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ASU professor discusses the merits of fitness trackers

Wed, 2013-06-19 11:50 in Quality of Life

Glenn Gaesser, ASU's associate director of the School of Nutrition & Health Promotion, was quoted in a recent article in the New York Times about the accuracy of accelerometers. These devices – often worn on the hip, leg or wrist – track and measure a person's movement and energy expenditure.

ASU Lunabotics team competes at Kennedy Space Center

Wed, 2013-06-19 11:45 in Technology

For the second year in a row, Arizona State University tested its Moon-mining robot design at the NASA Lunabotics Mining Competition. The event was held at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, May 20-24.

National study calls ASU student teachers 'exemplary'

Wed, 2013-06-19 11:38 in Education

A recent blog posted by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) singled out Arizona State University’s student teaching program as exemplary among 2,420 teacher preparation programs nationwide.

Mapping translation sites in the human genome

Wed, 2013-06-19 11:33 in Discovery

Because of their central importance to biology, proteins have been the focus of intense research, particularly the manner in which they are produced from genetically coded templates – a process commonly known as translation.

New ASU program to merge journalism, medical science

Wed, 2013-06-19 11:25 in Education

Arizona State University is launching a program designed to bring together the worlds of journalism and medical science.

ASU alum unlocking secrets of the brain at Blue Brain Project in Switzerland

Mon, 2013-06-17 10:50 in Discovery

Arizona State University alumnus Joe Graham is unlocking the secrets behind the brain at the Blue Brain Project in Lausanne, Switzerland.

ASU's campus: Where art meets function

Mon, 2013-06-17 10:45 in Quality of Life

In art, the theory of formalism posits that a work’s artistic value is inherent only in its form, as opposed to its historical context or what it represents.

Sadowski: Smartphone addiction isn't the problem

Mon, 2013-06-17 10:30 in Technology

Do you ever feel addicted to your smartphone? Well you’re in luck – there’s an app for that.

President's Professor searches for life on virtual worlds

Mon, 2013-06-17 10:09 in Discovery

With billions of galaxies in the known universe, each containing billions of stars, what do you think the odds are that other life forms exist somewhere out there? Probably pretty good. But where do you begin this cosmic search? It could be a class called Habitable Worlds, which is offered fully online at Arizona State University, and which has already been taken by more than 1,000 students.

ASU archaeologist talks Aztec currency with New York Times

Fri, 2013-06-14 09:43 in Economy

The latest The latest New York Times Magazine’s Innovations Issue examines the history of currency.

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