March 24, 2023 Astronomers spot swirling, gritty clouds on remote planet Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers observed detailed features, including roiling clouds of dust, in the atmosphere of a brown dwarf planet 40 light-years away.
March 22, 2023 A range of discovery: 120 years on the Santa Rita Experimental Range Part of the Arizona Experiment Station system, the Santa Rita Experimental Range is one of the longest continuously operating research areas in the world and is responsible for one of the richest publicly available ecological data sets.
March 22, 2023 Confused by quantum computing? Students are developing a puzzle game to help UArizona students have developed an online game modeled after the popular "tangram" puzzle game. It is designed to teach quantum computation concepts to everyone from middle school students to scientists.
March 20, 2023 Match Day begins countdown to medical students' careers in medicine On Match Day, fourth-year students at the university's College of Medicine – Tucson and College of Medicine – Phoenix learned where they will spend the next three to seven years of their careers as physicians.
March 20, 2023 UArizona researchers launch the Great Arizona Tick Check As spring blooms across much of Arizona, university researchers are launching a community health effort with a unique call to the public: Send us your ticks. The Great Arizona Tick Check will help researchers build the first-ever database of tick distribution and correlated disease in Arizona.
March 20, 2023 Optical switching at record speeds opens door for ultrafast, light-based electronics and computers Imagine a home computer operating 1 million times faster than the most expensive hardware on the market. Now, imagine that being the industry standard. UArizona physicists hope to pave the way for that reality.
March 18, 2023 UArizona remembers public health champion Mel Zuckerman Mel Zuckerman, the founder of Canyon Ranch and namesake of the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, died on March 18, surrounded by family at his home. He was 94.
March 15, 2023 3D radar scan provides clues about threats to iconic Alaskan glacier Mapping a large coastal glacier in Alaska revealed that its bulk sits below sea level and is undercut by channels, making it vulnerable to accelerated melting in an already deteriorating coastal habitat.
March 14, 2023 Engineers lead $1.2M project to 3D-print parts for hypersonic vehicles When engineers 3D-print metal objects, they use metals originally developed for conventional manufacturing. It works, but not as well as it could. Two UArizona experts are using a new suite of equipment to develop alloys optimized for both 3D printing and hypersonic flight.
March 13, 2023 Center for Innovation generates $35.3M in economic output The university's Center for Innovation – a business incubator network that empowers science and technology startups to bring their ideas to market – had an economic output of $35.3 million in 2021, according to a new analysis.
