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This image, showing asteroid Bennu's spinning-top shape, was taken by the MapCam camera on NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on April 29, from a distance of 5 miles. From the spacecraft's vantage point, half of Bennu is sunlit and half is in shadow.
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June 1, 2020

Asteroids Bennu and Ryugu May Have Formed Directly From Collision in Space

Scientists from the OSIRIS-REx and Hayabusa2 teams have new theories about why the asteroids Bennu and Ryugu have their signature "spinning-top" shapes.

Since March, more than 100 cords of wood have been delivered to three Hopi and Navajo communities.

June 1, 2020

Partnership Provides Crucial Firewood to Hopi and Navajo Homes

Closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic have made it difficult for tribal members to collect and transport firewood from nearby forests for cooking, boiling water and heating.

Research is being rapidly released about the virus that causes COVID-19, antibody detection and possible treatments.

June 1, 2020

Health Sciences Students Analyze COVID-19 Published Research

The College of Medicine – Phoenix is helping evaluate the quality of the research being released rapidly about the virus that causes COVID-19.

May 28, 2020

Researchers Develop System to Address $150B Health Care Losses Due to No-Shows

An engineering graduate student developed a system to help mitigate no-shows for health care appointments.

In an experiment colloquially called "adobe Stonehenge," researchers at the Desert Research Learning Center at Saguaro National Park are looking at the impact of heavy rainfall on adobe brick construction.

May 27, 2020

A Deeper Level of Knowing: Folklorists Tackle Global Issues

Science and folklore can be important partners when it comes to addressing global challenges like climate change and COVID-19. Folklorist Maribel Alvarez says folklore can document the kind of "knowing" that only comes from generations of tradition and observation.

A team of UArizona architecture students won first place in a worldwide competition for designing The Loop, a cooperative housing apartment building whose energy system reimagines the way groups of buildings are kept cool.

May 26, 2020

Architecture Students Place First in Department of Energy Competition

Four university teams were finalists for a project that aims to change the way apartment buildings, schools and homes store energy and are kept cool.

Student veterans John Krause and Manny Alberto Matias modeled Operation Hat Trick merchandise to support military service members and veterans.

May 26, 2020

UArizona Again Honored for Efforts to Support Local Vets

The university has earned the Excellence in Service Award from Operation Hat Trick for its efforts to support military members and veterans through the sale of themed apparel.

This undated photo from UArizona Special Collections’ Southwestern and Borderlands Photograph Collection shows the border between Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Sonora, along International Street.

May 21, 2020

Mellon Foundation Grant Will Support Research and Storytelling on U.S.-Mexico Border

The $750,000 grant to University Libraries will allow researchers to produce open-access humanities research from the border for both academic and popular audiences.

This artist’s concept shows NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending towards asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of the asteroid’s surface.

May 21, 2020

OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Collection Set for Oct. 20

After more than a decade of work and much anticipation, the UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission will swipe a sample from the asteroid Bennu's rocky surface in October.

May 21, 2020

App Unlocks Mysteries of the Mind

UArizona scientists developed a psychological research app called Mind Window that is designed to tease out the mysterious terrain of human thought and emotion.

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