Dec. 12, 2018 Declining Snowpack over Western US Mapped at a Finer Scale UA-led researchers mapped changes in snow from 1982 to 2016 over the contiguous U.S. and found parts of the West have had a 41 percent reduction in the yearly maximum snow mass.
Dec. 11, 2018 National Academy of Inventors Welcomes Two UA Professors as Fellows Thomas Koch and Harrison Barrett are being honored as National Academy of Inventors Fellows, which is the highest professional distinction awarded to academic inventors.
Dec. 11, 2018 UA Researchers Study How to Regrow Long Bone Segments Using 3D Printing A $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense will support research on 3D-printed scaffolds that support the repair of devastating bone injuries.
Dec. 11, 2018 New Valley Fever Clinical Guidelines to Help Avoid Delays in Diagnosis Banner Health has launched new clinical practice protocols developed with input from the UA Valley Fever Center for Excellence to help physicians more quickly diagnose and treat patients with Valley fever infections.
Dec. 11, 2018 Bennu, Burials and (Queen) Bees: UA's Top Stories of 2018 Does an asteroid hold clues to the origins of the solar system? Does office layout directly impact health and well-being? UA research explored these questions and more in 2018.
Dec. 10, 2018 UA-Led OSIRIS-REx Discovers Water on Asteroid Bennu Observations made by the spacecraft during its approach of Bennu reveal that the asteroid interacted with water in its early history and is an excellent specimen for the mission, which is slated to return a sample of surface material to Earth in 2023.
Dec. 10, 2018 UA Undergrad Works to ID OSIRIS-REx Touchdown Site Systems engineering and mathematics double major Keara Burke is helping NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft find the perfect place to collect samples on the asteroid Bennu.
Dec. 7, 2018 Researchers Discover Genetic Factor Related to Risk for Heart Disease Individuals with a particular genetic factor may be more resistant to plaque build-up and have a reduced risk for coronary artery disease, according to study completed by a team of physicians, geneticists and biologists.
Dec. 6, 2018 Unknown Treasure Trove of Planets Found Hiding in Dust A survey of protoplanetary disks surrounding young stars in the Taurus star-forming region turned up a number of disks with features suggesting nascent planets.
Dec. 5, 2018 $1.5M Gift to UA to Help Shape Biomedical Engineers of Tomorrow The gift from UA alumnus Peter Salter and his wife, Nancy, will fund a biomedical instrument design studio and corresponding course development at the UA College of Engineering.
