Professor recognized for ceramics research
Professor David Abbott researches ancient ceramics that belonged to an civilization that lived in the Phoenix area.
Categories: Featured Health and Science News Newsletter Tags: ancient civilization archaeology David Abbott Hohokam
ASU research could defend soldiers from nerve gas attack
ASU professors and students are working to modify tobacco plants to produce proteins that combat nerve gases, phosphoric chemical agents that attack the brain.
Categories: Featured Health and Science News Newsletter Spotlight Tags: chemical warfare nerve gas tobacco United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense
ASU professors weigh in on synthetic biology concerns
Two ASU professors discuss concerns involving synthetic biology and current research at ASU.
Categories: Health and Science News Newsletter Spotlight Tags: Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues synthetic biology
Professors study repercussions of living longer
Several ASU professors are concerned with the social implications of people living longer lives.
Categories: Featured Health and Science News Tags: aging life extension
Professor: Science funding needs to be more focused
An ASU geology professor believes that science funding should be focused on areas with direct, short-term social outcomes, rather than funding general research.
Categories: Health and Science News Newsletter Tags: National Science Foundation Nature.com NSF School of Life Sciences
Study reveals cost-effective printing options for ASU
ASU could save three million liters of water and 3,500 trees just by printing double-sided, according to a study conducted by Canon and ASU.
Categories: Administration Featured Health and Science News Tags: Canon printers sustainability
Professor addresses airport security health concerns
The Transportation Security Administration currently employs 206 body-scanning machines at 38 different airports that could be harmful to passengers, according to an ASU professor.
Categories: Health and Science News Student Life Tags: airport security airports Allied Pilots Association backscatter X-ray body-scanning machines radiation terrorist attack Transportation Security Administration TSA
