Topic

Health

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view of a water treatment facility

What wastewater reveals can aid in easing societal harm by COVID-19

Advanced wastewater analysis by ASU researchers will help formulate strategies to relieve social upheaval brought on by the widespread coronavirus threat
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Data-driven disease modeling could improve regional response

ASU researchers received a grant from the National Science Foundation to design a new way to model the spread of COVID-19 using data and machine learning.
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UV light

ASU rapidly engineers solution for medical staff battling COVID-19

ASU Regents Professor Paul Westerhoff, fellow faculty and students have created a practical face-mask decontamination solution to help combat COVID-19.
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extracorporeal membrane oxygenation device

Technology engineered at ASU 50 years ago helps battle COVID-19 infection

ASU engineers contributed to early design of a medical device to supply oxygen to people with lung and heart problems that is now aiding some COVID-19 patients.
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student holding an object inside a lab

ASU researchers provide a golden opportunity to improve cancer treatment accuracy

An interdisciplinary research team is developing a quicker, cheaper and more user-friendly way to measure cancer radiation treatment doses with gold nanoparticles.
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graphic depicting a DNA strand

Fulton Schools researchers reveal new understanding of synthetic gene circuits

Two ASU laboratory teams have published new research that represents a first in the expanding field of synthetic biology.
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hands holding a small device

High-tech implant could ease harmful effects of brain ailment

Fulton Schools electrical engineer Junseok Chae is teaming with neurosurgical experts to devise better treatment for a debilitating neurological condition.
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Wenlong Zhang

Teaching robots to dance

National Science Foundation CAREER Award research at ASU is stepping up the possibilities for collaboration between humans and robots.
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boy wearing a virtual reality mask

Young patients use virtual reality to focus on healing

By introducing virtual reality into their physical therapy regime, young patients are able to stay engaged and motivated throughout their training.
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professor and student working in a lab

New tool navigates the brain’s addiction mechanisms

Barbara Smith is developing a new tool to help researchers target specific cells to better understand how addiction impacts cellular mechanisms in the brain.
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Graphic depicting mobile health elements.

ASU engineer makes mobile health apps more effective

Daniel Rivera is using control systems engineering techniques to improve the effectiveness of mobile health apps in increasing healthy behaviors.
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Students present a product pitch to a panel of judges

Top students put heads together at ASU neurotech workshop

Top graduate students interested in entrepreneurship came to ASU to learn business strategies for the first IEEE Brain Neurotech Entrepreneurs Workshop.
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Two students in a lab looking at a bottle of pink liquid

Building biofabrication systems to transform health care

ASU engineers are integrating new imaging tools into processes to manufacture cells and body tissues needed to realize the high hopes for regenerative medicine
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A graphic of the Phoenix skyline with wearable technology graphics overlaid.

WearTech positions Phoenix as center of wearable tech industry

The collaborative center brings together ASU researchers, industry and local economic partners to foster entrepreneurship and innovation in wearable technology.
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Alexis Hocken working in a lab

Nanoscale research multiplies into vast opportunities

Alexis Hocken, a third-year chemical engineering student, is the lead author of a paper published in a special issue of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research.
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portrait of Rosalind Sadleir

Better brain and body electrical measurements

Rosalind Sadleir’s research focuses on accurately measuring electrical signals in human body tissue, which could aid disease diagnosis.
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professor and students in lab

Bonding experience: Repairing wounds with gold, silk and lasers

ASU researchers are using tiny gold particles, silk molecules and laser power in a promising new technique to seal and heal body tissue.
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Young scientists explore public health and bioinformatics in Southeast Asia

Scientists in Southeast Asia research public health and bioinformatics in the region through the Lower Mekong Initiative Young Scientist Program.
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Date range June 2020 – September 2019