January 25th, 2008
by Eric Williams for the Arizona Republic
Finally, it has arrived: your new desktop computer with a 3Ghz processor and a screaming-fast video card that will realistically render the digital sweat on virtual enemies in your favorite video game.
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Tags: computers, e-waste, electronics, recycling
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January 25th, 2008
ASU News
You know algae. It’s the gunk that collects on the sides of a fish tank when you forget to clean it. It’s the slime that makes you slip on rocks while crossing a stream. You probably think of algae as a nuisance, if you even bother to think of it at all.
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Tags: algae, Arizona State University, Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus, biofuel, Milt Sommerfeld, Qiang Hu, wastewater
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January 23rd, 2008
ASU News
Two grants to ASU for development of new solar energy technologies show how ASU’s solar energy research has grown in new and important ways.
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Tags: Arizona State University, John Kouvetakis, Jose Menendez, Mark van Schilfgaarde, photovoltaics, solar, Solar America Initiative
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January 19th, 2008
East Valley Tribune
With its bright sunny location and hundreds of thousands of square feet of flat rooftops, Arizona State University wants to move into solar energy in a big way.
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Tags: Arizona State University, energy, solar
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January 11th, 2008
by Kathy Jacobs for the Arizona Republic
The Arizona Water Institute (AWI) is a consortium of Arizona’s universities – Arizona State University, the University of Arizona, and Northern Arizona – focused on water sustainability through research, education, capacity building and technology development. Read more »
Tags: Arizona Hydrologic Information System, Arizona Water Institute, collaborative projects, consortium water
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