March 24, 2021 Probing Alien Worlds: NASA's Pandora Mission Builds on UArizona Research Tools and methods developed by Daniel Apai's research group at UArizona will help study the atmosphere of exoplanets as part of NASA's Pandora mission concept.
March 18, 2021 Novel Coronavirus Circulated Undetected Months Before First COVID-19 Cases in Wuhan A new study dates emergence of the virus that causes COVID-19 to as early as October 2019. Simulations also suggest that in most cases zoonotic viruses die out naturally before causing a pandemic.
March 17, 2021 Q&A: UArizona Expert Talks Sleep Apnea, 'Coronasomnia' and Snoozing in Space Dr. Sairam Parthasarathy says sleep apnea and insomnia are on the rise, and the pandemic has only made matters worse. March 14-20 is Sleep Awareness Week.
March 5, 2021 Sixth Mirror Casting Brings Giant Magellan Telescope Closer to Completion Engineers at the Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab are casting the sixth of seven mirror segments that together will make up the primary mirror of the Giant Magellan Telescope, currently under construction in Chile's Atacama Desert.
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.
Feb. 3, 2021 Battling Bugs Help Solve Mysteries of Weapon Evolution Scientists outfitted bugs with body armor to learn more about how evolution has shaped weapons in the animal kingdom and why weapons differ among species.
Jan. 29, 2021 UArizona Researchers Develop Smartphone-Based COVID-19 Test The test uses a smartphone microscope to analyze saliva samples and deliver results in about 10 minutes.
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.
