The Arizona Game and Fish Department is working with the Department of Transportation to safeguard species in the path of the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway — including the chuckwalla, a large lizard found throughout the desert southwest.
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Chuckwallas Moved Out Of South Mountain Freeway Path
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three men, but the detection of gravitational waves was the work of a thousand scientists and students — 10 of them from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott.
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Embry-Riddle Scientists, Students Contribute to Nobel-Winning Research
The American Society of Civil Engineers has given America’s roads a D rating. But a recent study shows that trying to raise that grade without accounting for climate change could put the country’s roadways at risk.
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Not Planning For Climate Change Could Cost Billions In Infrastructure Repairs Down The Road
Go to any major research university, and you’ll find the most advanced science relies on an art older than alchemy: glassblowing.
In this piece, we meet a third-generation scientific glassblower and go behind the scenes with some of her chief clients to see how this ancient art helps make cutting-edge research possible.
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At ASU, Third-Generation Scientific Glassblower Blends Art And Science
A Food and Drug Administration ban on over-the-counter antiseptic soaps and cosmetics containing certain active ingredients goes into effect Sept. 6. But it’s up to consumers to avoid products the ban doesn’t cover.
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FDA Antimicrobial Ban Leaves Many Products Unchanged
