Dec. 5, 2023 Understanding the brain science behind giving and receiving gifts In this Q&A, university psychologist Jessica Andrews-Hanna explains why research suggests that giving gifts to other people can be very rewarding to ourselves and others.
Dec. 4, 2023 New wearable communication system offers potential to reduce digital health divide University of Arizona researchers developed a wearable device that can transmit health data 2,400 times the distance of Wi-Fi without significant network infrastructure.
Nov. 21, 2023 Searching for answers to today's questions in Native communities' venerable traditions Edward A. Jolie uses perishable materials to study human history in the Americas. To make anthropology a more inclusive field, he starts by asking who it's meant to serve and how.
Nov. 20, 2023 Study: Breaking gender stereotypes leads to more effective communication From social media to the workplace, non-stereotypical apologies can help repair trust, according to a new study involving a University of Arizona researcher.
Nov. 15, 2023 Blinking on a quiz show offers clues to human response under stress Footage from the British TV show "Mastermind" gave University of Arizona psychologists a chance to examine human physiology under conditions of stress that would be impossible to reproduce in the lab.
Nov. 14, 2023 How UArizona experts 'literally wrote the book' on Native nation building Torivio Fodder, manager of the Indigenous Governance Program, explains the principles that guide successful tribal governance and why the university is a leader at teaching them.
Nov. 6, 2023 The kids aren't alright: Saplings show how changing climate may undermine forests University of Arizona researchers' findings from studying young trees can help shape forest management policy and our understanding of how landscapes will change.
Oct. 31, 2023 OSIRIS-REx flies on as OSIRIS-APEX to explore a second asteroid NASA extended the University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission, which has since been renamed OSIRIS-APEX. The spacecraft will study another potentially hazardous, near-Earth asteroid named Apophis.
Oct. 31, 2023 Researchers examine the relationship between loneliness and being alone A new study by University of Arizona psychologists finds that solitary time does not closely correlate with feelings of loneliness – unless a person spends 75% of their time alone.
Oct. 26, 2023 Researchers find first proof of menopause in wild chimpanzees University of Arizona primatologist Jacob Negrey co-authored a study of the Ngogo community in Uganda that shows humans aren't the only primates with a long post-fertile life stage.
