CNS-ASU News

  • May 23, 2013

    Workshop participants at a table

    Bringing social scientists into natural science and engineering contexts is one of the central themes of CNS-ASU's research thrust on Integration (RTTA 4). At the Communities of Integration workshop, taking place this week in Tempe, AZ, Dr. Erik Fisher and the RTTA 4 team are seeking to establish a new field called ‘Socio-Technical Integration’ (STI).

  • May 2, 2013

    Jan Youtie giving a presentation

    Investment in nanotechnology research is based on the promise of a transition to active nanotechnology, nanostructures, and nanodevices. Products of all kinds have been promised, everything from self-healing materials to molecular machines. But are such advances really taking place, and if so, where are they happening, and when will they arrive?

  • April 23, 2013

    Headshot of Dietram Scheufele

    We live in an age where new technologies hit the marketplace at a rate that far outpaces society's ability to engage in meaningful political debates about their ethical, legal and political implications. Synthetic biology, nanotechnology and Big Data are only a few recent examples of emerging technologies that have broad implications for society and policy.

  • April 18, 2013

    Dave Conz

    All of us at CNS-ASU are mourning the passing of our beloved colleague, David Conz.

    Dave was an Assistant Research Professor with CNS-ASU since its inception in 2005. 

  • April 11, 2013

    CNS-ASU booth at the Tempe Festival of the Arts

    On April 5-7, CNS-ASU participated in the Tempe Festival of Arts, showing off nano experiments and talking with citizens about the ways nanotechnologies have started appearing in our daily life.

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