{"nodes":[{"node":{"nid":"111871","title":"Understanding protein motion could greatly aid new drug design","body":"For many of us, \u201cprotein\u201d is the key element of a food order. 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The findings help explain how mitochondria, the tiny structures that power our cells, can shrink, change or even disappear over evolutionary time.","teaser":"Mitochondria are among the most important structures inside living cells.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-03\/mitochondrial-genome-wideman.png?itok=wFzJ8gUg","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260313-science-and-technology-tracing-how-cells-learned-live-without-oxygen","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\/2026-03\/mitochondrial-genome-wideman.png?itok=wFzJ8gUg","image_alt":"Graphic illustration of mitochondria","image_caption":"A newly discovered lineage of microbes is helping scientists understand how mitochondria \u2014 the energy-producing structures inside cells \u2014 can evolve, shrink or disappear as organisms adapt to low-oxygen environments. 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Yet, for all its importance, scientists have long wondered: How did this intricate structure come to be?Now, a fresh theory suggests\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-02-25T08:04:46-07:00\u0022\u003E02\/25\/2026-8:04am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"The ribosome is one of life\u2019s most remarkable inventions \u2014 a tiny molecular machine inside every cell that turns genetic code into the proteins that keep us alive. Yet, scientists have long wondered: How did it come to be? Now, a fresh theory suggests that the ribosome may have started out as a parasite with virus-like properties before it became an essential partner in the cell.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n","teaser":"The ribosome is one of life\u2019s most remarkable inventions \u2014 a tiny molecular machine inside every cell that turns genetic code into the proteins that keep us alive.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-02\/shutterstock_2685663301.jpg?itok=4z1cmVb4","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260225-science-and-technology-did-ribosome-begin-parasite","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\/2026-02\/shutterstock_2685663301.jpg?itok=4z1cmVb4","image_alt":"A 3D rendering of a ribosome translating a strand of messenger RNA","image_caption":"A 3D rendering of a ribosome translating a strand of mRNA. 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But connect a few oxygen atoms in water, and phosphorus becomes phosphate, a substance so crucial to life on Earth that federal officials recently classified it as a critical\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-02-17T13:34:49-07:00\u0022\u003E02\/17\/2026-1:34pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Phosphate is a critical mineral for human health and economic security, and ASU researchers are working to ensure the United States has a secure, affordable supply for years to come.","teaser":"Elemental phosphorus is too volatile to exist in nature.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-02\/phosphate%20fertilizer.jpg?itok=cd0Df0iQ","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260217-environment-and-sustainability-phosphate-powers-life-we-know-it-yet-most-us-flush-it-down","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory","contributor-contact-information-name":"Joanna Allhands","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-9790","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\/2026-02\/phosphate%20fertilizer.jpg?itok=cd0Df0iQ","image_alt":"phosphate fertilizer in gloved hands","image_caption":"Diammonium phosphate fertilizer contains rock that is mined in a limited number of places around the world. 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In our bodies, it is the natural, or medicinally assisted, removal of toxic substances through the kidneys, liver and lungs.One part of this detoxification process is\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-02-12T13:34:49-07:00\u0022\u003E02\/12\/2026-1:34pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"A new study from researchers at ASU suggests detoxifying microbes in our body\u2019s digestive system may be helping tag and clear potentially harmful chemicals from the body. The discovery could help explain why people sometimes respond differently to the same medication, and could one day influence how physicians approach dosing, side effects and personalized medicine.","teaser":"\u201cDetoxification\u201d is a word most of us have heard, usually in the context of shakes or supplements. But what does it actually mean?","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-02\/gut-microbe-sulfonation.png?itok=UnmpRdPn","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260212-health-and-medicine-asu-researchers-discover-new-digestive-process-medication","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Knowledge Enterprise","contributor-contact-information-name":"Rithwik Kalale","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","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\/2026-02\/gut-microbe-sulfonation.png?itok=UnmpRdPn","image_alt":"artwork of acetaminophen compound with gut microbes","image_caption":"Art by Jason Drees\/ASU","related_story":"","news_units":"Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics|Biodesign Center for Health Through Microbiomes|Biodesign Institute|Knowledge Enterprise","interests":"Healthy Living|Bioscience|Science|Research","audiences":"Faculty","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"SDG 03 Good Health and Well-Being","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Health and medicine"}},{"node":{"nid":"110591","title":"Democratizing health care: There\u2019s an app for that","body":"Americans wait an average of 31 days to see a health care provider, a 22% increase since 2022. And while telehealth visits provide cost-effective and accessible alternatives to in-person care, vital sign measurements such as heart rate and respiratory rates are difficult to monitor remotely.\u0026nbsp;\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-01-14T11:32:09-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/14\/2026-11:32am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"The technology behind Mindset Medical, which aims to revolutionize telehealth, originated with the late ASU Professor Nongjian Tao\u2019s innovation. 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At dusk in the Arizona foothills, bobcats slip silently through dry washes and rocky crags.\u0026nbsp;These familiar animals seem worlds apart \u2014 one urban and social, the other solitary and elusive.\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-01-06T12:10:27-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/06\/2026-12:10pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"In two new studies, researchers used modern genomic tools to explore the hidden viral world in unexpected places. Together, the studies offer a snapshot of viral diversity in desert wildlife and demonstrate how scientists track viruses across hosts, environments and time.","teaser":"As the sun rises over the Sonoran Desert, bright green lovebirds gather noisily around backyard feeders. 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Yet even with modern DNA sequencing, figuring out what these microbes are and how they are related to one another remains extremely difficult.In a pair of\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-12-11T16:33:32-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/11\/2025-4:33pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Two new ASU studies debut tools that make it easier and more accurate to map microbial relationships and analyze biological data, boosting research on microbiomes, disease detection, environmental health and future medical advances.","teaser":"The microscopic organisms that fill our bodies, soils, oceans and atmosphere play essential roles in human health and the planet\u2019s ecosystems.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-12\/shutterstock_1220926492.jpg?itok=7me9Mtw5","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251211-science-and-technology-smarter-tools-peering-microscopic-world","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\/2025-12\/shutterstock_1220926492.jpg?itok=7me9Mtw5","image_alt":"Graphic illustration of a digital tree built from DNA-like connections","image_caption":"A digital tree built from DNA-like connections represents how scientists trace the ancestry of microbes. New tools such as TMarSel and scikit-bio are helping researchers build clearer microbial family trees and make better sense of the growing flood of genetic data. 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This month, she\u2019s celebrating another milestone: graduating from Arizona State University with an online degree in biochemistry.But the\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-12-08T12:14:24-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/08\/2025-12:14pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Kea Gustavus has lived in a few very different places \u2014 she grew up in Las Vegas, moved to Wisconsin as a teenager and now calls the state\u0026#039;s city of Madison home. 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It seeks to communicate the importance and value of academic research to a broad audience.","teaser":"What do you get when an evolutionary biologist, an engineer and an anthropologist walk into a recording studio?","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-12\/26%20Labcoat%20Optional%20-%20Banner_R1.jpg?itok=2ynsBZ3v","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251208-science-and-technology-lab-your-headphones-new-podcast-brings-asu-research-you","hide_byline":"1","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"","contributor-contact-information-name":"","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-12\/26%20Labcoat%20Optional%20-%20Banner_R1.jpg?itok=2ynsBZ3v","image_alt":"A logo reading \u0026quot;Lab Coat Optional\u0026quot; surrounded by audio and scientific equipment on a gold and black background. 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This December, the biochemistry major will graduate from ASU\u2019s\u00a0School of Molecular Sciences with a clear goal: to channel those strengths into a pharmacy career that offers both opportunity and flexibility.","teaser":"Math and science have always clicked differently for Parker Henmi.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-11\/DSC09578.jpg?itok=6Tg0FWSE","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251204-sun-devil-community-biochemistry-graduate-finds-his-path-pharmacy-through-versatility-asu-degree","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"School of Molecular Sciences","contributor-contact-information-name":"David Rozul","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"602-496-3673","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\/2025-11\/DSC09578.jpg?itok=6Tg0FWSE","image_alt":"SMS Parker Henmi ","image_caption":"Parker Henmi graduates this December with a biochemistry degree from ASU\u2019s\u00a0School of Molecular Sciences, with pharmacy school on the horizon. 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Over time, that stress can speed up cognitive decline and increase the risk of Alzheimer\u2019s\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-11-25T07:20:30-07:00\u0022\u003E11\/25\/2025-7:20am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"In young adults with obesity, researchers have identified biological markers of inflammation, liver stress and detection of markers indicative of early damage to brain cells. They also had unusually low levels of the nutrient choline.","teaser":"For decades, scientists have known that what harms the body often harms the brain. Conditions such as obesity, high blood pressure and insulin resistance strain the body\u2019s vascular and metabolic systems.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-11\/shutterstock_2447944539.jpg?itok=pIrOkHoT","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251125-health-and-medicine-surprising-connection-between-obesity-choline-and-brain-inflammation","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\/2025-11\/shutterstock_2447944539.jpg?itok=pIrOkHoT","image_alt":"Computer illustration of neurons","image_caption":"Researchers uncover a surprising link between obesity, low levels of the nutrient choline and early brain changes that echo patterns seen in Alzheimer\u2019s disease. 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This discovery opens door to new treatments as U.S. cases rise.","teaser":"Tuberculosis, a disease often thought of as part of the past, is reemerging across the United States.\u0026nbsp;But Arizona State University scientists have made a discovery that could help stop it.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-11\/tuberculosis.jpg?itok=9LMbNJea","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251107-science-and-technology-asu-scientists-uncover-tuberculosis-bacteriums-heartbeat","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"School of Life Sciences","contributor-contact-information-name":"Gabriela Harrod","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","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\/2025-11\/tuberculosis.jpg?itok=9LMbNJea","image_alt":"red-colored TB bacteria under a microscope","image_caption":"A grouping of red-colored, rod-shaped Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, which cause tuberculosis in human beings. 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The research points to new possibilities: Boosting it could improve wound healing, while blocking it may offer a way to fight aggressive cancers.","teaser":"When doctors detect elevated levels of SerpinB3 in a blood test, it can signal that something is seriously wrong, from hard-to-treat cancers to severe inflammatory conditions.\u0026nbsp;","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-11\/wound_healing_rege_0.png?itok=nkPyyeuZ","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251104-science-and-technology-signpost-cancer-linked-woundhealing-properties","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\/2025-11\/wound_healing_rege_0.png?itok=nkPyyeuZ","image_alt":"Graphic illustration of a person\u0026#039;s upper torso, as seen from the back, with red color and white dots and lines centered on an area to indicate pain.","image_caption":"ASU researchers Jordan Yaron and Kaushal Rege have found that the previously mysterious protein SerpinB3 plays a vital role in the body\u2019s natural wound-healing process. Their findings could lead to better treatments for hard-to-heal wounds and open new avenues for tackling cancer and other diseases. 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Understanding how they do it can\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-11-03T09:09:29-07:00\u0022\u003E11\/03\/2025-9:09am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"New studies from ASU reveal surprising ways bacteria can move without their flagella \u2014 slender, whip-like propellers \u2014\u00a0which may help in developing new tools to fight against infections.   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But as the new director of the ASU\u0026nbsp;Biocollections, Song is ready to step away from his comfort zone.\u0026nbsp;\u201cI thought I would\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-10-29T15:15:19-07:00\u0022\u003E10\/29\/2025-3:15pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Hojun Song has dedicated over two decades to studying locusts, grasshoppers, crickets and katydids \u2014 those jumping insects that most people would struggle to tell apart. But as the new director of the ASU\u00a0Biocollections, Song is ready to step away from his comfort zone. 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Song\u0026#039;s decades of research studying the insects led him to the ASU Biocollections, where he is serving as the new director. 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Even a brief slip can compromise their safety. At Arizona State University, Associate Professor Chad Borges and his team have turned their research into a simple solution that is now being used by research labs and companies across the country.","teaser":"Keeping vaccines and research samples at the right temperature isn\u2019t easy, and even a brief slip can compromise their safety.\u0026nbsp;","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-09\/borges-temp-indicator2_0.png?itok=C-V4ApcI","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251023-science-and-technology-asu-team-invents-technique-make-sure-vaccines-biospecimens-stay","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"School of Molecular Sciences","contributor-contact-information-name":"Jenny Green","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-965-1430","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\/2025-09\/borges-temp-indicator2_0.png?itok=C-V4ApcI","image_alt":"Three tubes from vivid pink to colorless","image_caption":"ASU researchers have invented a new technique for keeping vaccines and research samples at the right temperature. The time and temperature indicator (seen above) ranges from vivid pink to colorless. If you see any pink, all is good. If it is colorless, the sample has been compromised. Image courtesy of Jason Drees\/ASU","related_story":"","news_units":"Biodesign Virginia G. 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But when introduced into European rabbits in the 1950s, it\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-10-06T13:15:05-07:00\u0022\u003E10\/06\/2025-1:15pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Recently, scientists were surprised to see a new form of the myxoma virus jump species, from rabbit to Iberian hares, causing high death rates. Understanding how this virus overcame species barriers could shed light on how poxviruses in general adapt and emerge as new threats. 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By acquiring just a few key genes, the virus learned to dodge a new host\u2019s immune defenses \u2014 offering rare insight into how viruses jump species and adapt. The research, led by scientists at Arizona State University, could help us better understand viral evolution and even inspire new approaches to treating disease. Stock photo","related_story":"","news_units":"ASU Health|Biodesign Virginia G. 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","image_caption":"Jess McClain trains in the Clinical Research Services environmental chamber at the Health Futures Center in northeast Phoenix. McClain spent four sessions in the chamber acclimating to the high temperatures and humidity that awaited her at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 14. Photo by Billy Hollander\/ASU","related_story":"","news_units":"Core Research Facilities|Knowledge Enterprise","interests":"Bioscience|Core facilities|Technology|Sports","audiences":"Alumni|Campus students|Prospective students","locations":"","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"SDG 03 Good Health and Well-Being","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Science and technology"}},{"node":{"nid":"107181","title":"Discovery could lead to new treatments for life-threatening allergic reactions","body":"Food allergies affect more than half a billion people\u0026nbsp;worldwide. In severe cases, even a small bite of the wrong food can trigger anaphylaxis \u2014 a rapid, body-wide allergic reaction that can cause difficulty breathing, a dangerous drop in blood pressure and even death.Scientists have long\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-08-25T07:09:33-07:00\u0022\u003E08\/25\/2025-7:09am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"A study has pinpointed how anaphylaxis begins in the gut after eating a food allergen \u2014 findings that could pave the way for a new preventive or therapeutic approach for food-triggered anaphylaxis. ","teaser":"Food allergies affect more than half a billion people\u0026nbsp;worldwide.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-08\/florsheim_mastcell2_asu.png?itok=9yT5ugdV","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20250825-science-and-technology-discovery-could-lead-new-treatments-lifethreatening-allergic","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\/2025-08\/florsheim_mastcell2_asu.png?itok=9yT5ugdV","image_alt":"Collage of images of a person holding their throat and an enlarged immune cell.","image_caption":"Until recently, scientists had little insight into why food allergens can provoke such a dangerous chain reaction in the body. A new study has uncovered an unexpected source: immune cells in the gut that release potent chemical signals capable of setting off anaphylaxis. Graphic by Jason Drees","related_story":"","news_units":"ASU Health|Biodesign Center for Health Through Microbiomes|School of Life Sciences|Biodesign Institute|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences|Knowledge Enterprise","interests":"Bioscience|Research","audiences":"Faculty","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"SDG 03 Good Health and Well-Being","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Science and technology"}},{"node":{"nid":"106836","title":"Fast, accurate, low-cost diagnostics: No lab required","body":"Researchers at Arizona State University have developed a breakthrough diagnostic tool that could transform how quickly and reliably we detect illnesses like COVID-19, Ebola, AIDS or Lyme disease. The test uses just a single drop of blood, costs a couple of dollars and delivers results in only 15\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-08-12T14:06:24-07:00\u0022\u003E08\/12\/2025-2:06pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Researchers at Arizona State University have created a groundbreaking diagnostic test that could dramatically speed up and improve the detection of illnesses such as COVID-19, Ebola, AIDS and Lyme disease. Requiring just a single drop of blood, the test costs only a few dollars and provides results in as little as 15 minutes.","teaser":"Researchers at Arizona State University have developed a breakthrough diagnostic tool that could transform how quickly and reliably we detect illnesses like COVID-19, Ebola, AIDS or Lyme disease.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-08\/wang-gold-nanoparticle-ASU.png?itok=s9_GEmAN","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20250812-science-and-technology-fast-accurate-lowcost-diagnostics-no-lab-required","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\/2025-08\/wang-gold-nanoparticle-ASU.png?itok=s9_GEmAN","image_alt":"Graphic illustration of tiny gold nanoparticles and molecules.","image_caption":"At the core of a new diagnostic test created by ASU researchers are tiny gold nanoparticles, engineered to detect extremely small amounts of disease-related proteins. The device is so sensitive that it can detect disease from just a few hundred molecules in an extremely small fluid sample \u2014 a fraction of a single drop. This sensitivity is nearly 100,000 times greater than that of standard laboratory tests. Graphic by Jason Drees","related_story":"","news_units":"ASU Health|Biodesign Center for Molecular Design and Biomimetics|Core Research Facilities|School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering|Biodesign Institute|Knowledge Enterprise","interests":"Bioscience|Research","audiences":"Faculty|Community|Students","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"SDG 03 Good Health and Well-Being","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"TRIF","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Science and technology"}},{"node":{"nid":"106556","title":"Tiny copper clusters could lead to faster, energy-saving electronics","body":"A new study from researchers at Arizona State University is paving the way for \u201cspintronic\u201d technologies. This new kind of electronics uses the spin of electrons, not just their charge, to store and process information more efficiently.There are many applications for spintronics, from faster\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-08-01T10:52:37-07:00\u0022\u003E08\/01\/2025-10:52am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"A new study from researchers at Arizona State University is paving the way for \u201cspintronic\u201d technologies. This new kind of electronics uses the spin of electrons, not just their charge, to store and process information more efficiently.","teaser":"A new study from researchers at Arizona State University is paving the way for \u201cspintronic\u201d technologies. This new kind of electronics uses the spin of electrons, not just their charge, to store and process information more efficiently.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-07\/electron-spin.png?itok=HuWSP992","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20250801-science-and-technology-tiny-copper-clusters-could-lead-faster-energysaving-electronics","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\/2025-07\/electron-spin.png?itok=HuWSP992","image_alt":"Illustration of an electron spinning.","image_caption":"Electron spin \u2014 a quantum property visualized here \u2014 behaves like a tiny magnet. Researchers are learning to harness this spin in copper oxide clusters to develop faster, more energy-efficient \u0026quot;spintronic\u0026quot; devices. Graphic by Jason Drees","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Molecular Sciences|Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery|Biodesign Institute|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","interests":"Microelectronics|Bioscience|Research","audiences":"Faculty|Corporations","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"SDG 09 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Science and technology"}},{"node":{"nid":"106221","title":"New ASU research hunts down drug-resistant microbes","body":"Antibiotics are one of the greatest triumphs in the history of medical science \u2014 but these lifesaving tools have a dark side.Their persistent use can produce \u0022superbugs\u0022 \u2014 drug-resistant microbes that pose a danger to humans, animals and the environment.In a first-of-its-kind pilot project,\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-06-23T08:14:20-07:00\u0022\u003E06\/23\/2025-8:14am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"A team of researchers, including some from ASU, tested a handheld DNA sequencing device to improve tracking of drug-resistant E. coli, a key indicator of antibiotic resistance.","teaser":"Antibiotics are one of the greatest triumphs in the history of medical science \u2014 but these lifesaving tools have a dark side.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-06\/leevoth_bacterialresistance.png?itok=Jw4hrA_v","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20250623-science-and-technology-new-asu-research-hunts-down-drugresistant-microbes","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\/2025-06\/leevoth_bacterialresistance.png?itok=Jw4hrA_v","image_alt":"A collage of images including map illustrations and people working in fields and in a river","image_caption":"In a first-of-its-kind pilot project, researchers from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Indonesia\u2019s Ministry of Agriculture and Arizona State University tested the novel integration of a handheld DNA sequencing device to improve national efforts to track drug-resistant E. coli, a key indicator of antibiotic resistance. Graphic by Jason Drees","related_story":"","news_units":"ASU Health|Biodesign Center for Health Through Microbiomes|Rob Walton College of Global Futures|Biodesign Institute","interests":"Healthy Living|Water|Water futures|Water Management|Bioscience|Research","audiences":"Faculty|Community|Policymakers","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"SDG 03 Good Health and Well-Being|SDG 06 Clean Water and Sanitation|SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities|SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Science and technology"}},{"node":{"nid":"106204","title":"Seeds, insects and secrets: ASU students help decode lake\u2019s climate story","body":"What can seeds and tiny lake insects tell us about the environment and how it has changed over time?That\u0027s what a multi-university research team \u2014 including students and faculty from ASU, Rutgers and Purdue \u2014 wanted to find out.They traveled to the Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve in upstate New York to\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-06-16T16:16:10-07:00\u0022\u003E06\/16\/2025-4:16pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"What do ancient seeds and lake insects buried in mud reveal about 200 years of environmental change? 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On winter evenings, just before dusk, hundreds of thousands of starlings may gather in the sky in hypnotic, pulsing patterns known as murmuration.\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-03-24T21:34:15-07:00\u0022\u003E03\/24\/2025-9:34pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"In a new study, researchers with the Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics at Arizona State University and their colleagues describe bacteria that move together like a choreographed display \u2014 expanding in waves and bursts, then settling into scattered microcolonies. The bacteria transition between different movement styles, using a strategy similar to the way plants spread seeds or fungi release spores, the study shows.","teaser":"Swarming behaviors appear everywhere in nature \u2014 from schools of fish darting in synchrony to locusts sweeping across landscapes in coordinated waves.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-03\/bacteria-swarm.png?itok=mYBS-tYC","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20250324-science-and-technology-swarm-science-oral-bacteria-move-waves-spread-and-survive","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\/2025-03\/bacteria-swarm.png?itok=mYBS-tYC","image_alt":"Petri dish with bacteria in it.","image_caption":"Bacteria of the genus Capnocytophaga fan out in complex, coordinated patterns, helping them to survive in changing environments. 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But at Arizona State University, innovation shows up in many unexpected places, including a\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-03-19T13:42:19-07:00\u0022\u003E03\/19\/2025-1:42pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Recently, a cohort of undergrads took their very first steps into a research lab unlike any other in the world \u2014\u00a0an ASU Biodesign Institute basement lab at the forefront of a technological revolution.","teaser":"Recently, a cohort of bright, talented undergraduate students took their very first steps into a research lab unlike any other in the world.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-03\/CXFEL-Students-250103-0571.jpg?itok=hhhEXg0z","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20250319-science-and-technology-asus-worldclass-science-facilities-are-transforming-student-lives","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Media Relations \u0026amp; Strategic Communications","contributor-contact-information-name":"Joe Caspermeyer","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-4858","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\/2025-03\/CXFEL-Students-250103-0571.jpg?itok=hhhEXg0z","image_alt":"Annalise Vallarde (left) and mentor Sabine Botha review the latest state-of-the-art AI tools to help in the data analysis for the ASU CXFEL project.","image_caption":"ASU research scientist Sabine Botha (right) is a mentor to Annelise Velarde (left), a student computer programmer who recently joined the CXFEL project. Together, they are employing the latest state-of-the-art AI tools to help in the data analysis once the first experiments begin. They hope that these tools will be able to understand and build more accurate 3D models of how proteins work, or how a virus enters a cell. Photo by Andy DeLisle\/ASU Knowledge Enterprise ","related_story":"","news_units":"CXFEL Labs|Department of Physics|Ira A. 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That\u2019s a goal that researchers at Arizona State University\u2019s Biodesign Institute have dedicated years of time and resources to, so that one day we may live in a cancer-free society.","teaser":"What if we could cure cancer, or come close, in our lifetime?","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-03\/20240918%20KarenAndersonBiodesignCenterForPersonalizedDiagnosticsShoot_522.jpg?itok=akSqufdz","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20250317-health-and-medicine-working-cure-cancer-our-lifetime","hide_byline":"1","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"","contributor-contact-information-name":"","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-03\/20240918%20KarenAndersonBiodesignCenterForPersonalizedDiagnosticsShoot_522.jpg?itok=akSqufdz","image_alt":"Three researchers in white lab coats and blue gloves talk in lab","image_caption":"Karen Anderson (right), a faculty member in the Biodesign Virginia G. 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More recent X-ray advances are making it possible to see events at the scale of atoms and molecules, revealing targets for new medicines and new materials for renewable energy and advanced computing.An\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-03-13T09:33:31-07:00\u0022\u003E03\/13\/2025-9:33am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Arizona State University set forth to innovate and develop the world\u2019s first compact version of an X-ray free electron laser, or CXFEL. 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