Jan. 22, 2026 Rewilding corn reveals what its roots forgot Researchers are tapping corn's wild ancestor to uncover what modern cultivation may have lost – traits that help naturally balance nitrogen in agricultural soils.
Dec. 18, 2025 Life on lava: How microbes colonize new habitats Taking advantage of a "natural laboratory" in Iceland, a research team from the University of Arizona studied how microbes colonize fresh lava flows as soon as they cooled.
Dec. 16, 2025 Climate change's hidden price tag: a drop in our income By linking decades of weather and income data, University of Arizona economist Derek Lemoine shows how routine temperature shifts have already become an economic force.
Dec. 8, 2025 New research links health impacts related to 'forever chemicals' to billions in economic losses A University of Arizona study finds that PFAS contamination imposes annual social costs of at least $8 billion.
Nov. 24, 2025 Ecological winners: Why some species dominate the planet Analyzing plant dispersion data from across the globe, researchers at the University of Arizona found that the most abundant species have adapted to tolerate a wide range of climates. Their findings could inform future conservation efforts.
Nov. 5, 2025 U of A-led team discovers large ritual constructions by early Mesoamericans Archaeologists working in southeastern Mexico unearthed further signs that a monument first recorded in 2020 is one of the region's most significant ceremonial sites known today.
Nov. 4, 2025 U of A Superfund Research Center secures $14.8M NIEHS grant to combat hazardous dust effects in Southwest The center was established in 1989 and has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 1997.
Oct. 22, 2025 Extinction rates have slowed across many plant and animal groups, study shows The first analysis of recent extinctions across plants and animals finds that, contrary to previous studies, the rate at which many groups of organisms have gone extinct has declined over the last 100 years.
Oct. 16, 2025 Study finds humans outweigh climate in depleting Arizona's water supply University of Arizona researchers evaluate the impact of pumping on groundwater levels using data spanning millennia.
Oct. 16, 2025 Two U of A antiquities experts named members of the Institute for Advanced Study Eleni Hasaki, an expert on ancient Greek ceramics, and Irene Bald Romano, a scholar of Greek and Roman sculpture, will each spend a semester at the renowned institute in New Jersey.