From the ever-rising temperatures in Arizona to destructive flooding in many other parts of the world, the increase of carbon dioxide, or CO2, in the atmosphere has led to one of the biggest existential threats to humanity: climate change. CO2 is a greenhouse gas that…

Can the current method of performing orthopedic surgery be transformed with new materials? Would a simple fingerstick biosensor be able to track heart health? How can AI better train the next generation of health care workers?

These are a few of the questions being…

As technology rapidly accelerates and humanity finds itself in what scientists frequently refer to as the most decisive decade for climate action, we stand at a crossroads: How will we power our future?

On Aug. 8, policymakers and technical and…

Phoenix has an ozone problem.

In the summer, residents may see it as a brown haze that hangs over the Valley. Urban emissions with high levels of sunlight create ozone that has made the air over metro Phoenix the…

As our planet continues to warm, rising ocean temperatures threaten coral reefs across the globe. But not all corals are created equal, and some may be able to withstand higher temperatures or longer warming events.

In order to determine which species may be at the…

To hear the word Paris is to think of picnics at the base of the Eiffel Tower, long afternoons spent in the Louvre and boat rides on the Seine. Competitive sports aren’t normally top of mind.

However, a group of Arizona State University students will get to…

As people across the United States turn up their air conditioners to combat rising summer temperatures, researchers are investigating ways to sustainably and effectively cool down entire cities.

Urban areas are important battlegrounds in the fight against the…

Cement is the strong and versatile binder that holds together sand and aggregates in concrete used to erect the sturdy structures that have long shaped our modern built environments.

Cement is also a major source of one of the most prevalent environmental…

The Arizona State University team that is building the NASA-funded Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat, or SPARCS, cleared a major milestone this week — receiving its spacecraft bus at the…

In the largest and most comprehensive assessment to date of hundreds of U.S. landfills, scientists from Arizona State University, who are part of a research collaboration with Carbon Mapper, have discovered that many landfills in the U.S. are releasing high volumes of…