Never get lost on Mars again!

dianeb — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:08:43 -0600

Want to suggest places on Mars for ASU's THEMIS camera to photograph? Want to see the very latest infrared images being beamed back from the Red Planet? Now you can, through two new features of Google Earth 5.0. (image courtesy of NASA) --by Robert Burnham

A faster path to patents

dianeb — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:30:25 -0600

Students who have ideas for improving health care technology now have a way to make them reality. --by Joe Kullman

Brainy materials

dianeb — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:22:03 -0600

"Smart" nanomaterials allow scientists to investigate biological interactions within the body's cells at the molecular level. This could lead to new diagnostic tools and customized therapy and prevention. (part 3 of 3) --by Joe Kullman

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter launches today

dianeb — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:08:56 -0600

ASU professor Mark Robinson is sending his work to the moon this afternoon aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Too hot to handle

dianeb — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:23:50 -0600

Phoenix in the summer is hot all around. But low-income neighborhoods are even hotter than wealthy enclaves. How can this be? --by Diane Boudreau

‘HUNTing’ skills lead to bio-inspired solutions

dianeb — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:50:17 -0600

Engineers are looking to schools of fish and flocks of birds to help develop better machines. Robustness, scalability, and the ability to function without complex central control are desirable features of artificial systems, and they can be found all over the natural world. --by Margaret Coulombe

Solving weather’s mysteries

dianeb — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:38:05 -0600

Were Europeans solely to blame for decimating the American Indian population, or did weather help? Why do cocaine harvests decrease during rainy seasons? A new book from an ASU climatologist offers answers to some of weather's greatest mysteries. --by Diane Boudreau

Pliable proteins keep photosynthesis on the light path

dianeb — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:03:13 -0600

Scientists are taking high-speed motion pictures of photosynthetic reactions that happen in a millionth of a millionth of a second. Their results have revealed a surprising twist to photosynthesis. --by Joe Caspermeyer

Mind benders: Understanding matter on the atomic scale

dianeb — Thu, 14 May 2009 11:37:54 -0600

The world can get fantastically bizarre when you wander mentally out to the edge of the theoretical dimensions of physics. In fact, thinking about the nanoscale universe is mind bending. (part 2 of 3) --by Joe Kullman

Scientists name diving beetle for Colbert

dianeb — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:36:01 -0600

When Comedy Central celebrity Stephen Colbert shamelessly asked the science community to name something cooler than a spider in his honor, entomologists at ASU and the University of New Mexico took him up on the challenge. --by Carol Hughes