Feb. 29, 2024 NIH funding increases lead to impressive performance in Blue Ridge rankings Five colleges increased their National Institutes of Health research funding in 2022-2023, leading to higher rankings for some by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.
Feb. 24, 2024 Steward Observatory balloon mission breaks NASA record 22 miles above Antarctica Seeking clues about the life cycle of stars, the GUSTO balloon mission, led by university astronomer Chris Walker, breaks the record as NASA's longest-flying heavy-lift balloon mission.
Feb. 20, 2024 Giant Magellan Telescope brings new partner into the fold Taiwan's leading astronomy institute joins Australia, Brazil, Chile, Israel, South Korea and the United States in building one of the world's largest and most powerful telescopes.
Feb. 15, 2024 UArizona ranks 51st among top 100 world universities granted US utility patents in 2023 Successful University of Arizona patents from last year include many for innovations in health, such as improving cancer diagnoses and providing new types of lenses for patients with cataracts.
Feb. 13, 2024 Cathedral termite mounds inspire UArizona-designed lunar structures Associate professor Jekan Thanga and a team of student researchers are developing smart, robot-built sandbag shelters for NASA astronauts on the moon.
Jan. 31, 2024 Modern bird brains reveal evolutionary history of flight, dating back to the dinosaurs Scientists, including one from the University of Arizona, pinpointed birds' cerebellums as key to the evolution of flight by comparing images of today's birds' brains with dinosaur fossils.
Jan. 30, 2024 College of Science Lecture Series to spotlight science's 'surprise twists' Learn how unexpected discoveries involving black holes, tree-ring dating, planets and plastics have helped shape scientific research. The weekly series runs Feb. 7-28.
Jan. 16, 2024 UArizona announces Lovejoy Center for Bridging Biodiversity, Conservation Science, and Policy The center will advance research and conservation efforts, educate future conservation scientists and leaders and develop a broader understanding of the Earth's biosphere.
Dec. 20, 2023 Sweating the small stuff: UArizona scientists have begun to study samples from asteroid Bennu At the university's Kuiper-Arizona Laboratory for Astromaterials Analysis, a suite of instruments allows researchers to study the particles collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission the down to the atomic scale.
Dec. 18, 2023 Scientists might be using a flawed strategy to predict how species will fare under climate change A new study involving University of Arizona researchers suggests change is happening faster than trees can adapt. The finding offers "a word of caution" for future researchers.
