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But, according to a recent study out of ASU\u0026#039;s College of Health Solutions, poor eating habits and weight gain \u2014 even if not as substantial as the \u201cfreshmen 15\u201d \u2014 can lead to health problems later in life.","teaser":"One of the long-held beliefs about college students is the \u201cfreshman 15,\u201d the idea that first-year students gain an average of 15 pounds when they first enter college because they don\u2019t know how to manage their food consumption.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/istock-938505570.jpg?itok=DsrUlNjS","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20230929-discoveries-freshman-15-may-be-myth-beneficial-gut-microbiome-still-important","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Scott Bordow","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Downtown Phoenix campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/istock-938505570.jpg?itok=DsrUlNjS","image_alt":"An overhead shot of hands pulling pizza slices off a platter","image_caption":"Photo courtesy iStock","related_story":"","news_units":"Biodesign Center for Health Through Microbiomes|Biodesign Institute|College of Health Solutions","interests":"Healthy Living|Student life|Campus life","audiences":"Faculty|Postdocs|Students","locations":"Downtown Phoenix campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"SDG 03 Good Health and Well-Being","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"TRIF|Imaging and testing","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Health and medicine"}},{"node":{"nid":"97223","title":"Biodesign Institute receives $3M NSF grant to develop DNA-enabled nanoelectronics","body":"For decades, the semiconductor industry has relied on decreasing transistor size to increase computing power. However, physical constraints in the manufacturing process have limited further size reductions and the overall density of electronic components.With the aim to overcome these limitations,\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222023-09-07T10:14:00-07:00\u0022\u003E09\/07\/2023-10:14am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"A $3 million National Science Foundation grant will help researchers at ASU\u0026#039;s Biodesign Institute develop a new manufacturing process that uses DNA to create ultrahigh-density nanoelectronic systems.","teaser":"For decades, the semiconductor industry has relied on decreasing transistor size to increase computing power.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-10\/shutterstock_1272434188_1-flipped.jpg?itok=8n_Rs8vL","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20230907-biodesign-institute-receives-3-million-national-science-foundation-grant-develop-dnaenabled","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\/2025-10\/shutterstock_1272434188_1-flipped.jpg?itok=8n_Rs8vL","image_alt":"Illustration of DNA nanotechnology","image_caption":"A new generation of ultratiny electronics is being designed with the help of DNA nanotechnology. 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The\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222023-08-23T09:19:00-07:00\u0022\u003E08\/23\/2023-9:19am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"ASU researcher Melissa Wilson joins an international consortium of researchers who performed the first complete sequencing of the Y chromosome. The sequence will be of vital importance for fertility studies and many other aspects of human health.","teaser":"In a groundbreaking study, Arizona State University\u2019s Biodesign Institute joins an international research team led by the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) Consortium, a group of researchers funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI),","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/wilsonsayersychromosome2.png?itok=f2XPGn0r","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20230823-researchers-assemble-first-complete-sequence-human-y-chromosome","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\/wilsonsayersychromosome2.png?itok=f2XPGn0r","image_alt":"Close-up image of a chromosome.","image_caption":"The human Y chromosome (right side of image) is tiny compared with its X chromosome counterpart, the result of the Y steadily losing genes over the course of evolutionary history. Despite its diminutive size, the Y chromosome has profound importance for human health. In new research, ASU Associate Professor Melissa Wilson and her international colleagues present the first complete sequence of the Y chromosome, the last of the 24 human chromosomes to be fully sequenced. Graphic by Jason Drees","related_story":"","news_units":"Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution|School of Life Sciences|Biodesign Institute|Center for Evolution and Medicine","interests":"Bioscience|Research","audiences":"Faculty|Community","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"TRIF|Imaging and testing","content_type":"news","field_saf":"Science and technology"}}]}