Science & Technology

Between 2000 and 2023, glaciers collectively lost 7,211 billion tons of ice, contributing almost three quarters of an inch to global sea-level rise, a new study finds.

Contrary to what people might think, North American forests are burning less, not more, finds a new study co-authored by U of A fire ecologist Donald Falk. Researchers say the absence of fire can contribute to more severe wildfires in the future.

Steve Kortenkamp and Sunggye Hong created 3D-printed spacecraft models and other tools to help teach astronomy to visually impaired middle and high school students.

Gov. Katie Hobbs appointed Hamden, a renowned expert on ultraviolet telescopes, to the commission to help shape Arizona's role in aerospace and space sciences.

The Wildcat Philanthropic Seed Fund is ready to begin making its first investments to help launch startups from the innovations of faculty, staff, students and alumni.

Five U of A faculty and staff were recognized with Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching and Mentoring and Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers.

Two research publications by the OSIRIS-REx sample analysis team suggest that conditions for the emergence of life were widespread across the early solar system.

Some of the most common types of planets in the Milky Way may be very different than astronomers imagined, according to researchers probing the atmosphere of planet GJ 1214 b.

A paper by U of A associate professor Susan Swanberg explains how the Oscar-winning 1953 film, shot in Tucson, failed to live up to its claim as a "true-life adventure."

New observations led by a U of A astronomer suggest that even dwarf galaxies can accrete mass from other small galaxies, challenging a long-held theory about dwarf-galaxy expansion.