ASU Researchtag:researchmag.asu.edu,2008://12008-05-08T18:01:10ZStories of research and creative activity at Arizona State UniversityMovable Type 3.33Seeing the world with an economist's eyetag:researchmag.asu.edu,2008://1.1752008-05-08T18:50:45Z2008-05-08T18:01:10ZMegan McGinnity has has studied child slavery in Ghana. She has examined how former child soldiers are being reintegrated into society in Rwanda. And she has studied the sex trade in Thailand, Singapore and Cambodia. The ASU honors student says...ASU Research
--by Sheilah Britton]]>
http://researchmag.asu.edu/2008/05/seeing_the_world_with_an_econo.htmlFinding a Path: Native American student gives back to her communitytag:researchmag.asu.edu,2008://1.1742008-05-05T22:51:48Z2008-05-05T22:08:27ZMeet Sharon Cini, an ASU student who has worked with the Senate committee on Indian affairs studying health care, law enforcement and sexual assault in Indian country. Cini is one of a rapidly growing group of undergraduates getting hands-on research...ASU Research
--by Sheilah Britton]]>
http://researchmag.asu.edu/2008/05/finding_a_path.htmlA Shutter in Timetag:researchmag.asu.edu,2008://1.1732008-05-02T03:30:43Z2008-05-02T02:49:19ZMost people assume that landscape photographs are about rocks or trees or space. For Mark Klett, the real meaning of landscape photography concerns our essential connection to place, to each other, and, most important, to time. --by Adelheid Fischer...ASU Research
Most people assume that landscape photographs are about rocks or trees or space. For Mark Klett, the real meaning of landscape photography concerns our essential connection to place, to each other, and, most important, to time. --by Adelheid Fischer]]>
http://researchmag.asu.edu/2008/05/a_shutter_in_time.htmlA mathematical solution to drug-resistant bugstag:researchmag.asu.edu,2008://1.1722008-04-28T23:29:47Z2008-04-29T00:01:15ZThe existence of "superbugs" like methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureas (MRSA) have raised public concern over bacterial infections. A mathematical model that looks at different strategies for curbing hospital-acquired infections suggests that antimicrobial cycling and patient isolation may be effective approaches when...ASU Research
--by Carol Hughes]]>
http://researchmag.asu.edu/2008/04/a_mathematical_solution_to_dru.htmlOut of the library and into the fieldtag:researchmag.asu.edu,2008://1.1702008-04-25T01:04:30Z2008-04-25T00:15:49ZHistorians aren't known for interdisciplinary collaborations. But Paul Hirt is getting environmental historians out into the field and working with anthropologists, ecologists and geographers. He hopes to increase their understanding of the complex interactions between humans and the landscape. --by...ASU Research
--by Adelheid Fischer]]>
http://researchmag.asu.edu/2008/04/out_of_the_library_and_into_th.htmlCrossing the borders of learningtag:researchmag.asu.edu,2008://1.1692008-04-17T18:36:46Z2008-05-06T21:09:03ZThe sky islands borderlands of the Southwest is a unique area harboring such a broad range of life that Conservation International has designated it a hotspot of global diversity. Once sparsely settled, the sky islands borderlands are now undergoing economic,...ASU Research
The sky islands borderlands of the Southwest is a unique area harboring such a broad range of life that Conservation International has designated it a hotspot of global diversity. Once sparsely settled, the sky islands borderlands are now undergoing economic, ecological, and social upheavals. Environmental historian Paul Hirt is looking at the region's past to help citizens, businesses and governments manage its present and future. --by Adelheid Fischer]]>
http://researchmag.asu.edu/2008/04/crossing_the_borders_of_learni.htmlChain Reaction-Biotechnology now availabletag:researchmag.asu.edu,2008://1.1712008-04-15T18:53:17Z2008-04-16T16:36:09ZCalling all teachers, parents and kids! Get your free copy of Chain Reaction magazine today!...ASU Research
Chain Reaction magazine today!]]>
http://researchmag.asu.edu/2008/04/biotechnology_chain_reaction_n.htmlDNA detection could cut airport wait timestag:researchmag.asu.edu,2008://1.1672008-04-14T21:24:15Z2008-04-14T20:38:25ZOne day soon a biosensing nanodevice may eliminate long lines at airport security checkpoints and revolutionize health screenings for diseases like anthrax, cancer and antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Even more incredible than the device itself, is that it is...ASU Research
--by Margaret Coulombe (Read the full text in SOLS News)]]>
http://researchmag.asu.edu/2008/04/dna_detection_could_cut_airpor.htmlFull of beanstag:researchmag.asu.edu,2008://1.1652008-04-10T19:36:00Z2008-04-10T18:49:04ZBeing full of beans might not be such a bad thing. ASU nutritionists say that eating a half-cup of the legumes each day may just keep the doctor away. --by Melissa Crytzer Fry...ASU Research
Being full of beans might not be such a bad thing. ASU nutritionists say that eating a half-cup of the legumes each day may just keep the doctor away. --by Melissa Crytzer Fry]]>
http://researchmag.asu.edu/2008/04/full_of_beans.htmlPoultry vaccine holds promise for peopletag:researchmag.asu.edu,2008://1.1682008-04-08T21:27:42Z2008-04-08T22:54:20ZBy attempting to solve avian E. coli infections in poultry, ASU researchers are hoping to also protect people against Salmonella, the leading cause of food-borne illness. --by Joe Caspermeyer...ASU Research
--by Joe Caspermeyer]]>
http://researchmag.asu.edu/2008/04/poultry_vaccine_holds_promise.htmlMajor league robot: The engineering of perceptiontag:researchmag.asu.edu,2008://1.1642008-04-03T21:48:06Z2008-05-06T21:17:30ZMajor league baseball players like Derek Jeter make actions like catching a fly ball look effortless. But if you want to understand the complexity underlying these moves, try teaching them to a robot. By combining expertise in engineering and psychology,...ASU Research
Major league baseball players like Derek Jeter make actions like catching a fly ball look effortless. But if you want to understand the complexity underlying these moves, try teaching them to a robot. By combining expertise in engineering and psychology, ASU researchers have created Catchbot, a baseball-playing robot. In the process, they have learned a lot about how people perceive and respond to a moving target. --by Skip Derra]]>
http://researchmag.asu.edu/2008/04/perception_robots_and_baseball.htmlMars salt deposits point way to ancient lifetag:researchmag.asu.edu,2008://1.1662008-03-31T16:25:41Z2008-03-31T16:48:54ZScientists using a Mars-orbiting camera have found the first evidence for deposits of salts in numerous places on Mars. These deposits show where water was once abundant and may also provide evidence for the existence of former Martian life. --by...ASU Research
Scientists using a Mars-orbiting camera have found the first evidence for deposits of salts in numerous places on Mars. These deposits show where water was once abundant and may also provide evidence for the existence of former Martian life. --by Robert Burnham]]>
http://researchmag.asu.edu/2008/03/mars_salt_deposits_point_way_t.htmlA new look at Beowulftag:researchmag.asu.edu,2008://1.1632008-03-27T19:34:20Z2008-03-27T22:28:48Z"Beowulf is an existential poem. It offers insight into a whole social structure," explains Robert Bjork, director of the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. "But it also takes you into the existence of the individual. And it’s a...ASU Research
--by Sheilah Britton]]>
http://researchmag.asu.edu/2008/03/a_new_look_at_beowulf.htmlCSI effect gets a "not guilty" verdicttag:researchmag.asu.edu,2008://1.1622008-03-24T17:59:06Z2008-03-24T18:19:42ZDo TV shows like CSI taint jurors' perceptions of forensic evidence? For years, legal professionals and the mass media have claimed that a "CSI effect" is influencing jury trials. But these claims aren't backed up by real data. In fact,...ASU Research
--by Diane Boudreau]]>
http://researchmag.asu.edu/2008/03/csi_effect_gets_a_not_guilty_v.htmlStreams play key role in protecting coastal zonestag:researchmag.asu.edu,2008://1.1612008-03-17T23:59:01Z2008-03-17T23:35:26ZNitrogen pollution from agricultural and urban runoff is a serious threat to ocean ecosystems. Nitrogen, in the form of nitrates, could generate algal blooms, create oceanic "dead zones" and kill coral, fish and shellfish in coastal zones. Researchers have discovered...ASU Research
Nitrogen pollution from agricultural and urban runoff is a serious threat to ocean ecosystems. Nitrogen, in the form of nitrates, could generate algal blooms, create oceanic "dead zones" and kill coral, fish and shellfish in coastal zones. Researchers have discovered that small organisms in streams and rivers can filter out excess nitrogen before it reaches the oceans. However, overloading streams with too many nitrates reduces their filtering ability. --by Margaret Coulombe]]>
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