May 15, 2019 Weakening of Asian Summer Monsoon Blamed on Pollution Air pollution from industrialization is the likely culprit behind the reduced precipitation from the Asian monsoon, a phenomenon that affects almost half of the world’s population.
May 15, 2019 Detecting Dementia's Damaging Effects Before It's Too Late Researchers might have found a way to detect neurodegeneration before brain cells are lost for good. Earlier detection could provide therapeutic drug treatments a chance to work.
May 15, 2019 Using Big Data to Prevent Cardiac Arrhythmias A new grant will allow researchers at the UA and Banner Health to create alerts to identify patients at risk for developing heart rhythm disorders and sudden cardiac death.
May 14, 2019 Novel Study Could Help Treat, Diagnosis, Prevent Cervical Cancer UA researchers have identified ‘metabolic signatures’ that distinguish between HPV, pre-cancerous cervical conditions and cancer.
May 1, 2019 UA Students Earn NSF Graduate Research Fellowships The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in STEM disciplines.
April 29, 2019 What Deep Learning Reveals About Saturn’s Storms A "deep learning" approach to detecting storms on Saturn show the vast regions affected by storms and that dark storm clouds contain material swept up from the lower atmosphere by strong vertical winds.
April 29, 2019 Ashes of a Dying Star Hold Clues about Solar System's Birth A dust grain forged in a stellar explosion predating our solar system reveals new insights about how stars end their lives and provide the building blocks of new stars and planets.
April 29, 2019 Climate, grasses and teeth: the evolution of South America mammals Armadillos as big as Volkswagens and other grass-eating mammals became more diverse in South America about 6 million years ago because of shifts in atmospheric circulation.
April 25, 2019 Dentists Can Be First Line of Defense Against Domestic Violence New findings indicate that oral biomarkers may help health providers identify victims of domestic violence.
April 24, 2019 Bird Feathers Offer Insight into How Evolution Works A UA team shows that evolution is driven by dependency on other species within ecological communities – testing a long-held idea of the late UA professor George Gaylord Simpson.
