Today NASA's SPHEREx mission will use software from the Arizona Cosmology Lab to answer questions about the first moments after the Big Bang NASA's newly launched SPHEREx mission will use software developed at the Arizona Cosmology Lab to analyze data and help astronomers understand what happened in the first trillionth of a second after the Big Bang.
March 10, 2025 U of A ranked a top-50 research university, No. 1 in entomology by EduRank The U of A has the world's top entomology program and is a leading university in nearly 200 different fields of study, according to EduRank's Best Universities in the World rankings.
March 10, 2025 James Webb Space Telescope reveals unexpected complex chemistry in primordial galaxy U of A astronomers are learning more about a galaxy that existed when the universe was just 2% of its current age. One unexpected finding: significant amounts of oxygen.
March 10, 2025 With $2M in grants, U of A engineers push toward a quantum computing future Quantum computing is considered the next generation of information technology. Two U of A engineering researchers received grants from the federal government to advance novel areas in quantum information.
March 6, 2025 Raytheon's $2M gift commitment fuels student leadership in engineering The gift will fund a 100,000-square-foot Student Design and Innovation Center, which will include collaborative classrooms, an advising center, makerspaces and more.
March 4, 2025 The yucca and the moth: How extreme weather impacts the timing of biological events A new study sheds light on how extreme weather events impact phenological processes, specifically the flight period of butterflies and moths and the flowering time of plants, with implications for food security in the wake of climate change.
March 4, 2025 Santa Cruz River moves closer to national designation with guidance from U of A experts U of A ecologists, landscape architects and other experts are working with community partners to help designate part of the Santa Cruz River an urban national wildlife refuge.
March 3, 2025 U of A ranks among world's best in physical sciences The U of A's physical sciences programs are ranked 50th in the world and 11th among U.S. public colleges and universities in Times Higher Education's World University Rankings by Subject.
Feb. 27, 2025 How next-gen telescopes could discover extraterrestrial oxygen The U.S. Giant Magellan Telescope and the European Extremely Large Telescope, both under construction in Chile, could transform scientists' quest for life beyond Earth.
Feb. 26, 2025 Wildcats shine in the classroom: Student-athletes achieve record-setting academic performance This fall, Arizona's 504 student-athletes achieved a collective GPA of 3.373 – the highest fall semester GPA in the program's history.
