Research matters

illustration of radiation and cryogenic temperature machines testing a microchip with a space background

Science and technology

This lab’s research is a little extreme

An image of several rows of blue DNA strands, with one strand glowing up, pointing to a specific gene sequence.

Health and medicine

ASU professor outlines importance of including sex chromosomes in genetic screenings

March 26, 2026

A man pilots an aircraft over a forested area.

Environment and sustainability

ASU-SRP snow surveys show much of Arizona’s headwater snowpack melted in weeks

March 25, 2026

Two women pose for a photo in a lab looking at soil samples in tubes

Science and technology

Corpses leave clues behind in the soil long after they’re gone

March 06, 2026

Researchers aboard a boat as the sun sets behind them.

Environment and sustainability

ASU expedition finds an aquatic world teeming with life

March 04, 2026

Aerial view of a residential neighborhood with flooded streets.

Environment and sustainability

Flood patterns have changed; insurance needs to keep up

February 26, 2026

An illustration shows the four steps of the U.S. agri-food system. A farmer rides a tractor, workers back boxes in a food processing plant, a boat delivers cargo containers and people eat a turkey at a table.

Science and technology

America stress-tested its food system, and it mostly held

February 18, 2026

phosphate fertilizer in gloved hands

Environment and sustainability

Phosphate powers life as we know it; yet most of us flush it down the drain

February 17, 2026

Lacy Greening poses near a shipping container.

Science and technology

One ASU researcher’s fix for freight’s costliest miles

February 10, 2026

Graphic illustration of a strand of engineered DNA passing through a nanoscale sensor.

Science and technology

DNA provides a solution to our enormous data storage problem

January 28, 2026

Students pose in safety gear outside the entrance to the Resolution Copper Mine.

Science and technology

How ASU students are making this Arizona copper mine safer

January 23, 2026