Science & Technology

UA engineers are taking a sideways approach to shoring up buildings' seismic safety. Steel collectors are responsible for horizontally transferring earthquake forces.

Urbix Resources has licensed a portfolio of lithium-ion battery and related materials technologies invented at the UA. Urbix co-founder Adam Small graduated from the Eller College of Management.

The record surge in global surface temperatures boosted the total warming since the start of the last century by more than 25 percent in just three years, UA scientists found.

The UA president's focus on the convergence of the physical, digital and biological worlds will be addressed by "Humans, Data and Machines," which launched Monday night with a lecture on algorithms and artificial intelligence by UA professor Stephen Kobourov.

The cohort focuses on water, health, climate and other issues related to the environment and social justice to improve the quality of life for people in Arizona and around the world.

Revealed by the UA-led HiRISE camera, sheets of water ice beneath the surface on Mars hold clues to the planet's climate history — and might yield drinking water for future astronauts.

By using tree rings, a UA-led team developed the first reconstruction of historical changes in the North Atlantic jet stream prior to the 20th century — back to 1725.

The annual lecture series, which kicks off on Jan. 22, will examine the scientific, technological, legal and personal impact of revolutionary change in the way we live and work.

A four-year effort involving Kitt Peak's Bok Telescope and UA students helped a team of astronomers measure the masses of a large sample of supermassive black holes. Despite its modest size and advanced age of almost 50 years, the instrument keeps churning out big science.

At the core of the system licensed by GUIA is the ability to sense a miner's location and body temperature, predict potential problems and recommend steps to avert health risks.