Oct. 6, 2021 Highly Porous Rocks Responsible for Bennu's Surprisingly Craggy Surface Using data from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, a UArizona-led team of scientists concluded that asteroids with highly porous rocks, such as Bennu, should lack fine-grain material on their surfaces.
Oct. 4, 2021 Cancer Patients on Chemotherapy Likely Not Fully Protected by COVID-19 Vaccine Cancer Center researchers found lower immune response to the COVID-19 vaccine in patients on active chemotherapy. A third dose of the Pfizer vaccine boosted immune response.
Oct. 4, 2021 UArizona to Offer Pfizer Boosters to Eligible Students, Employees Boosters are recommended for those who received a second vaccine dose at least six months ago and are 65 or older, or between 50 and 64 with underlying medical conditions.
Oct. 1, 2021 'Mini Psyches' Give Insights into Mysterious Metal-Rich Near-Earth Asteroids New research into metal-rich asteroids reveals information about the origins and compositions of these rare bodies that could one day be mined.
Sept. 30, 2021 What Our Wandering Thoughts Can Teach Us About Mental Health Researchers analyzed people's idle thoughts for 10 minutes. What they learned may be useful in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health issues such as depression.
Sept. 29, 2021 Retired UArizona Professor Establishes Endowed Professorship at Steele Children's Research Center Rabi Bhattacharya's $1 million gift will be used to create the Gouri Bhattacharya Endowed Professor of Pediatric Cancer, named in honor of Rabi Bhattacharya's late wife.
Sept. 29, 2021 UArizona Inventor of the Year To Female Innovators: 'The Sky is the Limit' Tech Launch Arizona presented five awards for innovation, leadership and impact at its eighth annual I-Squared Awards and Expo.
Sept. 29, 2021 Learning About the Complexity of Coffee From Crop to Cup As the world celebrates International Coffee Day on Oct. 1, UArizona students will be learning about the complexity of coffee in the new course Food 353: Coffee from Crop to Cup.
Sept. 28, 2021 UArizona Awarded $60 Million to Lead Precision Aging Network The network, established with funding from the National Institutes of Health, has the ultimate goal of developing more effective brain-aging treatments and interventions targeted to the individual.
Sept. 28, 2021 Construction Underway on University's Grand Challenges Research Building The new building is designed to draw on the university’s core strengths and research collaborations in space exploration, optics, quantum information science and more.
