Nov. 18, 2021 Researchers Develop Ultra-Thin 'Computer on the Bone' Engineers and physicians teamed up to develop an ultra-thin wireless device that grows to the surface of bone and could someday help medical professionals monitor bone health and healing over long periods.
Nov. 15, 2021 Compound Developed at UArizona Health Sciences Provides Innovative Pain Relief Researchers targeted a common sodium ion channel to reverse pain and saw positive results that could lead to a nonaddictive solution to treat pain.
Nov. 11, 2021 Near-Earth Asteroid Might be a Lost Fragment of the Moon The near-Earth asteroid Kamo`oalewa might actually be a fragment of our moon, according to a team of astronomers led by the University of Arizona. Kamo`oalewa is a quasi-satellite – a type of near-Earth asteroid that orbits the sun but remains relatively close to Earth.
Nov. 10, 2021 Global Temperatures Over Last 24,000 Years Show Today's Warming 'Unprecedented' A UArizona-led effort to reconstruct Earth's climate since the last ice age highlights the main drivers of climate change and how far human activity has pushed the climate system.
Nov. 1, 2021 Study Casts Doubt on Theory That Women Aren't as Competitive as Men Women enter competitions at the same rate as men – when they have the option to share their winnings with their peers, new research finds. The study casts doubt on the theory that America's gender wage gap is due to women being less competitive than men.
Nov. 1, 2021 A Life Less Obvious: Study Sheds Light on the Evolution of Underground Microbes A new study sheds light on the evolutionary history of the deep biosphere – a hidden realm of microbes inhabiting the upper few kilometers of Earth's crust.
Oct. 27, 2021 Study Shows Vaccine Protects Dogs Against Valley Fever A team led by researchers at the Valley Fever Center for Excellence successfully tested a Valley fever vaccine for dogs, with two doses providing high levels of protection against the fungal disease.
Oct. 27, 2021 Astronomers Discover Massive Galaxy 'Shipyard' in the Distant Universe Astronomers have discovered a structure thought to be a "protocluster" of galaxies on its way to developing into a galaxy supercluster. The discovery was made possible, in part, by the UArizona-managed Large Binocular Telescope.
Oct. 26, 2021 Researchers Develop Tools to Listen, Talk to Plants with $25M from NSF Through a newly established NSF Science and Technology Center, UArizona researchers will use digital tools to communicate with plants and develop new crops to support sustainable agriculture.
Oct. 25, 2021 UArizona-Led Team Finds Nearly 500 Ancient Ceremonial Sites in Southern Mexico Using data from an airborne laser mapping technique called lidar, researchers identified 478 complexes in the Mexican states of Tabasco and Veracruz. The discovery changes researchers' understanding of the relationship between the Olmec civilization and the subsequent Maya civilization.
