Science & Technology

In response to concern over the sustainability of handling mine waste, UArizona, Colorado State University and the Colorado School of Mines launched the Tailings Center of Excellence.

The NEOWISE mission, led by UArizona's Amy Mainzer, discovered comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE in March. The comet is now making its way around the sun and is visible from Earth.

The University of Arizona is ranked No. 1 in the U.S. and No. 2 globally in the area of water resources in the 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities.

The UArizona center unites medical and environmental scientists across campus to attack the unique environmental contamination issues facing Arizona.

The discovery of the most massive quasar known in the early universe challenges current theories of supermassive black hole formation and growth.

The most prolific tree in North America – the Douglas fir – will absorb less atmospheric carbon dioxide in the future and therefore do less to slow climate change than once thought.

The Giant Magellan Telescope promises to deliver breakthrough discoveries.

The Covid Watch smartphone app sends exposure alerts without having to collect any personally identifying information from users, protecting their anonymity.

The startup that licensed a UArizona-invented ultraviolet spectrometer has been awarded a $1.5 million Air Force contract to build devices that can quickly detect COVID-19 in virus test samples.

Astronomers probed a vast, cosmic cloud of gas and dust for traces of organic molecules that form building blocks for life. They found that such molecules appear hundreds of thousands of years before stars start to form.