July 7, 2021 Researchers Find Evidence of a Coronavirus Epidemic 20,000 Years Ago An ancient coronavirus outbreak in East Asia could help researchers identify viruses that have caused epidemics in the past and may do so in the future.
July 7, 2021 UArizona Receives $1.3M Federal Grant to Study Synthetic Chemicals Posing Risk to Regional Aquifer Synthetic chemicals known as PFAS not only pose a long-term threat to groundwater quality, but also a long-term challenge to scientists tasked with cleaning them up.
June 29, 2021 Construction Begins on UArizona's New Applied Research Building The three-story building will be dedicated specifically to research programs related to the "Grand Challenges" pillar of the university's strategic plan.
June 29, 2021 NASA Awards UArizona $3.46M to Monitor Earth's Radiation Budget Monitoring Earth's radiation budget allows scientists to know if the Earth is trapping or losing heat, which is important for understanding climate change.
June 21, 2021 Researchers Trace Dust Grain's Journey Through Newborn Solar System Scientists have reconstructed the history of a dust grain that formed during the birth of the solar system. Their findings provide new insights into the formation of planetary systems.
June 11, 2021 New School of Mining and Mineral Resources Will Take Holistic Approach Jointly housed in the College of Engineering and the College of Science, the school will offer training in areas such as data science, business, social sciences, public health and law.
June 9, 2021 Asteroid 16 Psyche Might Not Be What Scientists Expected New research by a UArizona undergraduate finds that asteroid 16 Psyche, the target of an upcoming NASA mission, may not be as metallic or dense as predicted.
June 8, 2021 Organic Molecules Offer Clues About Dying Stars and Outskirts of the Milky Way UArizona researchers have observed, in unprecedented detail, organic molecules in planetary nebulae. Their work sheds new light on how stars form and die.
May 27, 2021 Map of 226M Galaxies Provides Unprecedented Look at the Evolution of the Universe An international team of scientists, including several from UArizona, has completed the largest-ever map of the universe, spanning more than 7 billion light-years.
June 10, 2021 EMPOWER STEM Program Creates Student Pathways to Jobs in National Labs Funded by $748,000 from the Office of Naval Research, EMPOWER STEM aims to provide a route to government research jobs, particularly for students from diverse backgrounds.