Category Archives: Technology

Arizona Utility Looks Into Robots to Maintain Canals

Maintaining water quality across Salt River Project’s 131 miles of canals, connected by more than 1,000 miles of lateral ditches and pipes, poses unique technical and workforce problems.

Now, SRP is working with Arizona State University robot experts to develop robotic solutions to the problem.

Read/listen to my full story at KJZZ’s Arizona Science Desk:
Lifeblood Of The Desert: Salt River Project Teams Turn To ASU Robots To Maintain Canal System

Orbital ATK to Expand Launch Vehicles Division

Rendering courtesy of new Orbital ATK center.

Aerospace and defense company Orbital ATK is expanding its Chandler, Arizona-based launch vehicles division.

Orbital will establish the 47-acre campus a stone’s throw from the company’s existing Chandler campus, which employs nearly 1,600 people.

Read/listen to my full story at KJZZ’s Arizona Science Desk:
Orbital ATK To Expand Its Chandler Footprint

Flesh-Eating Bacteria Recovery Improved by Experimental Skin Spray

Dr. Kevin Foster, director of the Burn Center at Maricopa Integrated Health System in Phoenix, Arizona, treated Christin Lipinski with an experimental skin spray. Photo by Nicholas Gerbis – KJZZ.

A special education teacher in the Glendale, Arizona’s Peoria Unified School District has recovered from a necrotizing fasciitis, better known as flesh-eating bacteria.

Dr. Kevin Foster, director of the Burn Center at Maricopa Integrated Health System, used an experimental skin spray called ReCell to improve the healing and reconstruction of the woman’s large open arm wound.

Read/listen to my full story at KJZZ’s Arizona Science Desk:
https://science.kjzz.org/node/625640

Orbital ATK Joins Heavy Rocket Race

An artist’s rendition of Orbital ATK’s Next Generation Rocket in flight. Image courtesy Orbital ATK.

Last month, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket made headlines as the first privately built heavy lift rocket to enter space.

Now, Orbital ATK’s Chandler-based Launch Vehicle Division plans to join them.

Read/listen to my full story at KJZZ’s Arizona Science Desk:
Chandler-Based Orbital ATK Division To Build New Heavy Rocket

Ground Subsidence Could Worsen Rising Seas in Coastal Areas

Areas of San Francisco Bay Area at risk from sea level rise. Graphic courtesy Arizona State University/Manoochehr Shirzaei)

A new study suggests official flood risk plans for the San Francisco Bay Area may underestimate inundation due to sea level rise over the next century by nearly 4 to 91 percent.

Other coastal cities could face similar effects, even under best-case scenarios.

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ASU Scientist: Sinking Ground Will Worsen Rising Seas In San Francisco Bay Area