Feb. 19, 2025 As glaciers melt faster, freshwater sources dwindle and sea-level rise accelerates 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.
Feb. 17, 2025 The fire paradox: Tree-ring data shows wildfire activity has declined, not increased 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.
Feb. 14, 2025 U of A professors develop astronomy materials to aid visually impaired students 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.
Feb. 14, 2025 U of A astronomer Erika Hamden named to Arizona Space Commission 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.
Feb. 6, 2025 Seed fund to help early-stage university startups enters investment phase 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.
Feb. 3, 2025 U of A faculty and staff nationally recognized with presidential honors 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.
Jan. 29, 2025 Asteroid Bennu comes from a long-lost salty world with ingredients for life 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.
Jan. 24, 2025 Astronomers unlock the atmospheric secrets of a 'new class of planet' 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.
Jan. 21, 2025 New research examines impact of Disney's 'The Living Desert' 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."
Jan. 16, 2025 Large and small galaxies may grow in ways more similar than expected 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.