June 25, 2020 Astronomers Discover 'Monster' Quasar from Early Universe The discovery of the most massive quasar known in the early universe challenges current theories of supermassive black hole formation and growth.
June 24, 2020 Warming Will Reduce Ability of Trees to Slow Climate Change 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.
June 23, 2020 Anonymous Gift Means More Time on GMT for UArizona Astronomers The Giant Magellan Telescope promises to deliver breakthrough discoveries.
June 18, 2020 UArizona Testing App to Alert Students, Employees Exposed to COVID-19 The Covid Watch smartphone app sends exposure alerts without having to collect any personally identifying information from users, protecting their anonymity.
June 15, 2020 Shining a Light on COVID-19 Detection 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.
June 11, 2020 Ingredients for Life Appear in Stellar Nurseries Long Before Stars are Born 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.
June 9, 2020 NASA's OSIRIS-REx Discovers Sunlight Can Crack Rocks on Asteroid Bennu Scientists with the UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission found that rocks on asteroid Bennu appear to be cracking as sunlight heats them up during the day and they cool down at night.
June 8, 2020 Trading Pipets for Keyboards: KEYS Internship Goes Virtual The BIO5 KEYS Research Internship Program will take a new form this summer as 49 students engage in computational projects from the safety of their homes.
June 8, 2020 Underrepresented STEM Students Explore New Frontiers of Sound The New Frontiers of Sound Research Experience and Mentorship program provides mentors and research opportunities for underrepresented students interested in graduate school and careers in engineering.
June 1, 2020 Asteroids Bennu and Ryugu May Have Formed Directly From Collision in Space Scientists from the OSIRIS-REx and Hayabusa2 teams have new theories about why the asteroids Bennu and Ryugu have their signature "spinning-top" shapes.
