Jan. 6, 2020 Genetically Modified Poplar Trees Save Air Quality, Grow Well University of Arizona-led research found that trees in which isoprene production was genetically suppressed did not suffer ill effects in terms of photosynthesis or biomass production.
Dec. 19, 2019 Why Your First Battle With Flu Matters Most Researchers found that the first strain of the flu virus a person encounters during childhood sets the course for how the immune system responds to exposures later in life.
Dec. 18, 2019 Self-Reflection Through Starlight Individuals incarcerated at some units of the Arizona State Prison Complex – Tucson have the opportunity to study astronomy in the University of Arizona Prison Education Program.
Dec. 11, 2019 Deciphering the Equations of Life A new theory describes what all animals have in common and allows predictions for specific traits of species that might not be well understood by science.
Dec. 10, 2019 UArizona Looks Toward Work on NASA’s Potential Asteroid-Hunting Space Telescope Professor Amy Mainzer of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory will provide technical leadership for the projected Near-Earth Object Surveillance Mission, which will include the NEO Surveyor spacecraft.
Dec. 10, 2019 Two Faculty Inventors Named NAI Fellows Optical Sciences Professor Hong Hua and Regents Professor Emeritus Victor Hruby are being honored as National Academy of Inventors Fellows, the highest professional distinction awarded to academic inventors.
Dec. 5, 2019 First Results from Spacecraft Exploring Sun The sun is revealing itself in dramatic detail and shedding light on how other stars may form and behave throughout the universe. University of Arizona researchers involved in the mission report exciting findings from the Parker Solar Probe's first close encounters with our very own star.
Dec. 5, 2019 Explaining Bennu’s Mysterious Particle Events NASA's OSIRIS-REx science team has identified three possible explanations for the particles that asteroid Bennu is consistently tossing into space.
Dec. 3, 2019 Looking at Tropical Forests Through New Eyes New University of Arizona-led science is using air-based maps of plant chemistry to improve carbon cycling models in hyperdiverse tropical forests.
Nov. 26, 2019 Once Hidden Cellular Structures Emerge in Fight Against Viruses A University of Arizona researcher describes how a cellular structure that was once lost to science combats attacks waged in the “world’s oldest war.” Her research is part of a larger renaissance in the field thanks to new techniques.
