Dec. 5, 2022 Engineer awarded $4.5M to develop AI-powered hypersonic guidance and navigation systems As countries around the world work to advance weapons traveling at hypersonic speed, a UArizona-led team is building a "brain" for high-speed vehicles and interceptors.
Dec. 5, 2022 UArizona Health Sciences researchers awarded $7.3M to study long COVID The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention selected the University of Arizona Health Sciences as one of five national sites that will be tracking the burden, distribution and impact of post COVID-19 conditions.
Nov. 30, 2022 UArizona trains its first class of aspiring astronauts at Biosphere 2 The University of Arizona's new spaceflight training programs aim to develop classes that will enable the future of inclusive space travel.
Nov. 30, 2022 UArizona researchers expand humanitarian and resilience efforts with grants from USAID University of Arizona researchers are teaming up with partners around the world to promote resilience and create solutions to global climate challenges.
Nov. 24, 2022 525-million-year-old fossil defies textbook explanation for brain evolution According to a new study led by a UArizona researcher, fossils of a tiny sea creature with a delicately preserved nervous system solve a century-old debate over how the brain evolved in arthropods, the most species-rich group in the animal kingdom.
Nov. 23, 2022 Study aims to reduce cancer risk among firefighters A $4 million Regents' Research Grant will allow researchers from UArizona and Arizona State University to test new ways to reduce the risk of occupation-related cancer for firefighters.
Nov. 16, 2022 Mapping rock glaciers to understand their future on Earth and Mars University of Arizona researchers developed a new method for analyzing rock glaciers, which are made up of a mix of ice, sand and rocks. The method could help scientists better understand these "hidden giants" on Earth and Mars.
Nov. 16, 2022 Morning blue light treatment improves sleep in patients with PTSD People with post-traumatic stress disorder experience better sleep, a reduction in the severity of PTSD symptoms and more effective treatments after exposure to blue light therapy, UArizona Health Sciences researchers found.
Nov. 10, 2022 Researchers explore how to protect the environment while helping those living in poverty Ensuring all people have access to minimum resources and services, while also safeguarding the stability of the Earth's environment, will require significant societal transformations, a new study finds.
Nov. 9, 2022 UArizona researchers awarded $3.5M to fight extreme heat The $3.5 million grant from the Department of Energy is part of a larger project that will bring together researchers from Arizona's three universities to study climate in the state's Sun Corridor.