July 19, 2021 UArizona Researcher Partners on Project that Will Allow Students to Explore the Arctic Virtually The National Science Foundation has awarded nearly $2 million to a team of researchers to develop a virtual reality tool that teaches about climate change in the Arctic.
July 19, 2021 Delaney Dives In! Schnell Among Several Wildcats Going for Gold in Tokyo Delaney Schnell, Abdi Abdirahman, Dejah Mulipola, Shaina Pellington, Sage Watson and Steve Kerr are just some of the current and former Wildcats who will take part in the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
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.
July 12, 2021 Mapping Extreme Snowmelt and its Potential Dangers Runoff from melting snow is an essential water resource for many communities and ecosystems, but when snow melts too rapidly in a short time, it can be destructive. To better understand the processes that drive such melting, researchers mapped extreme snowmelt events over 30 years.
July 8, 2021 With $3M Grant, UArizona-Led Center to Advance At-Home Health Care Technology Researchers are building a future in which wearable devices will allow clinicians to gather patient data remotely and provide "care in place" to patients at home.
July 7, 2021 Researchers Find Evidence of a Coronavirus Epidemic 20,000 Years Ago An ancient coronavirus outbreak in East Asia could help researchers identify viruses that have caused epidemics in the past and may do so in the future.
July 7, 2021 UArizona Receives $1.3M Federal Grant to Study Synthetic Chemicals Posing Risk to Regional Aquifer Synthetic chemicals known as PFAS not only pose a long-term threat to groundwater quality, but also a long-term challenge to scientists tasked with cleaning them up.
July 6, 2021 Methane in the Plumes of Saturn's Moon Enceladus: Possible Signs of Life? An unknown methane-producing process is likely at work in the hidden ocean beneath the icy shell of Saturn's moon Enceladus, suggests a new study co-authored by UArizona scientist Régis Ferrière.
July 6, 2021 Study Finds Breast Cancer's Response to Tumor Stiffness May Predict Bone Metastasis UArizona Health Sciences researchers developed a novel mechanical conditioning score to quantify the changes that make breast cancer cells more aggressive, which could lead to earlier identification of patients who are at high risk for bone metastasis.
July 6, 2021 UArizona Land Acknowledgement Illustrates Commitment to Indigenous Students, Communities The statement was assembled in consultation with leaders of the Tohono O'odham Nation and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and with Native American scholars at the university.
