July 8, 2020 Multi-University Center Aims to Minimize Mine Tailings Risk In response to concern over the sustainability of handling mine waste, UArizona, Colorado State University and the Colorado School of Mines launched the Tailings Center of Excellence.
July 7, 2020 New Comet NEOWISE Graces the Skies The NEOWISE mission, led by UArizona's Amy Mainzer, discovered comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE in March. The comet is now making its way around the sun and is visible from Earth.
July 7, 2020 Early Childhood Education Centers Can Boost Parents' Engagement at Home Early childhood education centers play an important role in encouraging parents to engage in educational activities with their children at the centers and at home, research finds.
July 6, 2020 The Best (and Worst) Materials for Masks Masks can help combat the spread of COVID-19, but some styles protect better than others. A study of nontraditional mask materials finds that vacuum cleaner filters are especially effective.
July 6, 2020 Shanghai Rankings: UArizona Has Top Water Resources Program in US The University of Arizona is ranked No. 1 in the U.S. and No. 2 globally in the area of water resources in the 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities.
June 30, 2020 Superfund Research Center Receives $10.6M to Study Mining Waste, Arsenic-Diabetes Link The UArizona center unites medical and environmental scientists across campus to attack the unique environmental contamination issues facing Arizona.
June 29, 2020 The Price of Taking a Stance: How Corporate Sociopolitical Activism Impacts Bottom Line Businesses should look to the values of their stakeholders to predict the effects of taking a public stance on a divisive issue, new research finds.
June 29, 2020 Older Adults Share Fewer Memories as They Age Researchers used a smartphone app to "eavesdrop" on older adult conversations. They found that the older a person is, the less likely they are to share memories of past experiences.
June 25, 2020 Astronomers Discover 'Monster' Quasar from Early Universe The discovery of the most massive quasar known in the early universe challenges current theories of supermassive black hole formation and growth.
June 24, 2020 Warming Will Reduce Ability of Trees to Slow Climate Change The most prolific tree in North America – the Douglas fir – will absorb less atmospheric carbon dioxide in the future and therefore do less to slow climate change than once thought.