ASU researchers redefine knowledge of red planet
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| Image taken by the Mini-TES instrument on the Opportunity Rover.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Arizona State |
Three ASU scientists – Phil Christensen, Regents professor of
geological sciences; Ronald Greeley, Regents professor of geological
sciences; and astrobiologist Jack Farmer – and their research groups
played a major role on the international team that landed the rovers
Spirit and Opportunity on Mars.
Christensen’s hypothesis that the Meridiani area once was a lake
was supported when Opportunity found the iron-sulfur mineral jarosite.
The team also released findings of methane gas on the surface of Mars.
The discovery could have profound implications, including the possibility
of present-day microbes living on the Red Planet.
To support the research efforts, ASU launched undergraduate graduate
courses centered on Mar’s Exploration Rover (MER) operations, giving
students a chance to be directly involved in the project.
In other research news:
- ASU developed an agreement with the University of Arizona
to create the Phoenix Biomedical Campus of the Arizona University System.
The agreement allows ASU to have a medical school program and UA
to expand its existing medical school program into the Phoenix metro
area.
- ASU and Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, also joined forces on several
collaborations in medical research and education.
- The new collaborations include the potential development of joint
education programs involving law, business and nursing; setting up
a joint seed-fund program to pursue cutting-edge research and technology;
collaborative research in bioinformatics and bioengineering; and shared
office space on each campus.
- ASU’s PRISM is using technology developed at ASU to
help a team of scientists create a forensic reconstruction of George
Washington.
- Three ASU researchers began the first detailed study in the
United States to assess workplace bullying.
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| A team of researchers is using 3D laser scanners in search
of the real George Washington |
ASU developed an agreement with the University of Arizona
to create the Phoenix Biomedical Campus of the Arizona University System.
The agreement allows ASU to have a medical school program and UA
to expand its existing medical school program into the Phoenix metro
area.
- ASU and Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, also joined forces on several
collaborations in medical research and education.
- The new collaborations include the potential development of joint
education programs involving law, business and nursing; setting up
a joint seed-fund program to pursue cutting-edge research and technology;
collaborative research in bioinformatics and bioengineering; and shared
office space on each campus.
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ASU’s PRISM is using technology developed at ASU to
help a team of scientists create a forensic reconstruction of George
Washington.
- Three ASU researchers began the first detailed study in the
United States to assess workplace bullying.
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