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An illustration of a desert landscape at sunset with photos of gila woodpeckers, a great horned owl and mourning doves

Environment and sustainability

The secret lives of backyard birds

illustration of woman holding her stomach while drinking orange juice with microbes in the background and icons representing the stomach, metabolism and microbiome

Health and medicine

Trouble losing weight? It might be your gut microbes, not your genes

August 11, 2026

Cornfield in Guatemala

Health and medicine

Ancient cooking technique offers modern defense against dangerous food toxin

July 27, 2026

Graphic illustration of microbes in the human gut.

Science and technology

You are what you eat — or are you?

May 27, 2026

Graphic illustration of a new urine screening tool for autism

Health and medicine

New urine test provides simple way to screen for autism in children

May 26, 2026

Ayden Hall portrait

University news

ASU grad aims to improve diagnosis for autoimmune patients like himself

April 29, 2026

artwork of acetaminophen compound with gut microbes

Health and medicine

ASU researchers discover new digestive process for medication

February 12, 2026

Palo Verde Blooms

Science and technology

2 ASU faculty named NAI fellows

January 06, 2026

graphic of DNA strand and GI tissue

Health and medicine

New study shows how microbial transmission can affect adaptive behavior

November 19, 2025

Collage of images from Yuma County - a welcome sign, a man testing water, a water vending machine.

Environment and sustainability

Addressing water insecurity and building trust in rural Arizona

October 08, 2025

Collage of images of a person holding their throat and an enlarged immune cell.

Science and technology

Discovery could lead to new treatments for life-threatening allergic reactions

August 25, 2025