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New degree brings humanist approach to world issuesPaulina Soto isn’t sure what she wants to do with her life. But the third-year Arizona State University student knows one thing. The Bachelor of Arts degree she’s pursuing in … |
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Arizona State University’s research expenditures neared $800M in fiscal year 2022Editor’s note: This story is featured in the 2023 year in review.… |
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ASU leads a new wave in ocean researchVast, complex and partially unexplored, the oceans form the world’s largest biome — and hold the power to shape our global future. There are many systems that come together to make a healthy ocean, and many ways that human activities disrupt them. One of the ocean’… |
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Students connect with cultural history through digital humanitiesDigital humanities is a field that applies innovative digital tools to traditional humanities disciplines, such as art, literature and history. |
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Study: Protecting coral 'nurseries' as important as safeguarding established reefsWhen imagining corals, the picture that comes to mind is usually a stationary one: a garden of rock-like structures covering sections of the ocean floor. Reef conservation efforts typically focus on preserving established coral and protecting them from known… |
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Iron in ancient deep magma ocean probed by ultra-fast femtosecond X-ray lasersWhen the Earth was completing its formation approximately 4.5 billion years ago, it was enveloped in a global ocean of molten magma, extending hundreds to thousands of kilometers beneath its surface due to violent impacts. This early… |
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Cancer’s reach across the animal kingdomEvery multicellular creature — whether soaring through the skies, swimming in the ocean’s depths or roaming the earth’s surface — shares a common vulnerability: the uncontrolled growth of cells known as cancer. A comprehensive new 10-year study led by researchers… |
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New fishing technology 'lighting the way' to sustainable futureA buoy sits atop the rolling waves of the ocean, beaconing fishers to the day’s catch. But something sets this buoy apart from the others: An unassuming, solar-powered light blinks under the water’s surface, warning unwanted marine life away from the fishing nets below.… |
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Professor recognized for marine conservation workLekelia Jenkins, an associate professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University, has always worked in… |
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A world full of plastic ... not fantasticWhen Timothy Long’s kids were growing up, he never let them toss their gum out the window, explaining that the gum would still be there for many years to come. Many think it is a bio-based material, but… |