Jan. 7, 2021 Striped or Spotted? Winds and Jet Streams Found on the Closest Brown Dwarf Planetary scientists wondered if bands of winds or swirling storms dominated the atmospheres of brown dwarfs. UArizona-led research solved the mystery.
Dec. 21, 2020 Two UArizona Researchers Receive $1M Grants to Advance Cyberinfrastructure and Quantum Sensing Hydrology and engineering professors receive Convergence Accelerator awards from the National Science Foundation. The new program aims to support interdisciplinary efforts to solve real-world problems in the near future.
Dec. 21, 2020 Biotech Cotton Key to Eliminating Devastating Pest from US and Mexico A collaboration between UArizona, cotton growers, and government and industry partners eradicated the pink bollworm – one of the world's most damaging crop pests – from the United States and Mexico.
Dec. 16, 2020 Plumes on Icy Worlds Hold Clues About What Lies Beneath A new model shows how brine on Jupiter's moon Europa can migrate within the icy shell to form pockets of salty water that erupt to the surface when freezing.
Dec. 8, 2020 UArizona Professors Elected to the National Academy of Inventors Robert Norwood in optical sciences and Laurence Hurley in pharmacy are the latest UArizona faculty members to receive the prestigious designation.
Dec. 8, 2020 Genetically Engineered T Cells Could Lead to Therapies for Autoimmune Diseases UArizona Health Sciences immunobiologists have created a five-module chimeric antigen receptor T cell that is showing early potential to fight Type 1 diabetes.
Dec. 3, 2020 UArizona Opens Bioscience Incubator in Oro Valley The University of Arizona Center for Innovation at Oro Valley provides resources to bioscience startups to help them bring their innovations to market.
Dec. 2, 2020 UArizona Expert on Climate Science and Policy Selected as AAAS Fellow Gregg Garfin – whose research focuses on adaptation to climate change, climate variability and drought – has been elected a 2020 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Nov. 30, 2020 Statewide Study Builds Knowledge About Health Risks Before, After COVID-19 Infection The Arizona CoVHORT study will answer questions about risk factors for severe COVID-19 infection and how the virus impacts long-term health.
Nov. 23, 2020 $3M Grant Helps Students Bridge Sciences to Solve the World's Biggest Problems The National Science Foundation grant will support graduate students working across scientific disciplines on challenges ranging from climate change to sustainable food production.
