Oct. 14, 2021 Who's Been Kissing Who? Prairie Dog 'Greet Kisses' Reveal Complex Social Networks Prairie dog kisses helped researcher Jennifer Verdolin map the intricacies of prairie dog social dynamics – from how many friends a particular prairie dog has to how many connections the critter facilitates.
Oct. 12, 2021 UArizona Astronomers to Help NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Peer into Space's Past NASA's new flagship space observatory has arrived in French Guinea, where it will be readied for launch on Dec. 18. UArizona astronomers Marcia and George Rieke played key roles in designing and building the telescope's infrared "eyes," which will peer deeper into the cosmos than ever before.
Oct. 6, 2021 Highly Porous Rocks Responsible for Bennu's Surprisingly Craggy Surface Using data from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, a UArizona-led team of scientists concluded that asteroids with highly porous rocks, such as Bennu, should lack fine-grain material on their surfaces.
Sept. 28, 2021 UArizona Awarded $60 Million to Lead Precision Aging Network The network, established with funding from the National Institutes of Health, has the ultimate goal of developing more effective brain-aging treatments and interventions targeted to the individual.
Sept. 13, 2021 Jet Stream Changes Could Amplify Weather Extremes by 2060s By drilling deep into the Greenland ice sheet, researchers reconstructed the jet stream's past and found that climate-caused disruptions are likely to have drastic weather-related consequences.
Sept. 1, 2021 Study Shows Impacts of Deforestation and Forest Burning on Amazon Biodiversity Since 2001, between 40,000 and 73,400 square miles of Amazon rainforest have been impacted by fires, affecting 95% of all Amazonian species and as many as 85% of species that are listed as threatened in the region.
Oct. 8, 2021 Engineers 3D-Print Personalized, Wireless Wearables That Never Need a Charge The new, custom-made devices could mean massive improvements in the monitoring and treatment of diseases, the testing of new drugs, and the ability to track personal health.
Sept. 7, 2021 Researchers Enlist Robot Swarms to Mine Lunar Resources As scientists begin to more seriously consider constructing bases on celestial bodies such as the moon, the idea of space mining is growing in popularity. With $500,000 in NASA funding, UArizona engineers are working to advance space-mining methods that use swarms of autonomous robots.
Aug. 11, 2021 OSIRIS-REx Improves Understanding of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids NASA and UArizona scientists were able to significantly reduce uncertainties about asteroid Bennu's orbit and determine the likelihood of the asteroid impacting Earth between now and the year 2300.
Dec. 9, 2021 Vaccines, Asteroids and Puppies: The Top UArizona Stories of 2021 From tracking the origins of COVID-19 to learning how puppies communicate with people, UArizona expertise in a variety of fields made international headlines in 2021.