Oct. 7, 2021 UArizona Chemists Develop Flame Retardant Sulfur Plastics from Fossil Fuel Waste Researchers have developed a way to turn sulfur – the byproduct of fossil fuel refining – into a flame retardant, high-end plastic that's rubbery, elastic and moldable.
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.
Oct. 6, 2021 New Research on Tropical Cyclone Extremes Could Aid in Disaster Planning Hurricanes and tropical storms are slowing down and dumping more water in the process. At-risk communities could use new research findings to prepare for future disasters.
Oct. 1, 2021 'Mini Psyches' Give Insights into Mysterious Metal-Rich Near-Earth Asteroids New research into metal-rich asteroids reveals information about the origins and compositions of these rare bodies that could one day be mined.
Sept. 30, 2021 What Our Wandering Thoughts Can Teach Us About Mental Health Researchers analyzed people's idle thoughts for 10 minutes. What they learned may be useful in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health issues such as depression.
Sept. 23, 2021 Earth and Venus Grew up as Rambunctious Planets Using machine learning and simulations of giant impacts, researchers found that planets residing in the inner solar system were likely born from repeated hit-and-run collisions.
Sept. 23, 2021 Earliest Evidence of Human Activity Found in the Americas Footprints at White Sands National Park in New Mexico confirm human presence over at least two millennia, with the oldest tracks dating back 23,000 years.
Sept. 22, 2021 'Dead' Galaxies Mysteriously Ran Out of Fuel to Make Stars in Early Universe UArizona astronomers used massive galaxy clusters as natural magnifying glasses to discover strange galaxies that stopped making stars before their time.
Sept. 16, 2021 This is What it Looks Like When a Black Hole Snacks on a Star Analyzing observations of an X-ray flare and fitting the data with theoretical models, astronomers documented a fatal encounter between an unlucky star and a black hole.
Sept. 16, 2021 HydroGEN Project Awarded $5M to Model National Water Resources Using Machine Learning HydroGEN, a UArizona-led project funded by the National Science Foundation's Convergence Accelerator program, will allow researchers to build a national platform for hydrologic forecasting.
