial ‘ropes’ tie down shifting Southwest

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.

11/13/09

Innovation / Entrepreneurship | International engagement | Community | Research:  Start-ups use ASU Technopolis as path to Invest Southwest

With potentially millions of dollars of funding on the line, start-up companies turn to the mentoring at ASU Technopolis to ready them for the biggest presentation of their lives.

11/03/09

Students | Bioscience / Biotech | Research:  New College student puts accent on research to help fight cancer

The chance to do research as an undergrad came as a surprise to New College senior Julie Furmick, but she is making the most of the opportunity.

10/29/09

Research | Social Science:  ASU anthropologist helps shape study of small-scale economies

How forms of wealth perpetuate economic inequality over generations is at the heart of a new study by 26 anthropologists, statisticians and economists, including an ASU professor.

10/26/09

University | Renewable energy | Research:  ASU exceeds $300 million in research expenditures

Arizona State University has topped $300 million in research expenditures for the first time in its school history.

10/26/09

Engineering | Health care | Science | Bioscience / Biotech | Life Science | Research | Engineering | Grants / Awards:  Engineering new approaches to cancer research

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.