{"nodes":[{"node":{"nid":"112201","title":"Arizona mining town looks to turn preservation into possibility","body":"Perched in the hills above the desert, the town of Miami tells the story of Arizona\u2019s mining past in brick, stone and weathered storefronts.Its historic buildings are not just relics. They are living markers of identity \u2014 reminders of generations who built lives in a narrow canyon shaped by copper\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-03-27T10:30:46-07:00\u0022\u003E03\/27\/2026-10:30am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"With help from ASU\u2019s Project Cities, the historical town of Miami is attempting something both ambitious and deeply personal. 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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. 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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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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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The findings are important because the destocking of rangelands isn\u2019t just the reverse of overgrazing; it poses new ecological and land management challenges.","teaser":"For decades, researchers have focused on the problem of overgrazing, in which expanding herds of cattle and other livestock degrade grasslands, steppes and desert plains.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/destocking%20image.jpg?h=611f2206\u0026amp;itok=1c5qW3AS","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260112-environment-and-sustainability-overlooked-decline-grazing-livestock-brings-risks-and","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Office of Media Relations and Strategic Communications","contributor-contact-information-name":"Joe Rojas-Burke","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\/2026-01\/destocking%20image.jpg?h=611f2206\u0026amp;itok=1c5qW3AS","image_alt":"A distant, small herd of cattle grazes in a lush grassland with hills rising behind them.","image_caption":"Livestock populations have declined by about 12% since 1999 in regions that held nearly half of the world\u2019s domestic grazing animals. 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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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But growing up in Mesa, Arizona, he never thought he\u2019d have the chance to study them himself.Instead, he brought some of those creatures into his own home, carefully learning to feed hermit crabs, grow\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-12-11T11:02:43-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/11\/2025-11:02am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"From a desert childhood spent raising hermit crabs and coral in his bedroom to earning ASU\u2019s Dean\u2019s Medal for marine research, Viktor Meszaros proves you don\u2019t need an ocean to dive into ocean science.","teaser":"Viktor Meszaros has always been enchanted by the weird and wonderful creatures of the ocean. But growing up in Mesa, Arizona, he never thought he\u2019d have the chance to study them himself.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-12\/viktor.jpeg?itok=AS-5Tfoq","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251211-sun-devil-community-fish-tanks-fieldwork-deans-medalist-makes-waves-ocean-research","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\/2025-12\/viktor.jpeg?itok=AS-5Tfoq","image_alt":"A man with dark hair smiles at the camera.","image_caption":"Viktor Meszaros, who\u0026#039;s graduating with a bachelor\u0026#039;s degree in biological sciences this semester, earned the Dean\u0026#039;s Medal for ASU\u0026#039;s School of Life Sciences. 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But really, it is made up of whole interwoven communities of cyanobacteria, mosses and lichens that hold dryland soil in place and enrich it with\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-12-10T17:28:23-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/10\/2025-5:28pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Much of the biocrust \u2014 a \u201cliving skin\u201d that holds soil in place and enriches it with important nutrients like carbon and nitrogen \u2014 across the world\u2019s drylands has been degraded or destroyed, leaving areas like the Sonoran Desert susceptible to erosion and dust storms. Ana Heredia-Velasquez, graduating with PhD in microbiology, has been working to improve biocrust restoration efforts.","teaser":"Much of Sonoran Desert is covered with a \u201cliving skin\u201d: biocrust. 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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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Yet as this buried infrastructure ages, cracks, leaks and ruptures are becoming alarmingly common.From 2002 to 2021, pipeline incidents in\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-11-03T14:31:39-07:00\u0022\u003E11\/03\/2025-2:31pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Backed by the U.S. National Science Foundation, Fulton Schools faculty members are creating soft robots and AI tools to inspect aging fuel pipelines.","teaser":"They run beneath our feet, unseen but essential. Millions of miles of pipeline carry the natural gas, crude oil and refined fuels that keep modern life running.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-10\/SCAI_pipeline_AdobeStock_1449834789.jpg?itok=HfUJf5Un","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251103-science-and-technology-smarter-fuel-pipelines-safer-communities","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Ira A. 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But this week, he announced a record $115 million gift \u2014 the largest in ASU\u2019s history \u2014 to launch a school for future conservation leaders.","teaser":"When Rob Walton visited a friend in South Africa 25 years ago to tour a nature preserve, his friend told him getting involved with this kind of work was what Nelson Mandela told him \u201cgood guys\u201d do.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-09\/20250212%20RobWalton_687.jpg?itok=4AgGQKF6","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20250922-environment-and-sustainability-115M-gift-largest-ever-asu-establishes-walton-school-conservation-futures","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":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-09\/20250212%20RobWalton_687.jpg?itok=4AgGQKF6","image_alt":"A man in an ASU jacket talks to students in a greenhouse","image_caption":"\u201cStudents bring fresh ideas, energy and innovation. 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