Feb. 16, 2021 UArizona Mathematician and Cosmologist Awarded Sloan Research Fellowships Number theorist Brandon Levin and cosmologist Elisabeth Krause are two of 128 early-career scientists to be honored for their current performance and future potential in research.
Feb. 10, 2021 A New Way to Look for Life-Sustaining Planets Astronomers can now use ground-based telescopes to capture images of planets that could potentially harbor life within the habitable zone of the Alpha Centauri star system.
Jan. 27, 2021 Tree Rings and the Laki Volcano Eruption: A Closer Look at Climate When Iceland's Laki volcano erupted in 1783, its effects rippled around the world. Researchers analyzed tree rings to understand how climate responded in northwestern North America. The work will help fine-tune future climate models.
Jan. 13, 2021 With $3M NASA Grant, UArizona Scientists Will Test Mars Exploration Drones in Iceland A team of scientists led by UArizona's Christopher Hamilton will send drones on exploration missions across a lava field in Iceland to test a next-generation Mars exploration concept.
Dec. 16, 2020 Plumes on Icy Worlds Hold Clues About What Lies Beneath A new model shows how brine on Jupiter's moon Europa can migrate within the icy shell to form pockets of salty water that erupt to the surface when freezing.
Dec. 2, 2020 UArizona Expert on Climate Science and Policy Selected as AAAS Fellow Gregg Garfin – whose research focuses on adaptation to climate change, climate variability and drought – has been elected a 2020 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Nov. 9, 2020 Life on Ancient Earth and Alien Planets: UArizona to Lead NASA Astrobiology Projects NASA awarded approximately $12 million to UArizona astrobiology researchers to establish research teams tasked with advancing our fundamental understanding of early Earth.
Nov. 2, 2020 Arts and Humanities, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences Shine in Times Higher Education's Subject Rankings UArizona is in the top 20 among U.S. public universities in arts and humanities, physical sciences and social sciences.
Oct. 30, 2020 Asteroid's Scars Tell Stories of its Past Impact craters in the boulders on asteroid Bennu allowed researchers to reconstruct the history of the near-Earth object in unprecedented detail.
Oct. 29, 2020 Lundin Family Giving $2M to UArizona Mining and Mineral Resources Programs with Challenge that Could Bring Millions More The $2 million initial gift, plus a $2.5 million challenge grant, is helping the university upgrade facilities, provide financial support to students and work toward an interdisciplinary school of mining engineering and mineral resources.