June 11, 2021 New School of Mining and Mineral Resources Will Take Holistic Approach Jointly housed in the College of Engineering and the College of Science, the school will offer training in areas such as data science, business, social sciences, public health and law.
June 9, 2021 Asteroid 16 Psyche Might Not Be What Scientists Expected New research by a UArizona undergraduate finds that asteroid 16 Psyche, the target of an upcoming NASA mission, may not be as metallic or dense as predicted.
June 8, 2021 Organic Molecules Offer Clues About Dying Stars and Outskirts of the Milky Way UArizona researchers have observed, in unprecedented detail, organic molecules in planetary nebulae. Their work sheds new light on how stars form and die.
June 3, 2021 Puppies are Wired to Communicate With People, Study Shows Dogs' abilities to communicate with people may be present shortly after birth rather than learned, a new study suggests. Genetics may also help explain why some dogs perform better than others on tasks such as following pointing gestures.
June 2, 2021 Record-Breaking Temperatures More Likely in Populated Tropics Crumbling icebergs may come to mind when imagining the most dramatic effects of global warming. However, more record-breaking temperatures will actually occur in the tropics, new research suggests.
June 2, 2021 UArizona and NASA Identify Methane Super-Emitters in the Nation's Largest Oil Field Fixing just the worst leaks in the Permian Basin oil field could cut emissions of methane — a potent greenhouse gas — by 55 tons an hour, new research finds.
June 1, 2021 UArizona Engineers Demonstrate a Quantum Advantage Researchers in the College of Engineering and James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences have demonstrated how quantum resources can improve technology today.
May 27, 2021 Map of 226M Galaxies Provides Unprecedented Look at the Evolution of the Universe An international team of scientists, including several from UArizona, has completed the largest-ever map of the universe, spanning more than 7 billion light-years.
May 26, 2021 UArizona Geologists to 'X-ray' the Andes Supported by a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation, the UArizona-led TANGO project will shed light on how the Andes in South America formed.
May 25, 2021 $2M Gift Advances UArizona Space Science Initiatives The gift will allow for the purchase of a nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometer, which the OSIRIS-REx analysis team will use to help find answers to questions about the origins of the solar system.