Aug. 5, 2020 Harnessing the Sun to Purify Concentrated Waste Streams A team of engineers and scientists is developing a solar-powered desalination system to recover water from concentrated waste streams with maximum efficiency.
Aug. 4, 2020 University of Arizona Awarded $26M to Architect the Quantum Internet The University of Arizona will lead a new National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center, called the Center for Quantum Networks, with core partners Harvard, MIT and Yale.
Aug. 3, 2020 Evidence Mounts that Brains Diverged from One Ancestral Arrangement Humans, mice and flies share the same fundamental genetic mechanisms that regulate the formation and function of certain brain areas, according to a new study.
July 29, 2020 UArizona Reports Record Number of Startups for Fiscal Year 2020 With 19 new companies added to its roster last fiscal year, the university has now launched more than 100 startups since revamping its commercialization operation in late 2012.
July 28, 2020 Researchers Detangle Protein Interaction Implicated in Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's New findings by UArizona chemists Wolfgang Peti and Rebecca Page provide a foundation to better understand and treat two neurological disorders.
July 27, 2020 Optical Scientist Develops Trifocal Lens Technology Professor Jim Schwiegerling designed an implantable lens that allows recipients to see mid-range distances in addition to near and far distances.
July 27, 2020 UArizona Aims to Provide Rapid Tests for Exposure to Biothreats, Including COVID-19 Under a Department of Defense contract, College of Medicine – Phoenix researchers are leading an effort to develop a portable device to easily detect biological threats.
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 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.
