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Michael Barton, Julian Chen, Gary Marchant, Emilia Martins, Charles Perrings, Sander van der Leeuw and Hao Yan were honored for recognition\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222019-11-26T13:14:00-07:00\u0022\u003E11\/26\/2019-1:14pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Seven outstanding faculty from Arizona State University have been named as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). ASU\u2019s C. 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In fiscal year 2018, ASU hit a record $617.7 million in research expenditures, rising to seventh in national research rankings. And over the\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222019-11-26T10:55:00-07:00\u0022\u003E11\/26\/2019-10:55am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"About 6,200 academics from around the world, including 11 researchers from ASU, have been named Highly Cited Researchers by the Web of Science Group. In order to receive this prestigious title, the researchers\u2019 published papers had to rank in the top 1% of most cited works over the last decade. 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Since its shadowy beginnings, RNA has become a basic constituent of all living cells, faithfully transcribing DNA messages contained in genes and translating these into proteins.Now, Alex Green and his group\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222019-11-01T15:28:00-07:00\u0022\u003E11\/01\/2019-3:28pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"In a new study, a group of scientists \u2014 including ASU\u0026#039;s Alex Green \u2014 describe methods for designing sophisticated RNA circuits, which can perform a variety of computerlike logic tasks within living cells. Advancing previous efforts in the engineering of RNA switches, the new work demonstrates two clever designs capable of sensing inputs and turning off gene expression.","teaser":"During the first flickering of life on earth, ribonucleic acid (RNA) occupied center stage.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/riboregulator-003.jpg?itok=Y7_gqCuy","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20191101-%E2%80%99s-switch-synthetic-circuits-regulate-gene-expression","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Biodesign Institute at ASU","contributor-contact-information-name":"Richard Harth","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-0378","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/riboregulator-003.jpg?itok=Y7_gqCuy","image_alt":"","image_caption":"This illustration shows how a complex synthetic RNA containing multiple programmable Riborepressors (long teal blue strand) is bound by incoming trigger RNAs (shorter red and green RNA strands) that change the Riborepressors\u2019 secondary structures to block the protein-synthesizing ribosome from accessing its binding sites (purple and light blue structure in the center). 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But what if we could help the natural carbon cycle by\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222019-04-22T02:30:00-07:00\u0022\u003E04\/22\/2019-2:30am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"In a recent paper published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, a team of researchers led by Hao Yan, Yan Liu and Neal Woodbury of the School of Molecular Sciences and Biodesign Center for Molecular Design and Biomimetics at Arizona State University report significant progress in optimizing systems that mimic the first stage of photosynthesis, capturing and harnessing light energy from the sun.","teaser":"As the world struggles to meet the increasing demand for energy, coupled with the rising levels of CO2 in the atmosphere from deforestation and the use of fossil fuels, photosynthesis in nature simply cannot keep up with the carbon cycle.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/jacs_cover-2rev-sized-a_c_0.jpg?itok=LBQ7oe6H","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20190422-using-dna-templates-harness-sun-energy","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"School of Earth \u0026amp; Space Exploration","contributor-contact-information-name":"Kim Baptista","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-4662","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/jacs_cover-2rev-sized-a_c_0.jpg?itok=LBQ7oe6H","image_alt":"Double-stranded DNA acts as a template for self-assembly of cyanine dyes that serve as \u0026quot;exciton wires\u0026quot; for directional energy transport.","image_caption":"Double-stranded DNA as a template to guide self-assembly of cyanine dye forming strongly-coupled dye aggregates. 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