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November 24, 2009

Research

07/30/09

Engineering | Science | Research | Engineering:  Flight mechanics: Does robofly live up to its name?

An engineering professor examines claims about the flight capability of a robotic insect. Tiny, free-flying robots could have significant uses in security and search-and-rescue operations.

07/21/09

Research:  ASU, Maricopa Integrated Health System enhance partnership

ASU and Maricopa Integrated Health System have developed a strategic partnership that will advance the objectives of their shared academic missions.

07/17/09

Research | Earth / Space:  LROC takes first look at Apollo landing sites

The imaging system on board NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, operated by ASU professor Mark Robinson, recently had its first of many opportunities to photograph the Apollo landing sites.

07/15/09

Bioscience / Biotech | Research:  ASU scientists create jet fuel out of algae

Arizona State University's Polytechnic campus has scientists who have discovered how to turn algae into jet fuel.

07/13/09

Bioscience / Biotech | Research:  Lab experience gives students new perspective on math

ASU's Laboratory for Algae Research and Biotechnology provides training for graduate and undergraduate students from many disciplines, including mathematics.

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.

07/02/09

Research:  ASU researchers nominated for World Technology Award

Scientists Qiang Hu and Milton Sommerfeld were selected as nominees for the award for their work with algal feedstocks and biodiesel fuel.

07/02/09

Research | Earth / Space:  New focus on the Moon

The first images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera show dramatic views of the Moon's surface, to the delight of ASU's Mark Robinson, the project's lead scientist.

07/01/09

Research | Social Science:  ASU scientist: Swine flu study requires revised public health strategies

ASU mathematical epidemiologist Gerardo Chowell-Puente, is co-author of a new study of the A(H1N1) influenza pandemic strain. 

06/26/09

Community | Research | Social Science:  Researchers meet at ASU to discuss swine flu strategies

Researchers from across North America are meeting at ASU to focus on understanding and possibly mitigating the spread of the H1N1 flu virus.