Arizona State University
Grasping the tree of life: There is an app for that, too
Towering over the mightiest sequoia, nature’s tree of life holds the totality of the living world on its bountiful branches and limbs. Now, an innovative new application lets anyone with an iPhone tap into ...
Sep 20, 2010 |
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Third-generation DNA sequencing technologies to be developed by ASU
Stuart Lindsay, a researcher at ASU's Biodesign Institute, has been awarded a new three-year $860,000 grant to continue his team’s innovative efforts to develop low-cost DNA sequencing aimed at becoming a ...
Sep 15, 2010 |
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SEINet offers desert plant guide online
Imagine that you're going to take a hike in the Superstition Mountains. You love plants, and are always curious about the various bushes, trees and flowers that you encounter in the desert.
Sep 10, 2010 |
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Would you want to know about a terrorist threat at any cost?
As we approach the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks this weekend, many people may be thinking about the possibility of future terrorist strikes. If the government knew about a concrete threat, would you want it revealed ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 09, 2010 |
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Water in Earth's mantle key to survival of oldest continents
Earth today is one of the most active planets in the Solar System, and was probably even more so during the early stages of its life. Thanks to the plate tectonics that continue to shape our planet's surface, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 02, 2010 |
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Will organic fruit, vegetables get cheaper soon?
Many grocery stores now carry at least some types of organic fruit and vegetables, thanks to the growing demand for these products that are viewed as more environmentally friendly and safer to eat than other produce. From ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Aug 26, 2010 |
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All may not be as it seems: College students, alcohol and sex
College students are less likely to let their female friends engage in risky sexual behavior after a night of drinking alcohol. Recent findings in the journal Communication Education examine how and why college students protec ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 25, 2010 |
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Visualizing viruses: new research pinpoints tiny invaders
In the war against infectious disease, identifying the culprit is half the battle. Now, research professor Shaopeng Wang and his colleagues from the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, describe a new method for ...
Aug 24, 2010 |
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Health diagnosis made simpler
Arizona State University researchers have demonstrated a way to dramatically simplify testing patients for infectious diseases and unhealthy protein levels.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Aug 23, 2010 |
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Ancient microbes responsible for breathing life into ocean 'deserts'
More than two and a half billion years ago, Earth differed greatly from our modern environment, specifically in respect to the composition of gases in the atmosphere and the nature of the life forms inhabiting ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 23, 2010 |
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Shorter E.R. times in hospitals with advanced electronic records
When you've got an emergency, you don't want to wait. You want to get into the hospital emergency room as quickly as possible, get treated and go home. A new study from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State ...
Aug 20, 2010 |
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Maslow's pyramid gets a much needed renovation
If you have ever felt that your children are your life's work, then you may in fact be recognizing a high-level psychological need. Caring for your children, feeding them, nurturing them, educating them and ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 19, 2010 |
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Looking to leap forward on laser and photodetector technologies
A team of Arizona State University researchers will get support from the U.S. Department of Defense to aid development of the next generations of lasers and infrared photodetectors.
Aug 05, 2010 |
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Childhood trauma could hurt girls' goals of entrepreneurship
(PhysOrg.com) -- Family violence, physical abuse or parents divorcing can play a role in keeping a girl from becoming an entrepreneur later in life. That’s according to new research led by Zhen Zhang, assistant ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 05, 2010 |
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Paleoanthropologist writes 'untold story of our salvation'
Inside caves near Mossel Bay, South Africa, a team of explorers have been piecing together an account of survival, ingenuity and endurance -- of the species known as Homo sapiens. Team leader Curtis Marean, a paleoanthropologist ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 05, 2010 |
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