ASU Research Magazine - Winter 1997

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Technology Takes The Stage (PDF)
Since when does a stage facility “think” and “perform?”

Notebook (PDF)
Pieces of Mars; Searching for Martians; The Ticking Inside; A Festival of Bones, Teeth, and Claws; Tales of Corporate Greed

Legos And Logistics (PDF)
Get spare parts where you need them when you need them.

Those Dammed Rivers (PDF)
Reinvigorating dried-up Arizona rivers and streams.

The Sound Of Sound (PDF)
The Sonoran Desert as sonic treasure-trove.

The Power Of Green (PDF)
All life on Earth is driven by the power of green–as in green chlorophyll. The process at the heart of Nature’s most efficient engine is photosynthesis. Most of the difficult work occurs in trillionths of a second. ASU researchers are teasing out the details of life’s most important chemical reaction.

Plant Polygamy (PDF)
The birds, the bees, the bats, and Agave palmeri.

Grabbing Science With Both Hands (PDF)
Changing the way teachers are taught to teach science.

Fall In Love With An Idea (PDF)
Helping girls overcome troubled pasts and find a guiding star.

A Champion of Schools (PDF)
Presidents, politicians, and national secretaries of education have made catcalls about the sad state of America’s public schools. Those claims are “hogwash,” says David Berliner,an ASU researcher who has spent the past 25 years studying teachers in their classrooms.

Cover (PDF)