ASU Research Magazine - Winter 2004
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Oscine Serenade (PDF)
Bird brains? Pierre Deviche studies hormones, brains, and reproductive behavior in songbirds.Their brains exhibit remarkable and complex characteristics.
Notebook (PDF)
Urban Renewal Redux; Growing in Luxury; Comparing Vertebrate Genomes; Zen and the Art of Golf; Saving Students
Who Cares? (PDF)
There are plenty of books, videotapes, and other resources that offer tips for caregivers.
But no one has really studied what is important to these people to find out their biggest needs.
Securing the Net (PDF)
Computer scientists at ASU’s Information&Systems Assurance Laboratory are working to make the Internet a better, safer, and more efficient tool for work, school, and communication.
The Human Factor (PDF)
What happens when a remotely controlled aircraft is life-size, weighs 1,130 pounds, includes a sensor or weapons payload, costs more than $40 million, and is controlled by multiple operators in various locations?
Through Hubble’s Eye (PDF)
Modern humans take the space telescope’s breathtaking images for granted. It was not always that way. ASU astronomers Jeff Hester and Rogier Windhorst helped to make it happen.
Exploring Our Own Backyard (PDF)
ASU’s Ecology Explorers program at the Center for Environmental Studies includes a unique group of scientists. Some are still mastering the art of tying their own shoes.
Make no Small Plans (PDF)
Can we preserve some pristine open desert against the crush of urban sprawl? ASU landscape architect Joe Ewan has a plan.
Simple Solution (PDF)
ASU chemical engineer Jim Beckman has invented an uncomplicated device to bring clean, fresh water to people around the globe.
Boost for Bacteria (PDF)
ASU environmental engineers put toxin-gobbling bacteria to work cleaning up ground water contaminated by leaking fuel. The nasty water stays underground during treatment.
Telling The Human Story (PDF)
Gwyneira Isaac grew up as the daughter of a famous paleoanthropologist. Now
her personal passion is explaining the stories behind.
The Urge to Dig (PDF)
Ask Bill Kimbel about his work in the Afar region of Ethiopia, and you might as well be
mentioning the name of a dear old friend.
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