Jan. 6, 2020 Genetically Modified Poplar Trees Save Air Quality, Grow Well University of Arizona-led research found that trees in which isoprene production was genetically suppressed did not suffer ill effects in terms of photosynthesis or biomass production.
Jan. 6, 2020 Antarctic Waters: Warmer with More Acidity and Less Oxygen Oxygen loss and warming in the Southern Ocean around the Antarctic coast is much larger than predicted due to increased freshwater from melting ice sheets and increased wind.
Dec. 19, 2019 Why Your First Battle With Flu Matters Most Researchers found that the first strain of the flu virus a person encounters during childhood sets the course for how the immune system responds to exposures later in life.
Dec. 16, 2019 'Rainforest Under Glass' Kissed by Rain After Two-Month Drought An experiment at Biosphere 2 forced the “hottest tropical rainforest in the world” through a controlled drought and recovery to see how climate change will affect Earth’s ecosystems.
Dec. 12, 2019 X Marks the Spot: NASA Selects Site for Asteroid Sample Collection The OSIRIS-REx mission team evaluated four candidate sites and identified site Nightingale as the best option for the sample collection, with site Osprey named as the backup.
Dec. 11, 2019 Deciphering the Equations of Life A new theory describes what all animals have in common and allows predictions for specific traits of species that might not be well understood by science.
Dec. 10, 2019 UArizona Startups Create $585M Economic Impact A study conducted by the McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship found that University of Arizona startups generated substantial economic impact, from state revenues to job creation.
Dec. 10, 2019 UArizona Looks Toward Work on NASA’s Potential Asteroid-Hunting Space Telescope Professor Amy Mainzer of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory will provide technical leadership for the projected Near-Earth Object Surveillance Mission, which will include the NEO Surveyor spacecraft.
Dec. 10, 2019 Two Faculty Inventors Named NAI Fellows Optical Sciences Professor Hong Hua and Regents Professor Emeritus Victor Hruby are being honored as National Academy of Inventors Fellows, the highest professional distinction awarded to academic inventors.
Dec. 5, 2019 First Results from Spacecraft Exploring Sun The sun is revealing itself in dramatic detail and shedding light on how other stars may form and behave throughout the universe. University of Arizona researchers involved in the mission report exciting findings from the Parker Solar Probe's first close encounters with our very own star.
