March 29, 2021 Virtual Science Lecture Series to Examine Water's Cosmic Past and Challenging Future Climate change, the Colorado River and even the asteroid Bennu will play a part in the 16th annual College of Science Lecture Series, which is focused on the science of water.
March 24, 2021 Positive Societal Response to Past Climate Variability Sets an Example for Today Humans' response to climate variability is not all doom and gloom. Past societies have found ways to thrive and innovate under climatic stresses, researchers say.
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.