Sept. 28, 2021 UArizona Awarded $60 Million to Lead Precision Aging Network The network, established with funding from the National Institutes of Health, has the ultimate goal of developing more effective brain-aging treatments and interventions targeted to the individual.
Sept. 1, 2021 Study Shows Impacts of Deforestation and Forest Burning on Amazon Biodiversity Since 2001, between 40,000 and 73,400 square miles of Amazon rainforest have been impacted by fires, affecting 95% of all Amazonian species and as many as 85% of species that are listed as threatened in the region.
April 14, 2021 UArizona Partners With French National Centre for Scientific Research to Establish France-Arizona Institute for Global Grand Challenges The new institute, based at UArizona, will address critical research areas through large-scale international collaboration, innovation and exchange of resources.
Today Geochemist Jay Quade elected to National Academy of Sciences Quade, a professor in the Department of Geosciences, was recognized for his work to provide a deeper understanding of Earth's past environments.
April 23, 2024 Human activities have an intense impact on Earth's deep subsurface fluid flow Researchers have investigated how human activities impact Earth's deep subsurface, a zone hundreds of meters to several kilometers beneath the planet's surface.
Feb. 24, 2024 Steward Observatory balloon mission breaks NASA record 22 miles above Antarctica Seeking clues about the life cycle of stars, the GUSTO balloon mission, led by university astronomer Chris Walker, breaks the record as NASA's longest-flying heavy-lift balloon mission.
Feb. 20, 2024 Giant Magellan Telescope brings new partner into the fold Taiwan's leading astronomy institute joins Australia, Brazil, Chile, Israel, South Korea and the United States in building one of the world's largest and most powerful telescopes.
Feb. 14, 2024 APLU extends UArizona's 'Innovation and Economic Prosperity University' designation UArizona is one of only 16 institutions to be awarded the Innovation & Economic Prosperity Designee 5-Year Extension by the Association of Public & Land Grant Universities.
Jan. 16, 2024 UArizona announces Lovejoy Center for Bridging Biodiversity, Conservation Science, and Policy The center will advance research and conservation efforts, educate future conservation scientists and leaders and develop a broader understanding of the Earth's biosphere.
Dec. 20, 2023 Sweating the small stuff: UArizona scientists have begun to study samples from asteroid Bennu At the university's Kuiper-Arizona Laboratory for Astromaterials Analysis, a suite of instruments allows researchers to study the particles collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission the down to the atomic scale.