Research

A new study led by the University of Arizona has found that not only are larger plants and animals at higher risk of extinction, but their loss would fundamentally degrade life on earth.

A therapeutic intervention for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease, could be on the horizon thanks to unexpected findings by UArizona researchers.

In a custom-developed VR classroom complete with a laboratory, nanoscale objects come to life for students thanks to the power of science data visualization.

Most people want to change an aspect of their personality, but left to their own devices, they may not be successful in changing, according to a study in the Journal of Research in Personality.

If you subscribe to "Fake it until you make it" at work, you're likely compromising your personal health and professional goals, according to a University of Arizona researcher.

Observational studies suggest that prosecutors' race and class biases are among the primary drivers for disparities in criminal justice. Recent research indicates otherwise.

A study tracing acoustic communication across the tree of life of land-living vertebrates reveals that the ability to vocalize does not seem to drive the formation of new species across vertebrates.

University of Arizona-led research found that trees in which isoprene production was genetically suppressed did not suffer ill effects in terms of photosynthesis or biomass production.

Oxygen loss and warming in the Southern Ocean around the Antarctic coast is much larger than predicted due to increased freshwater from melting ice sheets and increased wind.

A new theory describes what all animals have in common and allows predictions for specific traits of species that might not be well understood by science.