Oct. 22, 2019 Researchers 'Turn on the Lights' Across the Plant Tree of Life In the largest plant genome project to date, researchers generated gene sequences from more than 1,100 species, providing a framework for 1 billion years of green plant evolution.
Oct. 21, 2019 Wake-Up Call: Cellular Sleep Isn’t As Harmless As Once Thought New research into the mechanics of cellular sleep and shutdown could shed light on the aging process and how science can potentially intervene.
Oct. 18, 2019 Cybersecurity Students Benefit From Scholarship Program A program connecting University of Arizona students with significant financial support and high-end cybersecurity training in exchange for service in public institutions has received more funding. A $3.6 million grant renewal from the National Science Foundation will fund the AZSecure Cybersecurity Fellowship for another five to seven years.
Oct. 16, 2019 The Desert is Abuzz with Bees The University of Arizona Insect Collection is collaborating with Pima Community College students and the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum to catalog every native species of bee in Tucson and the surrounding Sonoran Desert.
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.
