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Data centers for economic growth require more power, which takes water.A gathering of top\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-08-17T12:46:20-07:00\u0022\u003E08\/17\/2026-12:46pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"A gathering of top experts in the state detailed the ways that Arizona can \u2014 and already is \u2014 dealing with the housing crisis, water management, air quality and heat.","teaser":"Arizonans are facing an increasingly complex web of issues that will require hard decisions about the tradeoffs needed \u2014 many of them having to do with water.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-08\/Morrison-summit.gif?itok=6AAYD-RF","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260817-local-national-and-global-affairs-affordable-housing-water-resources-among-state-issues","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":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-08\/Morrison-summit.gif?itok=6AAYD-RF","image_alt":"Group of people seated onstage speaking on a panel.","image_caption":"Patricia Garcia Duarte (far right) executive vice president for homeownership initiatives at Chicanos Por La Causa, speaks at the Morrison Institute Housing and Water Policy Summit on Friday. 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For Ellis, the farm \u2014 and the physical labor required to tend to it \u2014 was a welcome change from her day job as director of the Master of Arts in global security program at Arizona State University.\u201cIt was just something\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-08-04T14:51:01-07:00\u0022\u003E08\/04\/2026-2:51pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"The Center for Agriculture and National Security, which is part of ASU\u2019s Future Security Initiative and was approved by Arizona\u2019s Board of Regents in June, is dedicated to securing U.S. food systems and strengthening national resilience.","teaser":"In 2022, Alicia Ellis and her husband leased a farm near Queen Creek, Arizona.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-07\/perry%20land%20and%20cattle%20farming.JPG?itok=tkq6J4v2","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260804-university-news-new-asu-center-help-protect-americas-agriculture-industry-foreign-threats","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":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-07\/perry%20land%20and%20cattle%20farming.JPG?itok=tkq6J4v2","image_alt":"A truck harvests a crop on a large field on a farm.","image_caption":"It wasn\u0026#039;t until after leasing a farm (pictured above) in Queen Creek, Arizona, that ASU Professor of Practice Alicia Ellis realized the agriculture supply in the United States is a national security issue. 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The message was clear: Meaningful progress will require not just new ideas, but unified action across sectors.","teaser":"Hundreds of water experts from across the United States convened at Arizona State University last week to tackle the West\u2019s mounting water challenges, seeking solutions that go beyond scarcity toward coordinated systems, investment and c","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-03\/20260320%20Transforming%20Water%20212.jpg?itok=druN9dpa","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260324-environment-and-sustainability-solving-wests-water-problems-will-require-tapping-multiple","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Marshall Terrill","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-5176","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\/20260320%20Transforming%20Water%20212.jpg?itok=druN9dpa","image_alt":"Looking down at groups of tables set out for an event in a courtyard","image_caption":"The \u0026quot;Transforming Water, West\u0026quot; conference, held on Friday, March 20, at the Walton Center for Planetary Health on ASU\u2019s Tempe campus, brought together technology leaders, researchers and entrepreneurs to explore water solutions for Arizona and the region. 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The flavors carry\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-03-16T14:42:36-07:00\u0022\u003E03\/16\/2026-2:42pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"A handful of seeds is sparking big conversations at Arizona State University. Through Indigenous planting workshops, student Chandlee Begay is blending cultural knowledge with sustainable agriculture, encouraging peers to see food as both nourishment and relationship.","teaser":"When Chandlee Begay sits down to eat the foods of his tribe, he isn\u2019t simply satisfying hunger.\u0026nbsp;","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-03\/20260304%20Chandlee%20Begay%20661.jpg?itok=s0YaY6cR","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260316-environment-and-sustainability-seeds-memory-how-navajo-student-planting-culture-and","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Marshall Terrill","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-5176","contributor-contact-information-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\/2026-03\/20260304%20Chandlee%20Begay%20661.jpg?itok=s0YaY6cR","image_alt":"A young Navajo man stands in front of a garden leading participants in a planting workshop","image_caption":"Third-year Global Futures student Chandlee Begay leads a \u0026quot;Three Sisters\u0026quot; planting on March 4 at the Garden Commons on ASU\u0026#039;s Polytechnic campus. The three sisters \u2014 beans, squash and corn \u2014 are companion crops that have supported Native Americans for centuries. 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Few likely consider what it takes to keep those landscapes alive, or how much water it requires.A new partnership between Arizona State University and the Arizona Department of\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-03-05T11:20:23-07:00\u0022\u003E03\/05\/2026-11:20am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"What does water conservation look like at freeway scale? ASU researchers are teaming up with ADOT to analyze more than 250 miles of landscaped urban freeways \u2014 where even small efficiency gains could translate into significant regional water savings.","teaser":"Every day, hundreds of thousands of drivers travel Phoenix-area freeways lined with desert trees, shrubs and cacti. Few likely consider what it takes to keep those landscapes alive, or how much water it requires.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-03\/ASU%20News%20header.jpg?itok=j4Z4CETE","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260305-environment-and-sustainability-asu-partnership-helps-adot-optimize-water-use-across-urban-freeways","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\/2026-03\/ASU%20News%20header.jpg?itok=j4Z4CETE","image_alt":"A man in a bright orange vest kneels in a freeway median with paper and a data collection unit.","image_caption":"Harry Cooper, director of water conservation innovation for the\u00a0Arizona Water Innovation Initiative, reviews \u201cas-built\u201d record drawings on-site during landscape data collection efforts. 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Flour vanished. Meat became scarce and expensive. Potatoes were suddenly everywhere and nowhere. It felt like the country\u2019s food production system was unraveling.But according to new research, that perception wasn\u2019t\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-02-18T10:21:54-07:00\u0022\u003E02\/18\/2026-10:21am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Between 2018 and 2022, the United States endured a pileup of disasters: a trade war, floods, the pandemic and drought. Together, they tested our food system, and now new research shows which parts bent under pressure, which snapped and which steadily kept working. The findings can be used to better protect food distribution from future shocks and disruptions.","teaser":"In the spring of 2020, Americans watched grocery store shelves empty in real time. Flour vanished. Meat became scarce and expensive.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-02\/SCAI_food_banner_1920x1080_eg.jpg?itok=DicM1Up6","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260218-science-and-technology-america-stresstested-its-food-system-and-it-mostly-held","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering","contributor-contact-information-name":"Kelly deVos","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"602-534-6578","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\/SCAI_food_banner_1920x1080_eg.jpg?itok=DicM1Up6","image_alt":"An illustration shows the four steps of the U.S. agri-food system. 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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":"110661","title":"From conversation to action: ASU-led workshop advances groundwater solutions in southeastern Arizona","body":"Community leaders, farmers and ranchers,\u0026nbsp;homesteaders, agency staff and nonprofit partners gathered in Willcox, Arizona, for an action-oriented\u0026nbsp;water workshop last month.Located in the heart of the Sulphur Springs Valley in the southeastern corner of the state, Willcox sits within a\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-01-16T10:47:32-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/16\/2026-10:47am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Community leaders, farmers and ranchers,\u00a0homesteaders, agency staff and nonprofit partners gathered in Willcox, Arizona, for an action-oriented\u00a0water workshop last month. The workshop, co-organized by\u00a0Impact Water \u2013 Arizona, a pillar of the\u00a0Arizona Water Innovation Initiative, a statewide project led by ASU\u2019s Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory in collaboration with the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering,\u00a0was designed to address the unique situation in Willcox, where nearly all the water in the region comes from groundwater.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n. Co-hosted with the\u00a0Sulphur Springs Water Alliance, the workshop followed on the heels of related rural groundwater workshops in\u00a0La Paz,\u00a0Coconino and\u00a0Santa Cruz counties.","teaser":"Community leaders, farmers and ranchers,\u0026nbsp;homesteaders, agency staff and nonprofit partners gathered in Willcox, Ariz","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/ASU%20News%20header.jpg?itok=GmnUDOIw","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260116-environment-and-sustainability-conversation-action-advancing-groundwater-solutions","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\/2026-01\/ASU%20News%20header.jpg?itok=GmnUDOIw","image_alt":"Collage of a photo of a man and a woman looking at a map and a photo of a high desert grassland valley with agricultural fields surrounded by mountains.","image_caption":"The Willcox area is a high desert grassland valley with agricultural fields surrounded by mountains. Local residents and leaders gathered to plan for groundwater action. Photos by Faith Kearns","related_story":"","news_units":"Arizona Water Innovation Initiative|Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory","interests":"Water|Community involvement","audiences":"Faculty|Staff|Community","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"SDG 06 Clean Water and Sanitation|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":"Environment and sustainability"}},{"node":{"nid":"110526","title":"What the items in your shopping cart reveal about the likelihood of returns","body":"Online returns have quietly become one of the most expensive and complex challenges facing modern retail.As e-commerce continues to grow, so does the volume of products flowing backward through the supply chain, costing retailers billions each year while straining logistics networks and\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-01-15T10:23:38-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/15\/2026-10:23am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"A new study led by ASU Associate Professor Guangzhi Shang finds that the mix of products in an online shopping cart can predict whether a customer is likely to return their purchase. Specifically, when customers buy complementary products \u2014 such as a coat and scarf or hiking boots and socks \u2014 they\u2019re significantly less likely to return items than when they buy unrelated ones.","teaser":"Online returns have quietly become one of the most expensive and complex challenges facing modern retail.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/20260109%20Online%20Returns.jpg?itok=AhOm05yZ","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260115-business-and-entrepreneurship-hidden-clues-your-shopping-cart-and-what-they-reveal-about","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Marshall Terrill","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-5176","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\/20260109%20Online%20Returns.jpg?itok=AhOm05yZ","image_alt":"Neon light in the shape of a shopping cart.","image_caption":"Photo illustration courtesy of iStock\/Getty Images","related_story":"","news_units":"NASPO Department of Supply Chain Management|W. 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Carey School of Business","interests":"Artificial intelligence|Business|International|Expert Q-and-A|Sustainability|Technology","audiences":"Faculty|Staff|Community","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"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":"Business and entrepreneurship"}},{"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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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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At Arizona State University, those challenges are being addressed head-on.","teaser":"As artificial intelligence continues to advance at a rapid pace, journalism faces both unprecedented opportunity and profound responsibility.At Arizona State University, those challenges are being addressed head-on.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/20260104%20AI%20in%20Journalism.jpg?itok=rA6TsTi9","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260102-law-journalism-and-politics-how-asu-leading-national-conversation-journalism-and-ai","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Marshall Terrill","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-5176","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\/2026-01\/20260104%20AI%20in%20Journalism.jpg?itok=rA6TsTi9","image_alt":"A typewriter with a speech bubble coming out from it with ones and zeros on a blue background","image_caption":"Photo illustration by Moor Studio\/iStock","related_story":"","news_units":"NEWSWELL|Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication","interests":"Artificial intelligence|Journalism","audiences":"Faculty|Media|Staff|Community","locations":"Downtown Phoenix campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Law, journalism and politics"}},{"node":{"nid":"109696","title":"Illuminating the season: How a business professor turns holiday lights into lessons on creativity and sustainability","body":"On a December night in Chandler, Arizona,\u0026nbsp;Kevin Dooley\u2019s house doesn\u2019t just twinkle. It beams like a beacon at the end of the cul-de-sac as the windows shimmer with color, and every corner inside hums with holiday spirit.Step through the door, and you\u2019ll find yourself in a forest of 25\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-12-11T12:34:20-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/11\/2025-12:34pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Bathed in a kaleidoscope of holiday lights, each December, ASU Professor Kevin Dooley turns his Chandler home into a \u201cChristmas museum,\u201d transforming his family\u2019s vibrant displays into swirling, abstract light paintings that double as lessons in creativity, chaos and sustainability.","teaser":"On a December night in Chandler, Arizona,\u0026nbsp;Kevin Dooley\u2019s house doesn\u2019t just twinkle.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-12\/5398114900_18ad037bf7_k.jpg?itok=MbZFOQtU","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251211-arts-humanities-and-education-illuminating-season-how-business-professor-turns-holiday","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Marshall Terrill","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-5176","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\/5398114900_18ad037bf7_k.jpg?itok=MbZFOQtU","image_alt":"Brightly colored dashed abstract light photograph","image_caption":"An abstract photo titled \u0026quot;Christmas No. 33\u0026quot; by ASU Professor Kevin Dooley.","related_story":"","news_units":"W. 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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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