Aug. 31, 2022 Legal and computer science experts join forces to make writing wills easier Attorneys' fees and other barriers keep many people from setting up wills. A team of researchers from three colleges hopes artificial intelligence can automate parts of that process and make wills more accessible.
Aug. 25, 2022 With Webb Space Telescope, UArizona astronomers help detect carbon dioxide in exoplanet atmosphere After years of preparation and anticipation, exoplanet researchers are ecstatic about the first official scientific observation of an exoplanet by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. The results are indicative of Webb's ability to spot key molecules like carbon dioxide in a wide variety of exoplanets.
Aug. 17, 2022 More than one asteroid could have spelled doom for the dinosaurs A newly discovered impact crater below the seafloor hints at the possibility that more than one asteroid hit Earth during the time when dinosaurs went extinct. UArizona researcher Veronica Bray, who specializes in craters found throughout the solar system, is co-author of a new study about the discovery.
Aug. 15, 2022 UArizona prepares for start of classes with resources on COVID, flu and monkeypox As students prepare to return to campus for the start of the fall semester on Aug. 22, President Robert C. Robbins stressed the importance of vaccines, testing, and continued compassion and vigilance.
Aug. 10, 2022 A discoverer of worlds in Arizona's backyard The Large Binocular Telescope is unrivaled in the global arsenal of optical telescopes. Sporting two 27-foot mirrors made at UArizona, its unique design allows astronomers to make observations that would not otherwise be possible.
Aug. 2, 2022 As reflective satellites fill the skies, UArizona students are making sure astronomers can adapt University of Arizona students and faculty members completed a comprehensive study to track and characterize satellites, using a ground-based sensor they developed to measure satellites' brightness, speed and paths through the sky.
Aug. 2, 2022 UArizona reports record number of inventions Tech Launch Arizona, the university's commercialization arm, recorded 303 novel inventions between July 1, 2021, and June 30 – the most invention disclosures registered for a single year in UArizona history.
July 26, 2022 Following nature's rules, researchers develop new methods for treating degenerative neurological disease Researchers have developed a new class of drugs that is able to cross the blood-brain barrier. The technology has been licensed to the startup Teleport Pharmaceuticals.
July 26, 2022 Research collaboration informs international classification of firefighting as carcinogenic A longtime partnership between the Tucson Fire Department and researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences provided evidence that occupational exposure as a firefighter causes cancer.
July 26, 2022 Studies link COVID-19 to wildlife sales at Chinese market, find other scenarios extremely unlikely Analyses based on locations and viral sequencing of early cases indicate the COVID-19 pandemic started in Wuhan's Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, with two separate jumps from animals to humans.
