April 21, 2020 UArizona Cameras Capture Asteroid Close-Up During OSIRIS-REx Rehearsal The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft got within 200 feet of the asteroid Bennu during a practice run for the NASA mission. The spacecraft will grab a sample from Bennu's surface in late summer.
April 20, 2020 Astronomers Discover Planet that Never Was Astronomers believe that what was once thought to be an exoplanet in a nearby star system was actually a cloud of fine dust resulting from a collision in space.
April 8, 2020 Arizona COVID-19 Genomics Union to Track Coronavirus The newly formed Arizona COVID-19 Genomics Union, or ACGU, which includes UArizona virus expert Michael Worobey, will use genomic sequencing to track the new coronavirus.
March 31, 2020 Social Distancing as a Moral Dilemma: Notes From a Medical Ethicist During the COVID-19 outbreak, staying home has become a question of morality. UArizona medical ethicist Laura Howard explains what our behavior during the pandemic says about the complexity of human nature.
March 24, 2020 Plants and Animals Aren't So Different When it Comes to Climate A new study, led by John J. Wiens, reveals that plants and animals are remarkably similar in their responses to changing environmental conditions across the globe.
March 16, 2020 The Life and Death of One of America's Most Mysterious Trees A symbol of life, ancient sundial or firewood? Tree-ring scientists studied a log unearthed almost a century ago and found it may have more mundane origins than previously thought.
March 9, 2020 Electrical Engineer Trains Computers to Distinguish Between Friend and Foe Gregory Ditzler, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, is using a National Science Foundation grant to boost his research on machine learning.
March 9, 2020 Native Americans and Higher Cigarette Use: Stereotype Goes Up in Smoke When comparing white people and Native Americans with similar income and education levels, whites consume more cigarettes and are more nicotine dependent, research shows.
March 5, 2020 Lunar Lasers and Cosmic Crops: NASA Funds UArizona Space Exploration Missions NASA has awarded funding to research teams working on ways to find water and grow food in space. UArizona researchers are focusing on harvesting water from the lunar surface and microgravity crop production.
March 3, 2020 The Brains of Shrimps and Insects are More Alike Than We Thought Crustaceans share a brain structure known to be crucial for learning and memory in insects, a University of Arizona-led research team discovered.
