Research

From vinyl albums to digital badges to experiences, new research out of the Eller College of Management suggests we collect to create order during turbulent times.

Finely preserved brain features in a tiny marine arthropod fossil suggest that arachnids – spiders and their close kin – may have first evolved in the ocean rather than on land, challenging conventional wisdom.

Researchers discovered that lower levels of essential vitamins and minerals, were more prevalent in individuals experiencing severe chronic pain.

The meteor impact that created one of Arizona's most recognizable landmarks and the wood and sediments found in a cave in the Grand Canyon are strikingly similar in age. A new study involving a U of A dendrochronologist suggests they could be related.

Most people know "cool" when we see it, but actually defining coolness is a bit trickier. New research from the Eller College of Management explores the psychology of cool and how people across cultures define it.

Southwest Monsoon Fantasy Forecasts allows participants to estimate the amount of rainfall the monsoon will bring each month to a handful of cities throughout the Southwest.

What can the varied behaviors of wildlife reveal about the relationship between human civilization and the animal kingdom?

The first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory mark a proud milestone for the University of Arizona, whose Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab is the only facility in the world capable of crafting the telescope's unique mirror.

Built with mirrors manufactured by the University of Arizona, one of the world's largest optical telescopes clears key milestone toward U.S. federal construction support.

A new paper agrees with findings that footprints discovered in New Mexico are between 21,000 and 23,000 years old – much older than the previously known earliest signs of human culture in the Americas.