Nov. 18, 2019 Close Encounter with the Sun Two University of Arizona researchers involved in NASA's Parker Solar Probe mission are excited about the spacecraft's first close encounters with the sun.
Nov. 14, 2019 UArizona Launches Tumamoc Stewards Program Tumamoc Hill is a fragile cultural landscape, and the only way to effectively sustain its integrity is with community support and care.
Nov. 13, 2019 When Reporting Climate-Driven Human Migration, Place Matters Climate researchers have shown that the conversation around migration out of Central America should be more nuanced and based on local trends rather than regional expectations.
Nov. 13, 2019 UArizona Moon Researchers Helped NASA Nail Apollo 12 Pinpoint Landing Ewen Whitaker identified the correct location of the Surveyor 3 landing site, making NASA's demonstration of a pinpoint landing of Apollo 12 possible.
Nov. 13, 2019 Mysteries Behind Interstellar Buckyballs Finally Answered Researchers discovered a mechanism that could explain why planetary nebulae are teeming with unseemingly complex carbon molecules.
Nov. 5, 2019 $2.5M Award Funds Scholarships and Research for Minerals Program The Freeport-McMoRan Foundation invests in workforce development and innovations in modern mining at the University of Arizona.
Nov. 5, 2019 Learning is Optimized When We Fail 15% of the Time If you're always scoring 100%, you're probably not learning anything new. A UArizona-led research team found that the "sweet spot" for learning is 85%.
Oct. 29, 2019 Using Computational Chemistry to Produce Cheaper Infrared Plastic Lenses A new polymer material could bring consumers affordable access to consumer-grade infrared detectors in products such as autonomous cars and in-home thermal imaging for security or fire protection.
Oct. 29, 2019 A Massive Mount for Giant Mirrors The signing of the contract for producing the massive support structure that will hold the seven mirrors manufactured at the University of Arizona marks a major step toward completion of the next-generation ground-based telescope that promises to revolutionize our understanding and view of the universe.
Oct. 28, 2019 Cosmic 3D Mapping Machine Opens 5,000 Robotic Eyes DESI is an unprecedented effort to map millions of galaxies and quasars to better understand the nature of dark energy – the mysterious force that has pulled the universe apart since the Big Bang.