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Algae projects are most sustainable when combined with other processes like wastewater treatment, something big companies aren’t always aligned with.

In fiscal year 2020, Arizona State University remained in the top 10 for research expenditures among institutions without a medical school, ranking sixth, according to new data from the NSF Higher Education Research and Development rankings.

Wastewater treatment plants produce the greenhouse gases methane and carbon dioxide, which they typically squander by burning.Now, researchers are partnering with a Mesa plant to study how to repurpose such biogas byproducts to grow algae and make useful products."If it really works, they could then enhance the quality of the biogas and even generate more value by growing the

In the Sonoran Desert, water — even wastewater — is a precious resource. ASU researchers are putting sewage to use to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create a variety of valuable products.