July 23, 2018 Clinical Trial to Repurpose Ketamine for Parkinson’s Patients Ketamine, a drug currently used to treat pain and depression, is being repurposed to potentially help Parkinson’s patients in a new clinical trial at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson.
July 20, 2018 Metal Mining Waste Focus of $3.27M UA Superfund Research Program Five colleges at the University of Arizona are studying human and environmental risks and developing practical solutions for the mining industry and health professions.
July 19, 2018 UA Researchers Working Toward Quick Radiation Diagnostic Test Jerome Lacombe and other University of Arizona researchers are hoping to improve upon traditional radiation testing methods through gene expression.
July 16, 2018 $6.9M Grant Benefits Environmental Health Research in Arid Climates The UA Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center has received a large grant to continue studying the effects of the environment on people living in desert climates worldwide.
July 9, 2018 Study: Small Talk Not as Bad as Previously Thought People who engage in more substantive conversations are generally happier; however, small talk does not appear to be linked to unhappiness, as prior research suggested.
June 14, 2018 New Research Unveils True Origin of Ancient Turquoise Scholars have argued that the Aztec and Mixtec civilizations acquired turquoise through import from the Southwest. However, analyses reveal the true geologic source as Mesoamerica.
May 8, 2018 Want To Be Seen as Cool? Then Just Say 'Cheese!' and You Will Be A widespread belief holds that being inexpressive is cool, but UA assistant professor of marketing Caleb Warren says that's not the case. A smiling person is seen as more cool.
May 3, 2018 UA Psychologist Elected to National Academy of Sciences Carol Barnes has produced groundbreaking research on how the brain changes during the course of normal aging — and the consequences those changes have on memory and information processing.
April 25, 2018 Startup Iluminos Licenses UA-Invented Treatment for Alzheimer's An Arizona startup is hoping its unique compounds will lead to treatments to halt or slow the progression of a devastating neurodegenerative disease that affects nearly 6 million Americans.
April 24, 2018 New Estimates of Mercury's Thin, Dense Crust Michael Sori, a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona, used careful mathematical calculations to determine the density of Mercury’s crust, which is thinner than anyone thought.
