Oct. 15, 2019 Astronomer Receives Packard Fellowship to Pursue Black Hole Research Astronomy Prof Peter Behroozi was awarded a Packard Fellowship to get to the bottom of a long-standing mystery: How could supermassive black holes grow so big so quickly after the Big Bang?
Oct. 3, 2019 New Study Presents 1st Genome Sequence of Florida Panther A University of Arizona researcher and a UA alumnus are part of the team that is the first to sequence the genome of the Florida panther, and they’ve found evidence of increased genetic variation in the population.
Oct. 2, 2019 Precipitation Extremes Driving Tree Growth Reductions Extreme rainfall variability may cause long-term declines in tree growth for many trees in the western U.S., including the ponderosa pine, Douglas-fir, piñon pine and bur oak.
Oct. 1, 2019 UA Laser Technology Startups Receive Funding Three companies formed to commercialize inventions developed in the James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences have received funding from UAVenture Capital.
Sept. 26, 2019 Startup Licenses Carbon Fiber Tech to Treat Broken Bones, Receives Funding An Arizona professor has has invented a flexible carbon fiber fabric designed to be inserted inside and around a fractured bone. The technology has been licensed to a startup and has already received venture capital funding to take it forward.
Sept. 26, 2019 $3M Grant to Create Cybersecurity Modeled After Human Body University of Arizona electrical and computer engineering researchers are training a future cybersecurity workforce and creating bioinspired methods for keeping computers secure.
Sept. 26, 2019 Building a Pathway from Tribal College to Neuroscience Laboratories A $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will help a team that includes University of Arizona researchers develop a program to help train Navajo students in neuroscience programs.
Sept. 25, 2019 Students Tackle 21st Century Sustainability Challenges on the Navajo Nation UA students working on food, energy and water insecurity among Indigenous communities build an off-the-grid water filtration system on the Navajo Nation.
Sept. 23, 2019 Iron Magma Could Explain Psyche’s Density Puzzle Volcanism has always intrigued humanity. Less than 50 years ago, scientists discovered cryovolcanism – ice volcanoes on other worlds. Now, researchers may have identified volcanoes of molten metal.
Sept. 23, 2019 UA Scientists to Examine Food Safety Practices After E. coli Outbreak University of Arizona researchers are participating in a study to determine how environmental factors impact the risk of produce becoming contaminated, with a goal of enhancing the safety of produce grown in the Yuma area.
