Aug. 30, 2021 Turning Cameras Off During Virtual Meetings Can Reduce Fatigue, UArizona Research Finds Zoom fatigue – or feeling drained after a day of virtual meetings – may be worse for those who keep their cameras on during meetings, new research finds. Women and newer employees may be especially affected.
Aug. 18, 2021 Grieving Spouses Should Focus on the Body, Study Suggests Grief is stressful not only for the mind, but for the body. New UArizona research suggests that a simple muscle relaxation technique is an effective coping strategy for grief after the loss of a loved one.
Aug. 9, 2021 UArizona Paleoclimatologist Weighs in on 'Hot Drought' as a Lead Author on IPCC Climate Report UArizona again contributed to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, with researcher Jessica Tierney helping pen much of the section on drought and aridity.
Aug. 4, 2021 Satellite Data Reveals Increasing Proportion of Population Exposed to Floods Worldwide The proportion of the population exposed to floods has grown by 24% globally since the turn of the century, new research finds. That's 10 times more than scientists previously thought.
Aug. 3, 2021 Pandemic Job Search Anxiety is Common; How You Channel It May Make the Difference COVID-19-related anxiety can undermine or re-energize job seekers, depending on how they process it, according to new research.
July 21, 2021 Olympics Then and Now This year's Olympics differ from past Games in two major ways: They are the first to be postponed due to a pandemic, and they are the first to be held without spectators, says ancient Olympics expert David Gilman Romano.
July 14, 2021 Professor's Underwater Tent Invention to Appear on Shark Week The portable inflatable Ocean Space Habitat, co-invented by UArizona professor Winslow Burleson, allows occupants to essentially camp out underwater.
June 28, 2021 Socioeconomic Fallout of COVID-19 Threatens Global Coffee Industry COVID-19 has become a new threat to the coffee industry by acting as potential trigger for renewed epidemics of coffee leaf rust – the most severe coffee plant disease in the world.
June 23, 2021 Keeping Homes and Cities Cool in Extreme Heat Ladd Keith, an expert on urban planning and climate change, offers tips for keeping homes cool during a heat wave, and discusses how and why cities across the country are doing more to become heat resilient.
June 3, 2021 Puppies are Wired to Communicate With People, Study Shows Dogs' abilities to communicate with people may be present shortly after birth rather than learned, a new study suggests. Genetics may also help explain why some dogs perform better than others on tasks such as following pointing gestures.
