Aug. 26, 2020 How Cold Was the Ice Age? Researchers Now Know Researchers combined past data on temperature and carbon dioxide levels to reconstruct the temperature of the last ice age. Their resulting "hindcast" may shed light on future climate.
Aug. 18, 2020 Researchers Work to Ensure Accurate Decoding in Fragile Quantum States An electrical and computer engineer at the University of Arizona is developing error correction technology for high-speed quantum computing.
Aug. 13, 2020 To Understand the Machinery of Life, a UArizona Scientist Breaks it on Purpose By tinkering with some of life's oldest components, researchers made an unexpected discovery: Evolution isn't very good at multitasking.
Aug. 12, 2020 Successful Second Rehearsal Puts OSIRIS-REx on Path to Asteroid Sample Collection During its final practice run in preparation for sample collection at asteroid Bennu, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft approached the surface closer than ever before.
Aug. 12, 2020 Researchers Unlock Secrets of the Past with New International Carbon Dating Standard To assess the age of historical objects, scientists rely on radiocarbon dating – a technique that is now set to become more accurate than ever, thanks to an international team of researchers.
Aug. 10, 2020 How Boundaries Become Bridges in Evolution The evolution of colorful feathers shines light on the missing link in evolution by natural selection, according to a new study published in Nature Communications.
Aug. 7, 2020 Researcher Studies Statins for Stroke Therapy A $2.8 million grant may help develop an improved therapeutic treatment for acute ischemic stroke patients to let them recover faster with fewer long-term complications.
Aug. 6, 2020 No-Clog Toilet Paper, Weight-Loss Pet Food Among Award-Winning Student Innovations Tech Launch Arizona has awarded funding to five-student teams to develop inventions with the goal of bringing them to the public as impactful products to benefit society.
Aug. 6, 2020 OSIRIS-REx is One Rehearsal Away from Touching Asteroid Bennu The matchpoint rehearsal will allow the University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx team to exercise nearly all systems before the sample collection event in the fall.
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.
