Sept. 5, 2019 $3M Breakthrough Prize Goes to Black Hole Hunters Including UA Astrophysicists The EHT collaboration, which included UA researchers and students, received a prestigious and lucrative award for producing the first image of a supermassive black hole.
Sept. 4, 2019 From the Tropics to the Boreal, Temperature Drives Ecosystem Functioning UA researchers found a link between temperature and plant and microbe communities within forests, which will help predict how ecosystems might respond to climate changes.
Sept. 2, 2019 Agrivoltaics Proves Mutually Beneficial Across Food, Water, Energy Nexus A paper published in Nature Sustainability presents the first field-data assessment of outcomes of a multi-year study of agrivoltaics in dryland regions.
Aug. 29, 2019 Developing a High-Resolution Picture of Disease Biology UA inventions from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and BIO5 are allowing for a deeper understanding of complex biological processes and opening possibilities for more precise disease diagnosis and treatment.
Aug. 28, 2019 Building a Bridge to STEM Degrees for Transfer Students The UA has received a $4.8 million grant from the NSF to provide scholarships and mentor support for Pima Community College students looking to complete STEM degrees at the UA.
Aug. 27, 2019 Using a Smartphone to Detect Norovirus University of Arizona researchers strike the balance between sensitivity and affordability with a new method for identifying this gut-busting microbe.
Aug. 21, 2019 The Paleozoic Diet: Why Animals Eat What They Eat An in-depth look into the deep history of how animals evolved their dietary preferences over the last 800 million years led UA researchers to some unexpected discoveries.
Aug. 19, 2019 Personalizing Drug Development Using Big Data A new computer program developed at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson is pushing the envelope of precision medicine. By integrating the genetic information from millions of patients, researchers are able to use the new technology to predict the effects of personalized courses of drug therapy based on an individual’s unique genetic makeup.
Aug. 16, 2019 Fracking Has Less Impact on Groundwater Than Traditional Oil and Gas Production New research reports that conventional oil and gas production activities inject more water underground than hydraulic fracturing and other unconventional petroleum-production methods.
Aug. 14, 2019 Today’s Students are Tomorrow’s Space Explorers Ten students from Japan and Arizona gathered for the first official Space Camp Biosphere 2, where they designed Biosphere 3 to sustain human life on Mars.
