ASU secured 160 patents in 2022 for inventions such as prosthetic limbs, a power-generating brick, foldable quadrotors and a violin shoulder rest with haptic feedback.

The award will support a five-year project to construct the world's first Compact X-ray Free Electron Laser at ASU.

Whether exploring the interiors of planets, running the longest ecological study of a desert city, tracking virus variants of the COVID-19 pandemic, or helping people and robots work as a team, ASU has become home to leading scientists and research projects that are making an impact on our local and global communities.

ASU’s Magnetic Resonance Research facility has installed a helium recovery system to support sustainable research on subjects including cancer, pain perception and degradable plastics.

Thanks to its top-notch facilities, researchers and graduates, ASU is helping turn Arizona into a microelectronics hub. Here, ASU experts share insights about this surreal field of microchips the size of dust mites, water too clean to drink, delicately layered wafers, desperate global demand and a renewable energy revolution.