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Chennai Fusion Grill in Chandler, Arizona, introduced its robot server\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-03-04T14:53:37-07:00\u0022\u003E03\/04\/2026-2:53pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"ASU Associate Professor Jong-Hyeong Kim researches the impact of technology in hospitality on customer experience. 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Increased flood strikes in more places, combined with outdated ways of predicting flood risk, are putting property owners at risk and the program itself in\u0026nbsp;over $20 billion of debt.Arizona State University researcher Upmanu Lall was\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-02-26T16:31:11-07:00\u0022\u003E02\/26\/2026-4:31pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"ASU research finds that increased flood strikes and outdated flood prediction led to meager payouts for homeowners and massive debt for the National Flood Insurance Program \u2014 but there is a way out.","teaser":"The U.S. National Flood Insurance Program is going broke.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-02\/shutterstock_2639971109.jpg?itok=bv6yKmlq","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260226-environment-and-sustainability-flood-patterns-have-changed-insurance-needs-keep","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\/shutterstock_2639971109.jpg?itok=bv6yKmlq","image_alt":"Aerial view of a residential neighborhood with flooded streets.","image_caption":"Researchers\u2019 recommendations aim to keep the National Flood Insurance Program solvent, get flood damage victims meaningful financial assistance and improve flood safety. 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Historically, Arizona copper has supported the nation\u2019s electrification and supplied\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-02-24T15:29:51-07:00\u0022\u003E02\/24\/2026-3:29pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Copper is one of 60 critical minerals essential to U.S. economic, energy and national security applications, but it has vulnerable supply chains. Arizona State University is partnering with Phoenix-based metals company Freeport-McMoRan to develop advanced technologies involving artificial intelligence and robotics to make domestic copper mining more efficient and to prepare the workforce for this important industry. 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It\u2019s the largest source of zero-carbon-emissions power in the U.S., providing about 20% of the nation\u2019s total electricity.\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-02-18T10:07:11-07:00\u0022\u003E02\/18\/2026-10:07am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"ASU researchers are working with communities through constructive and speculative approaches to reimagine how the nation makes decisions about nuclear storage.","teaser":"Nuclear energy is getting another look.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-02\/26%20ASU%20News%20Banner_Nuclear%20Waste_R1.jpg?itok=QMq6PXek","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260218-science-and-technology-asu-helps-communities-envision-solutions-nuclear-waste","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\/2026-02\/26%20ASU%20News%20Banner_Nuclear%20Waste_R1.jpg?itok=QMq6PXek","image_alt":"Collage with illustrations and photos of landscapes, discussions, and surreal elements.","image_caption":"Arizona State University researchers are empowering communities in efforts to solve the nation\u2019s nuclear waste problem through constructive and speculative approaches to exploring what it means to live near such sites. Art by Dwayne Manuel (Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community); graphic collage by Andy Keena\/ASU","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Social Transformation|Rob Walton College of Global Futures|Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory|Department of English|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences|Center for Science and the Imagination|Knowledge Enterprise|School for the Future of Innovation in Society","interests":"Arts|Creative writing|Film|Energy|English|Humanities|Community involvement|Research","audiences":"Faculty|Graduate students|Community","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"SDG 03 Good Health and Well-Being|SDG 07 Affordable and Clean Energy|SDG 09 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure|SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities|SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production|SDG 15 Life on Land","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Science and technology"}},{"node":{"nid":"111286","title":"Phosphate powers life as we know it; yet most of us flush it down the drain","body":"Elemental phosphorus is too volatile to exist in nature.Expose a pure sample to air, and it could easily burst into flames. 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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Examining the pros and cons","body":"Arizona is engaged in a debate about where data centers should be built \u2014 with cities, developers and residents having varying opinions on the issue.So how do we find common ground?That was the driving force behind a Feb. 11 standing-room-only knowledge exchange that attracted experts from industry\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-02-16T14:28:20-07:00\u0022\u003E02\/16\/2026-2:28pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Arizona is engaged in a debate over where data centers should be built \u2014 with cities, developers and residents having varying opinions on the issue. So how do we find common ground? That was the driving force behind an ASU-hosted exchange that attracted experts from industry, community organizations and academia.","teaser":"Arizona is engaged in a debate about where data centers should be built \u2014 with cities, developers and residents having varying opinions on the issue.So how do we find common ground?","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-02\/Event-DataCenter-AI-Exchange-260211-0271.jpg?itok=CDYPQwv-","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260216-environment-and-sustainability-will-rapid-data-center-growth-help-arizona-examining-pros","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\/Event-DataCenter-AI-Exchange-260211-0271.jpg?itok=CDYPQwv-","image_alt":"data center panelists speak","image_caption":"Therese Kerfoot (center), EdgeCore executive vice president of strategy, speaks during a Feb. 11 data center development panel at the Walton Center for Planetary Health on ASU\u0026#039;s Tempe campus. Alex Dymersky (left), EdgeConneX manager of power and sustainability, and Dado Slezak, QTS Data Centers executive vice president for power and energy strategy, listen. Photo by Quinton Kendall\/ASU","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning|Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","interests":"Artificial intelligence|Microelectronics|Sustainable Engineering|Water|Water futures|Energy|Environment|Community involvement","audiences":"Faculty|Corporations|Community|Policymakers","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"SDG 09 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure|SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities|SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Environment and sustainability"}},{"node":{"nid":"111171","title":"AI and robotics researchers at ASU work to keep people safe, healthy","body":"As Arizona State University continues to shine in U.S. patent rankings, robotics and artificial intelligence garner a growing percentage of such technologies.\u0026nbsp;Two faculty members among the leaders in patent acquisition are \u201cYZ\u201d Yezhou Yang, an associate professor in Arizona State University\u2019s\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-02-12T13:45:18-07:00\u0022\u003E02\/12\/2026-1:45pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Today\u0026#039;s most prevalent research-related inventions are centered on robotics and AI \u2014\u00a0two areas that ASU definitely knows something about.","teaser":"As Arizona State University continues to shine in U.S.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-02\/SEMTE-Hamid-Marvi-ABRC-Award-2024-RN%20%2869%29a%20%281%29.jpg?h=a302e62f\u0026amp;itok=Tpe1vHNo","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260212-science-and-technology-ai-and-robotics-researchers-asu-work-keep-people-safe-healthy","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Media Relations and Strategic Communications","contributor-contact-information-name":"Terry Grant","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"520-907-2248","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\/SEMTE-Hamid-Marvi-ABRC-Award-2024-RN%20%2869%29a%20%281%29.jpg?h=a302e62f\u0026amp;itok=Tpe1vHNo","image_alt":"ASU Professor Hamidreza Marvi, student with surgical robotic arm","image_caption":"Hamid Marvi (left), an ASU associate professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering, and Morteza Ghiyasi, a graduate research associate, make an adjustment to a magnetic tissue-retraction system used in endoscopic submucosal dissection. 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Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, leads the Intelligent Mobile \u0026amp; Pervasive Applications \u0026amp; Communication Technologies Lab, or IMPACT Lab, where Banerjee works as a research associate professor. Shaikh, Thakur and Dingwani are graduate students working under Gupta\u2019s supervision to create a digital twin of the mine to ensure long-term safety and sustainability. Photo courtesy of the IMPACT Lab","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence|Ira A. 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As their use expands, researchers are beginning to see that these drugs do more than suppress appetite; they are reshaping how people think about what\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-01-14T11:48:23-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/14\/2026-11:48am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"As GLP-1 weight loss drugs change how Americans eat, Arizona State University research is shedding light on what it means for the future of food. In a Q\u0026amp;A with ASU News, Justin Bina of ASU\u2019s W. P. 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But, to Williams, it\u2019s the pulse of a\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-01-12T10:23:35-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/12\/2026-10:23am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"As part of the U.S. Space Force\u2019s Advanced Academic Degree Program, Tyler Williams is pursuing a master\u2019s degree in computer engineering at ASU, where he also studies cybersecurity solutions powered by AI at the Secure, Trusted, and Assured Microelectronics Center. The program allows Williams to merge his military expertise with advanced research to strengthen the nation\u2019s cyber defense.","teaser":"Inside a dimly lit computer lab at Arizona State University, U.S. Space Force Maj. 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","image_caption":"As part of the U.S. Space Force\u2019s Advanced Academic Degree Program, Tyler Williams is pursuing a master\u2019s degree in computer engineering from the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, part of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, and conducting research in ASU\u2019s Secure, Trusted, and Assured Microelectronics Center, where he studies cybersecurity solutions powered by artificial intelligence. Courtesy photo","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence|Ira A. 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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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Fulton Schools of Engineering, a new generation of biomedical entrepreneurs is translating\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-01-06T13:34:20-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/06\/2026-1:34pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"ASU biomedical engineering faculty members are taking their inventions to market through entrepreneurial ventures.","teaser":"By Emmanuelle ComptonThe future of engineering-driven health innovation is currently unfolding at Arizona State University.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/SBHSE-Jessica-Weaver-2021-EG-2358a-1920x1080-16x9-hero.jpg?itok=ghnRNLGe","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260106-health-and-medicine-lab-startup-asu-researchers-drive-health-innovation","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\/2026-01\/SBHSE-Jessica-Weaver-2021-EG-2358a-1920x1080-16x9-hero.jpg?itok=ghnRNLGe","image_alt":"Woman wearing a lab coat and blue gloves holds a plastic part out for view in a lab","image_caption":"Jessica Weaver, an associate professor of biomedical engineering in the Ira A. 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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. 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He\u0026#039;s now the director of innovation for the company and credits his fearless embrace of innovation to his time at ASU, where he earned a degree from The Design School in 2009.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n","teaser":"Three years ago, Eric Cylwik wowed a room full of construction executives when he presented an AI-generated illustration to show how the technology wasn\u2019t on the horizon \u2014 it was already there.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-12\/20251204%20Eric%20Cylwik%20484.jpg?itok=9HuxdIFh","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251211-sun-devil-community-asu-alum-forefront-innovating-ai-construction-industry","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Mary Beth Faller","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-4503","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\/20251204%20Eric%20Cylwik%20484.jpg?itok=9HuxdIFh","image_alt":"A man stands in a stairwell","image_caption":"Eric Cylwik started working at Tempe-based Sundt Construction when he was a second-year student at ASU. 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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. Researchers at ASU are innovating in areas that will help secure sustainable domestic supplies of these vital materials.","teaser":"You may never have heard of gadolinium, praseodymium or dysprosium, but you use them every day in your smartphone\u2019s display.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-12\/26%20KE%20Story%20-%20Critical%20Minerals_Banner_R3.jpg?itok=IQyUTh6r","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251210-local-national-and-global-affairs-securing-americas-critical-minerals-supply","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Knowledge Enterprise","contributor-contact-information-name":"Monique Clement","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\/2025-12\/26%20KE%20Story%20-%20Critical%20Minerals_Banner_R3.jpg?itok=IQyUTh6r","image_alt":"A graphic depicting the periodic table elements lithium, manganese, gallium, nickel and aluminum connected to their uses in batteries, microchips, steel, satellites, jets and common items like coins and soda cans.","image_caption":"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; Critical minerals are essential to U.S. economic, energy and national security applications, but have vulnerable supply chains. Researchers at Arizona State University are innovating in areas that will help secure sustainable domestic supplies of these vital materials. Graphic by Andy Keena\/ASU","related_story":"","news_units":"Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology|NASPO Department of Supply Chain Management|School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering|School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy|School of Earth and Space Exploration|School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment|Rob Walton College of Global Futures|Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory|Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering|Biodesign Institute|Knowledge Enterprise|School of Sustainability|W. P. 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The company, started by former\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-12-04T12:52:00-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/04\/2025-12:52pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Stan Herasimenka\u2019s company, Solestial, went from a postdoctoral research idea to a multimillion-dollar company. 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From the ancestral O\u2019odham\u0026nbsp;canal systems that carried water from the Salt and Gila rivers to today\u2019s cutting-edge community projects that help bring water solutions to\u0026nbsp;rural homes, communities here have adapted and collaborated to sustain\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-12-04T12:43:09-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/04\/2025-12:43pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"From the ancestral O\u2019odham\u00a0canal systems to today\u2019s cutting-edge community projects, water and innovation are inseparable in Arizona. That long legacy of creativity and cooperation is at the heart of\u00a0Arizona Water Innovation, a new exhibit led by\u00a0Arizona Water for All, a pillar of the\u00a0Arizona Water Innovation Initiative at Arizona State University.","teaser":"In Arizona, water and innovation are inseparable.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-12\/ASUNewsHeader.jpg?itok=kJx1n3ZZ","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251204-environment-and-sustainability-arizona-water-innovation-exhibit-highlights-thousand-years","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Arizona Water Innovation Initiative","contributor-contact-information-name":"Faith Kearns","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\/2025-12\/ASUNewsHeader.jpg?itok=kJx1n3ZZ","image_alt":"A man stands looking at a sign in a exhibition room with various Arizona water themes.","image_caption":"Visitors explore the Arizona Water Innovation exhibit at ASU\u2019s Innovation Gallery, which highlights more than 1,000 years of water ingenuity across the region. 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Even careful readers can be swayed by stories that sound factual but twist logic in subtle ways that quietly distort reality while never quite crossing the line into a lie.That\u2019s where Skeptik comes\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-11-24T12:30:12-07:00\u0022\u003E11\/24\/2025-12:30pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"By analyzing rhetoric instead of facts alone, the AI-powered tool Skeptik teaches users to question how information shapes what they believe.","teaser":"In the age of viral headlines and endless scrolling, misinformation travels faster than the truth.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-11\/Skeptic-Illustration-2025-1920x1080-v1_0.jpg?itok=3_03005C","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251124-science-and-technology-when-facts-arent-enough","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Ira A. 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According to Arizona State University\u2019s Eugene Schneller, that growing influence is forcing both technology and medicine to adapt.\u201cAI is challenging health care, and\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-11-21T15:49:03-07:00\u0022\u003E11\/21\/2025-3:49pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Artificial intelligence is increasingly woven into nearly every aspect of health care, from clinical practice to hospital logistics. 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