July 21, 2020 One Small Molecule, Potential Giant Step to Improve Cognitive Function A $6.1 million study led by the UArizona Center for Innovation in Brain Science will test novel small molecules to improve the lives of Alzheimer's patients.
July 20, 2020 Returning to Farming's Roots in the Battle Against the 'Billion-Dollar Beetle' A new study from UArizona entomologists reaffirms the importance of crop rotation and diversification in combating the western corn rootworm's resistance to biotech crops.
July 15, 2020 Mapping the Solar System: From the Moon to Bennu The OSIRIS-REx science team has created the highest resolution global map of any planetary body. The endeavor is the latest in UArizona's long history of celestial imaging and mapping.
July 15, 2020 Arizona Universities Join Research Computing Fight Against COVID-19 Arizona's three public universities are contributing research computing power to a worldwide effort to run protein modeling computations to better understand the disease.
July 8, 2020 Multi-University Center Aims to Minimize Mine Tailings Risk In response to concern over the sustainability of handling mine waste, UArizona, Colorado State University and the Colorado School of Mines launched the Tailings Center of Excellence.
July 7, 2020 New Comet NEOWISE Graces the Skies The NEOWISE mission, led by UArizona's Amy Mainzer, discovered comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE in March. The comet is now making its way around the sun and is visible from Earth.
July 6, 2020 Shanghai Rankings: UArizona Has Top Water Resources Program in US The University of Arizona is ranked No. 1 in the U.S. and No. 2 globally in the area of water resources in the 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities.
June 30, 2020 Superfund Research Center Receives $10.6M to Study Mining Waste, Arsenic-Diabetes Link The UArizona center unites medical and environmental scientists across campus to attack the unique environmental contamination issues facing Arizona.
June 25, 2020 Astronomers Discover 'Monster' Quasar from Early Universe The discovery of the most massive quasar known in the early universe challenges current theories of supermassive black hole formation and growth.
June 24, 2020 Warming Will Reduce Ability of Trees to Slow Climate Change The most prolific tree in North America – the Douglas fir – will absorb less atmospheric carbon dioxide in the future and therefore do less to slow climate change than once thought.
