ASU Research Magazine - Summer 2006

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Jupiter on my mind (PDF)
Rather than sputtering out and drifting away into the vast emptiness of space, NASA's Galileo spacecraft discovered much before it went down in a deliberate blaze.

Notebook (PDF)
Tobacco to the rescue; Plowing toward safety; Cousins 5 million years removed; Color me sexy; Bird watching on the web; Monsoon genesis; Harsh mistress; As the Earth churns; The pros of positive parenting; Popping math anxiety

Stepping into health (PDF)
The number of steps you take each day could determine whether you are on the path to good health or a shortcut toward diabetes and other problems.

Complexity: More than the sum (PDF)
Biologists think they might be closing in on a goal that some call impossible—the discovery of an underlying order in complex systems.

Social Bee-havior (PDF)
Why do most bees forego reproduction to support their hive? Scientists have some brand new answers.

When the ants get together (PDF)
Bert Hölldobler thinks that lessons for the long-term survival of humans may lay buried deep within the social structure of ant colonies.

Searching for a secure channel (PDF)
Researchers are developing a portable, inexpensive biosensor that will combine a tiny silicon chip with a cell membrane.

Working class bacteria (PDF)
Bruce Rittmann wants to create a system that works for microorganisms so that they can do useful work for us.

Power of the Prize (PDF)
Since winning the 2005 Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, people from around the world want to "play ball" with Edward Prescott.

Cover (PDF)