May 22, 2024 Mapping Racist Covenants: How a UArizona geographer's research informed a new Arizona law A project led by Jason Jurjevich informed a law that lets homeowners remove unlawful restrictions from their property records.
April 25, 2024 UArizona-led CyVerse part of $20M NSF award to catalyze biosciences discoveries CyVerse, an open science platform led by UArizona, will provide computing infrastructure for the National Synthesis Center for Emergence in the Molecular and Cellular Sciences.
April 22, 2024 Every day is Earth Day at Biosphere 2 A desert ocean, Martian park and the hottest rainforest canopy on Earth can all be found at Biosphere 2, where researchers are studying the effects of climate change and exploring solutions for a better future.
April 10, 2024 New AI coaching bot may enhance medical education, training The Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center is developing an artificial intelligence tool to train medical students to effectively communicate with patients.
March 20, 2024 World Water Day brings work of UArizona researcher into focus Ahead of World Water Day on Friday, environmental science professor Raina Maier discusses the use of microbial surfactants or soaps for water remediation.
Nov. 3, 2023 $35.5M awarded to UArizona College of Engineering for tech center expansion The funding from the Arizona Commerce Authority includes workforce development to boost the ability to produce more computer chips domestically.
March 24, 2023 UArizona students track asteroid set to whiz by Earth this weekend As a sizable asteroid makes a close pass by Earth, a team of UArizona students is ready to observe the action to practice and test procedures that could be useful in mitigating an impending asteroid impact in the future.
Feb. 8, 2023 Economic impact of UArizona space sciences rivals that of Super Bowl University of Arizona space sciences activities generate more than $560 million every year for the local economy, according to an economic impact report delivered by Rounds Consulting Group.
Aug. 17, 2022 $1.4M effort develops reusable sponges to soak up harmful chemicals from water Researchers are developing specialized, reusable sponges to remove harmful chemicals known as PFAS from water. PFAS have been used for decades in products such as makeup, nonstick pans and firefighting foam.
May 31, 2022 Planetary defense exercise uses Apophis as hazardous asteroid stand-in UArizona scientists took part in an international planetary defense exercise that used asteroid Apophis – a large, potentially hazardous asteroid – to test the planetary defense response chain.