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ASU Interplanetary Lab celebrates 5 years of successFive years ago, an Arizona State University student came up with the idea of creating a special satellite in what was then the newly built Interplanetary Laboratory. The… |
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Astronomers observe ultra-hot nova with unexpected chemistryA team of astronomers, including Arizona State University Regents Professor Sumner Starrfield, has uncovered an exceptionally hot and violent eruption through the first-ever near-infrared analysis of an… |
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How a childhood passion led Jim Bell to being named an ASU Regents ProfessorIn the early 1970s, in a rural town in the smallest state in the U.S., a young boy in elementary school began to imagine the wonders of space travel. Jim Bell sat in the living room of his family’s home in… |
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Happy mistake: Computer error brings ASU Online, on-campus students together to break new ground in researchEvery Thursday, a large group of students gathers in the Teotihuacan Research Laboratory (TeoLab) in the basement of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change building… |
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Have a health question? This newsletter is for youYou sprain a knee while playing basketball. Your stomach hurts all the time. You keep getting bad headaches. What’s the first thing you do, besides making a doctor’s appointment? If you’re like most people, you go online and try to figure out what’s wrong… |
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Grammy-winning producer Timbaland to headline ASU music industry conferenceThe Arizona State University Popular Music program’s Music Industry Career Conference is… |
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When resource competition leads to cooperationThe United Nations has estimated that in the past 60 years, more than 40% of all internal armed conflicts have a link to competition over natural resources. Climate change, population growth and… |
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ASU's USAID projects provided economic benefits to USFor more than a decade, Arizona State University has helped people around the world — and advanced interests in the United States at the same time — through its collaborative projects with the U.S. Agency for International Development. The projects are global in… |
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Adventurer and space visionary embarks on a new journey at ASUJulia Tizard Hunter is an explorer in every sense of the word. In fact, Hunter’s most recent adventure was a 10-month voyage across the Pacific Ocean with her husband and two sons, aged 8 and 10 years old, which she completed earlier this month… |
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Protecting national security in a rapidly changing worldAs the 21st century dawned, the challenges facing our nation and the world — such as cyberthreats, resource scarcity and space security — became too big to solve with traditional research methods. These problems called for a new, holistic approach and collaboration with… |