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American politicians, military personnel, scientists and the public, long accustomed to\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-02-11T08:10:16-07:00\u0022\u003E02\/11\/2026-8:10am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"The Global Security Initiative becomes the Advanced Capabilities for National Security Institute, reflecting both ASU\u2019s growing defense-related research expenditures and commitment to national security.","teaser":"In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world\u2019s first artificial satellite, into a low orbit around the Earth. 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The agreement will allow Army installations across the U.S. to tap into the university\u2019s\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-02-09T10:49:57-07:00\u0022\u003E02\/09\/2026-10:49am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"ASU will assess energy needs at Fort Huachuca while delivering career training for university and local Cochise College students.","teaser":"In a move that will support resilient energy systems in the places that keep our nation safe, Arizona State University signed a special agreement with the U.S. Army Installation Management Command on Jan. 30.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-02\/251030-Story-CentralPlant-266.jpg?itok=AmIp8iTU","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260209-science-and-technology-asu-help-arizona-army-installation-improve-energy-lower-costs","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU Knowledge Enterprise","contributor-contact-information-name":"Mikala Kass","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-5616","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\/251030-Story-CentralPlant-266.jpg?itok=AmIp8iTU","image_alt":"Students in yellow vests and hard hats listen to a professor while standing in a room filled with large blue pipes.","image_caption":"Energy Efficiency Center students and Associate Professor Ryan Milcarek tour ASU Tempe Central Plant. 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Dozens of ASU researchers \u2014 whose expertise ranges from technology for older adults living alone to water insecurity solutions \u2014 will speak at the event, whose theme this year, Science @ Scale, aims to highlight the importance of research\u2019s value for the public good.","teaser":"When the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting takes place this month in Phoenix, Arizona State University will be well represented.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-02\/20250325%20NathanJohnsonLEAPSLab_233.jpg?itok=dAeInGnG","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260206-science-and-technology-asu-researchers-aaas-annual-meeting-phoenix","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\/2026-02\/20250325%20NathanJohnsonLEAPSLab_233.jpg?itok=dAeInGnG","image_alt":"Two men work on a solar panel","image_caption":"The upcoming American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting will feature ASU experts from a range of fields, including engineer Alexander Mobley (pictured), who will co-lead a workshop on microgrids. 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Interdisciplinary groups across ASU \u2014 including people representing ASU Health, Knowledge Enterprise, the biomedical workforce and Food Is Medicine \u2014 discussed their work with Bhattacharya. Photo by Charlie Leight\/ASU News","related_story":"","news_units":"ASU Health|Health Observatory|John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering|School of Technology for Public Health|Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences|College of Health Solutions|Knowledge Enterprise","interests":"Healthy Living|Health care","audiences":"Faculty|Staff|Community|Policymakers|Prospective students|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":"Health and medicine"}},{"node":{"nid":"110601","title":"Locust swarms destroy crops \u2014 scientists found a way to stop it","body":"\u201cThey\u2019re very destructive when there\u0027s a lot of them, but one on one, what\u0027s not to love?\u201d Arianne Cease says.\u0026nbsp;She\u2019s talking about locusts.As the director of Arizona State University\u2019s\u0026nbsp;Global Locust Initiative, Cease has a healthy admiration for these insects, even as she studies ways to\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-01-15T09:00:00-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/15\/2026-9:00am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"ASU researchers were part of a science team that found a simple soil-based method to keep locusts from eating crops. To their knowledge, it\u2019s the first study to test this method in real-world farming conditions. The results are remarkable: fewer locusts, less damage and a doubled crop yield.","teaser":"\u201cThey\u2019re very destructive when there\u0027s a lot of them, but one on one, what\u0027s not to love?\u201d Arianne Cease says.\u0026nbsp;She\u2019s talking about locusts.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/Story-LocustLab-251212-0180.jpg?h=658e5eaa\u0026amp;itok=NHhDuGSt","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260115-environment-and-sustainability-locust-swarms-destroy-crops-scientists-found-way-stop-it","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU Knowledge Enterprise","contributor-contact-information-name":"Mikala Kass","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-5616","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\/2026-01\/Story-LocustLab-251212-0180.jpg?h=658e5eaa\u0026amp;itok=NHhDuGSt","image_alt":"Hands wearing blue gloves hold a green and brown locust.","image_caption":"PhD student Sydney Millerwise holds a migratory locust in ASU\u2019s Global Locust Initiative Lab. 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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. The company\u2019s app, Vital-Trac, has received FDA clearance to remotely measure vital signs, including heart and respiratory rate.","teaser":"Americans wait an average of 31 days to see a health care provider, a 22% increase since 2022.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/mindset_medical_asu.png?itok=phVjT7-t","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260114-health-and-medicine-democratizing-health-care-theres-app","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Knowledge Enterprise","contributor-contact-information-name":"Preesha Kumar","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\/2026-01\/mindset_medical_asu.png?itok=phVjT7-t","image_alt":"Image of Vital-Trac App on a phone screen. 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But in 2009, when he met fellow geologist Philippe Lambert on an excursion to the Rochechouart impact structure in southern France, Wittmann learned of a\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-01-12T13:44:37-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/12\/2026-1:44pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"A decades-old mystery involving an ash-like rock discovered at the Rochechouart impact structure in southern France was solved when ASU scientist Axel Wittmann put a sample of the rock under some high-resolution microscopes at the university\u2019s Eyring Materials Center.","teaser":"Axel Wittmann had always had \u201ca fondness for exotic rocks,\u201d as he puts it, his favorite being suevite, formed from intense meteorite collisions.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/iStock-1347930643.jpg?itok=26WBmkPL","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260112-science-and-technology-asu-microscopes-help-solve-decadesold-asteroidimpact-deposit","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Knowledge Enterprise, Core Research Facilities","contributor-contact-information-name":"Billy Hollander","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-965-0868","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/iStock-1347930643.jpg?itok=26WBmkPL","image_alt":"Asteroid in the night sky above sandy dunes.","image_caption":"iStock photo","related_story":"","news_units":"Core Research Facilities|Knowledge Enterprise","interests":"Science|Space exploration|Technology|Research","audiences":"Faculty|Staff","locations":"","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Science and technology"}},{"node":{"nid":"110151","title":"ASU Farm connects students to sustainable food systems","body":"When Brennan Campbell took a Sustainability Virtues class in the 2025 spring semester, he never imagined it would lead him to a goat pen on a beautiful December morning, raking droppings into a pile.But it turned out the professor for that class, Tyler DesRoches, is also the founding director of\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-01-07T17:15:45-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/07\/2026-5:15pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"In 2024, a group of faculty members were discussing solutions for social issues like food insecurity and the loneliness epidemic. They envisioned a place where people could work together while learning about sustainable food systems, and ASU Farm was born. The educational hub and laboratory was recently designated as a center and has big plans for growth.","teaser":"When Brennan Campbell took a Sustainability Virtues class in the 2025 spring semester, he never imagined it would lead him to a goat pen on a beautiful December morning, raking droppings into a pile.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/20251213%20ASU%20Farm%20588.jpg?itok=MKUbSjBi","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260107-environment-and-sustainability-asu-farm-connects-students-sustainable-food-systems","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":"Tempe campus, Polytechnic campus, West Valley campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/20251213%20ASU%20Farm%20588.jpg?itok=MKUbSjBi","image_alt":"A man wearing a coat and a bucket hat kneels down in front of a goat that is licking his hand","image_caption":"Recent sustainability graduate Brennan Campbell works in the goat pen at Maya\u2019s Farm in south Phoenix during ASU Farm Volunteer Day on Dec. 13. 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He reminded his\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-01-07T11:57:36-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/07\/2026-11:57am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"An ASU-powered startup is solving real-world farm challenges with AI-driven tools \u2014 including autonomous weed control, cilantro harvesting and next-generation scarecrows.","teaser":"Raghu Nandivada was visiting family in rural south India in 2018 when, after a long day of work, his mother challenged him to invent a robot that removed weeds.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/ASU%20News%20Banner-01.png?itok=2LyNgM1K","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260107-business-and-entrepreneurship-farming-robots-tackle-labor-shortages-using-ai","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Knowledge Enterprise","contributor-contact-information-name":"Alicia Barr\u00f3n","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\/2026-01\/ASU%20News%20Banner-01.png?itok=2LyNgM1K","image_alt":"A group of people stand next to a piece of farm equipment that has a red inflatable tube man attached to it","image_caption":"The Padma AgRobotics team (from left: Raghu Nandivada, Rajpal Singh, Vamsi Dudala, Kailash Ramahlingem and Vasuki Pulikonda) test one of their AI scarecrows at Blue Sky Organic Farms in Litchfield Park, Arizona. 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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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They are a few of the 60 elements and minerals known as \u201ccritical minerals.\u201d These materials power our lives and are vital to the economy, energy systems and national\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-12-10T09:53:25-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/10\/2025-9:53am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Lithium, manganese, gallium, nickel and aluminum \u2014 used in products that affect our daily lives \u2014 are some of the many materials known as \u201ccritical minerals.\u0026quot; They are essential to U.S. economic, energy and national security applications, but have vulnerable supply chains. 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But it does a good job of acting like it.It is capable of replicating how we speak, how we write and even how we solve problems.So it\u2019s easy to see why many consider it a threat, or at least a challenge, to our humanity.\u0026nbsp;That challenge is at the heart of a new book titled \u201cAI\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-12-05T17:01:58-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/05\/2025-5:01pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"An ASU professor and Thunderbird alum have teamed up \u2014 with a little help from AI \u2014 to publish \u201cAI and the Art of Being Human,\u201d a practical, optimistic and human-centric guide to navigating the age of artificial intelligence.","teaser":"AI is not human. 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