{"nodes":[{"node":{"nid":"115826","title":"A hidden conversation inside injured tissue may hold clues to regeneration","body":"When tissue is damaged, healing isn\u0027t simply a matter of growing new cells. The body also has to know when to stop growing and begin rebuilding. If those steps happen out of order, the tissue may never fully recover.Researchers, led by Arizona State University Associate Professor Rob Harris, have\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-08-06T07:58:56-07:00\u0022\u003E08\/06\/2026-7:58am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"","teaser":"When tissue is damaged, healing isn\u0027t simply a matter of growing new cells. The body also has to know when to stop growing and begin rebuilding. 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The image illustrates Asperous localization during tissue repair and its role in regulating Wnt signaling during regeneration.","image_caption":"A Drosophila wing imaginal disc expressing Asperous, a damage-induced extracellular EGF-domain protein required for regeneration. Asperous associates with the Wnt signaling molecule, limiting its distribution and preventing premature activation of late patterning programs during tissue repair. Asperous-containing extracellular vesicles are highlighted in gold within the wing pouch. Cell junctions are shown by DE-Cadherin (cyan), the apical membrane marker Crumbs (blue) and nuclei by DAPI (purple). 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But unlike other major grains, it naturally absorbs arsenic \u2014 a known carcinogen \u2014 because of the unique way it is grown.For years, scientists have searched for ways to reduce arsenic in rice without sacrificing crop yields or\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-07-13T08:47:50-07:00\u0022\u003E07\/13\/2026-8:47am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"For years, scientists have searched for ways to reduce arsenic in rice without sacrificing crop yields or creating new food safety concerns. Now, new research shows that a relatively simple change in how rice fields are managed could help accomplish both.","teaser":"Rice is a staple food for more than half of the world\u0027s population. But unlike other major grains, it naturally absorbs arsenic \u2014 a known carcinogen \u2014 because of the unique way it is grown.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-07\/IMG_4203.jpg?itok=luli32z8","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260713-science-and-technology-how-smarter-water-management-can-reduce-arsenic-rice","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\/2026-07\/IMG_4203.jpg?itok=luli32z8","image_alt":"A rice field being irrigated","image_caption":"Photo courtesy of Angelia Seyfferth\/ASU","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Life Sciences|Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","interests":"Agriculture|Water Management|Food and Dining|Research","audiences":"Faculty|Community","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"SDG 02 Zero Hunger|SDG 03 Good Health and Well-Being|SDG 09 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure|SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Science and technology"}},{"node":{"nid":"115441","title":"Better tuberculosis treatment starts with a better test","body":"Tuberculosis is an ancient disease that still threatens human health around the world today. This infectious disease causes over 10 million illnesses and 1.5 million deaths every year \u2014 including some close to home.\u201cA large TB outbreak recently\u0026nbsp;occurred\u0026nbsp;in the Kansas City area, with 68\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-07-10T15:41:20-07:00\u0022\u003E07\/10\/2026-3:41pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"ASU researchers are developing technology that helps doctors quickly find out whether a patient\u2019s tuberculosis is resistant to new drugs, leading to faster, more effective treatment.","teaser":"Tuberculosis is an ancient disease that still threatens human health around the world today. 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But new research involving rhesus macaques suggests the reality is much more complex.An international team of researchers, including scientists from Arizona State University\u0027s School of Life\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-07-09T13:48:50-07:00\u0022\u003E07\/09\/2026-1:48pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"An international team of researchers, including ASU scientists, found that different organs age in different ways at the molecular level, challenging a common assumption about early-life adversity: Rather than simply accelerating aging, difficult experiences early in life appear to alter how aging unfolds across the body.","teaser":"When people talk about aging, they often picture it as a single process unfolding throughout the body. 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For Kailin Johnsson, a PhD student in Arizona State University\u0026#039;s School of Life Sciences, that question is at the center of her research, which recently earned her national recognition.","teaser":"As obesity rates continue to rise in the United States, researchers are racing to answer a deceptively simple question: Why do some bodies respond differently to exercise, diet and weight-loss treatments?","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-05\/KailinJohnssonLabPic.jpeg?h=737dc1ad\u0026amp;itok=FXGwXBdz","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/b\/20260528-asu-phd-student-recognized-american-physiology-summit-obesity-research","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\/2026-05\/KailinJohnssonLabPic.jpeg?h=737dc1ad\u0026amp;itok=FXGwXBdz","image_alt":"researchers wearing polo shirts posing for a photo in their laboratory","image_caption":"Kailin Johnsson (front right) with her research group within Christos Katsanos\u0026#039; (back left) Human Obesity Metabolism (HOMe) Lab. 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Food passes through a living microbial ecosystem that can influence how many of those calories people actually absorb. A new mathematical model takes a closer look at that hidden part of digestion. ","teaser":"Food labels make calories seem simple. They show the number of calories per serving, which is calculated based on how much fat, carbohydrates and protein the food contains.\u0026nbsp;","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-05\/shutterstock_2239876781.jpg?itok=8VrjftBk","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260527-science-and-technology-you-are-what-you-eat-or-are-you","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\/2026-05\/shutterstock_2239876781.jpg?itok=8VrjftBk","image_alt":"Graphic illustration of microbes in the human gut.","image_caption":"Trillions of microbes live in the human gut, where they help break down food and produce compounds the body can absorb. 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These nature-based solutions are\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-05-14T15:15:00-07:00\u0022\u003E05\/14\/2026-3:15pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"","teaser":"As cities around the world search for ways to adapt to climate change, many are turning to nature for help.\u0026nbsp;","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/PaloVerdeBlooms.jpg","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/b\/20260514-new-research-argues-evolution-matters-urban-climate-resilience","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\/PaloVerdeBlooms.jpg","image_alt":"","image_caption":"","related_story":"","news_units":"Center for Biodiversity Outcomes|Global Drylands Center|Water Institute|School of Life Sciences|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","interests":"","audiences":"","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"feed_only_article","field_saf":""}},{"node":{"nid":"114261","title":"The fog is alive: Researchers discover bacteria in fog droplets clear toxins from air","body":"What if fog isn\u2019t just misty air, but a living ecosystem?This question hung over cloud researcher Thi Thuong Thuong Cao. As a PhD student at Arizona State University, her curiosity led her from knocking on the doors of microbiologists and chemists, to sampling fog before sunrise in Pennsylvania, to\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-05-14T10:28:38-07:00\u0022\u003E05\/14\/2026-10:28am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"An ASU research team found that bacteria floating in tiny droplets of fog are active, growing and breaking down pollutants in our air. Their study shifts our understanding of fog from a sterile mist to a temporary aquatic habitat.","teaser":"What if fog isn\u2019t just misty air, but a living ecosystem?","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-05\/Fog-field.JPG?itok=IvIXS-FX","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260514-environment-and-sustainability-fog-alive-researchers-discover-bacteria-fog-droplets-clear","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":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-05\/Fog-field.JPG?itok=IvIXS-FX","image_alt":"A hill covered with green grass with trees behind that are blurred due to fog.","image_caption":"A foggy field in Pennsylvania has a little secret \u2014 its suspended water droplets form a habitat for helpful bacteria that eat air toxins. 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Even for Jane Maienschein, whose career has been marked by accomplishments unique even among other academics, becoming a member of the American Academy of\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-05-13T15:33:34-07:00\u0022\u003E05\/13\/2026-3:33pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Jane Maienschein is being inducted alongside a number of other prestigious academics across disciplines in October. She was elected for her career working at the intersection of history, philosophy and developmental biology.","teaser":"It\u2019s not every day that a person becomes a member of a society whose ranks include Barak and Michelle Obama, Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-05\/maienschein.jpg?itok=nGp_xhIi","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/b\/20260513-asu-professor-elected-be-member-american-academy-arts-and-sciences","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"School of Life Sciences","contributor-contact-information-name":"Risa Aria Schnebly","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\/2026-05\/maienschein.jpg?itok=nGp_xhIi","image_alt":"A woman in a blazer with glasses stands on a bridge outside a red building.","image_caption":"Jane Maienschein is a philosopher and historian of biology who founded the Biology and Society program. 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That approach recently earned the Arizona State University assistant professor the Centennial Professorship Award, a recognition honoring early-career faculty whose teaching and mentorship have made a significant impact on students.","teaser":"Krystal Tsosie has built her classroom around a simple idea: Students learn best when they feel connected to the material and empowered to shape the future of science themselves.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-05\/GSGAwards_042.jpeg?h=170af0d7\u0026amp;itok=4NE0a0qc","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/b\/20260513-krystal-tsosie-earns-centennial-professorship-award-mentorship-and-inclusive-teaching","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\/2026-05\/GSGAwards_042.jpeg?h=170af0d7\u0026amp;itok=4NE0a0qc","image_alt":"Four professionals pose for a photo at an awards banquet","image_caption":"Krystal Tsosie (second from right) at the Graduate Student Government Awards Banquet where she received the Centennial Professorship Award. 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