College of Science

According to new research, if current warming trends continue, an Indian Ocean El Niño could emerge as early as 2050.

Researchers are starting to tease out the relationship between morning soil moisture and afternoon rainfall under different atmospheric conditions.

Thirteen research teams will address various aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic with financial support from a rapid-turnaround seed grants supplied through the BIO5 Institute and state funding. The grants amount to more than $500,000.

Researchers are racing to collect atmospheric and other data, which they can use to determine the extent of the impact of the virus on environmental health.

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft got within 200 feet of the asteroid Bennu during a practice run for the NASA mission. The spacecraft will grab a sample from Bennu's surface in late summer.

Astronomers believe that what was once thought to be an exoplanet in a nearby star system was actually a cloud of fine dust resulting from a collision in space.

A UArizona-led forecasting team predicts 19 named storms, 10 hurricanes and five major hurricanes during this year's Atlantic hurricane season.

In response to shortages amid the COVID-19 pandemic, faculty and staff are designing and manufacturing face shields, intubation hoods, respirators and more.

The newly formed Arizona COVID-19 Genomics Union, or ACGU, which includes UArizona virus expert Michael Worobey, will use genomic sequencing to track the new coronavirus.

Analysis of data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft found a viable explanation for what keeps the upper layers of Saturn so hot: auroras at the planet's north and south poles.