Feb. 24, 2021 UArizona-Led HiRISE Camera Helped Guide Mars Rover to the Perfect Spot HiRISE provided data that helped NASA's Perseverance rover navigate to its designated landing site on the Red Planet. It also captured an image of the Feb. 18 descent.
Feb. 16, 2021 UArizona Mathematician and Cosmologist Awarded Sloan Research Fellowships Number theorist Brandon Levin and cosmologist Elisabeth Krause are two of 128 early-career scientists to be honored for their current performance and future potential in research.
Feb. 10, 2021 A New Way to Look for Life-Sustaining Planets Astronomers can now use ground-based telescopes to capture images of planets that could potentially harbor life within the habitable zone of the Alpha Centauri star system.
Feb. 8, 2021 OSIRIS-REx to Fly a Farewell Tour of Bennu Before departing for Earth on May 10, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will perform a final flyby of Bennu – capturing its last images of sample collection site Nightingale.
Feb. 3, 2021 Battling Bugs Help Solve Mysteries of Weapon Evolution Scientists outfitted bugs with body armor to learn more about how evolution has shaped weapons in the animal kingdom and why weapons differ among species.
Feb. 1, 2021 Anti-Racism Project Uses Virtual Reality to Let People 'Walk in Someone Else's Shoes' The project will create immersive scenarios that simulate typical experiences of discrimination, with the goal of promoting honest and productive discussions about racism.
Jan. 29, 2021 UArizona Researchers Develop Smartphone-Based COVID-19 Test The test uses a smartphone microscope to analyze saliva samples and deliver results in about 10 minutes.
Jan. 27, 2021 Tree Rings and the Laki Volcano Eruption: A Closer Look at Climate When Iceland's Laki volcano erupted in 1783, its effects rippled around the world. Researchers analyzed tree rings to understand how climate responded in northwestern North America. The work will help fine-tune future climate models.
Jan. 27, 2021 Startup Licenses Sustainability Technology for Mining Industry Auxilium Technologies has brought together multiple UArizona inventions that offer sustainable, energy-efficient and cost-effective solutions to improve the output of mines while reducing their environmental impact.
Jan. 26, 2021 UArizona-Led OSIRIS-REx Mission Plans for May Asteroid Departure On May 10, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will depart asteroid Bennu and begin its two-year journey back to Earth, where scientists will study the dust and rocks it collected from the asteroid's surface.
