Jan. 25, 2024 UArizona Gem and Mineral Museum unveils rare specimen donated by renowned collector The specimen of the mineral stibnite was extracted in 2003 from the Wuling Mine in southeastern China and is exceptionally rare for its size, intricacy and quality.
Jan. 17, 2024 Growth rings in fish give clues about fluctuations in climate over decades In the same lab where university scientists invented ways to study climate history in tree rings, associate professor Bryan Black is using a similar technique – but with tiny fish bones.
Jan. 11, 2024 NASA's OSIRIS-REx curation team clears hurdle to access remaining Bennu sample NASA scientists last week removed the two stuck fasteners on the sample container that had prevented researchers from accessing much of OSIRIS-REx's asteroid Bennu sample.
Jan. 8, 2024 Looking through the lens of time with the Millennium Camera With a new installation on Tumamoc Hill, a University of Arizona experimental philosopher wants to encourage people to imagine 1,000 years into the future – and plan accordingly.
Jan. 8, 2024 UArizona-led asteroid sampling mission's new journey: OSIRIS-APEX Under the leadership of the University of Arizona's Dani Mendoza DellaGiustina, the former OSIRIS-REx spacecraft sets off on a journey to study asteroid Apophis and take advantage of the asteroid's 2029 flyby of Earth.
Jan. 4, 2024 New project helps UArizona boost access to hearing health care A new partnership among the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing and the three state universities provides free hearing health care for eligible people age 21 or older who do not have insurance.
Dec. 20, 2023 Sweating the small stuff: UArizona scientists have begun to study samples from asteroid Bennu At the university's Kuiper-Arizona Laboratory for Astromaterials Analysis, a suite of instruments allows researchers to study the particles collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission the down to the atomic scale.
Dec. 18, 2023 Asteroids, athletics and 'America the Beautiful': The top stories of 2023 From delivering a historic asteroid sample to setting a university record in Fulbright Scholars, the University of Arizona celebrated several newsmaking events in 2023.
Dec. 18, 2023 Scientists might be using a flawed strategy to predict how species will fare under climate change A new study involving University of Arizona researchers suggests change is happening faster than trees can adapt. The finding offers "a word of caution" for future researchers.
Dec. 18, 2023 Recent volcanism on Mars reveals a planet more active than previously thought The findings from the University of Arizona-led study have implications for research into whether Mars could have harbored life at some point in its history.