Strategic Imperative: Research

Fusion, the process that powers the sun, is moving from theory to reality. Horst Hahn, special advisor to the senior vice president in the Office of Research & Partnerships, describes the process of controlled fusion and the powerful applications of this emerging technology.

A research team led by Nick Strausfeld at the University of Arizona made an unexpected discovery: The brain of Jianfengia, a creature that lived in the lower Cambrian, is very similar to that of living crustaceans. This places the extinct animal in the ancestry of insects and crustaceans, not spiders and their relatives, as had been previously assumed.

Using a cutting-edge optics system developed at the University of Arizona, researchers have gotten a glimpse of what our solar system likely looked like during its infancy.

The university opens the 2025-26 academic year on solid financial footing, and with a campuswide focus on student success, research that shapes the future, and engagement with communities.

Three new papers reveal yet more secrets from samples collected by the University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission from asteroid Bennu.

From vinyl albums to digital badges to experiences, new research out of the Eller College of Management suggests we collect to create order during turbulent times.

The college's Mach-X team, which specializes in hypersonics research, will use machine learning and 3D printing to make parts for aircraft that fly five times the speed of sound.

A study showed that when compared with students, ChatGPT 3.5 was less likely to correctly answer questions on therapeutics exams focused on clinical applications and cases.

U of A-led research shows evidence of social microbial transmission in a solitary species, which could help us better understand how microbes are exchanged in humans.

New observations that U of A astronomers helped make with the James Webb Space Telescope solidify previous hints of a giant planet orbiting the sun's closest neighbor.