June 12, 2018 Startup Licenses UA-Invented Disruptive Biopsy Device Inventors at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson and Banner – University Medical Center Tucson are working with Tech Launch Arizona on a next-generation instrument.
June 6, 2018 What it Takes to Discover Small Rocks in Space The asteroid that blew up in the sky on June 2 was discovered by the UA-led Catalina Sky Survey using a telescope that helped discover about half of all known near-Earth objects.
May 31, 2018 Startup Licenses Invention to Enhance Skin Cancer Prevention Melanin represents the body's natural defense against cancer-causing UV rays. The UA has licensed two melanin-producing peptides to startup MCR Therapeutics.
May 30, 2018 $1.7M Grant Will Increase Number of Mental Health Nurse Practitioners in Rural Areas A four-year grant provides University of Arizona College of Nursing students the opportunity to train at medically underserved sites with an end goal of increasing mental health nurse practitioners in those areas.
May 30, 2018 Elite Designation for Cyber Ops Program From NSA The UA program, begun less than two years ago, becomes one of only 20 to be recognized by the National Security Agency for teaching specialized technologies and techniques.
May 8, 2018 Researcher Uses 'Shotgun Sequencing' to Study Microorganisms With her love of genomics and computer programming, researcher Bonnie Hurwitz works in metagenomics, or the sequencing of the whole communities of microorganisms within a sample.
May 3, 2018 UA, Banner Receive Largest NIH Award in Arizona History The historic $60 million award for the All of Us Research Program will accelerate pursuit of tailored health care, in which strategies are optimized based on patients' differences.
April 25, 2018 Startup Iluminos Licenses UA-Invented Treatment for Alzheimer's An Arizona startup is hoping its unique compounds will lead to treatments to halt or slow the progression of a devastating neurodegenerative disease that affects nearly 6 million Americans.
April 24, 2018 New Estimates of Mercury's Thin, Dense Crust Michael Sori, a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona, used careful mathematical calculations to determine the density of Mercury’s crust, which is thinner than anyone thought.
April 24, 2018 Rescue Drones, Rocket Science Highlight Design Day Nearly 600 engineering students will display a search and rescue drone, a device to monitor swelling and more than 100 other projects with the potential to save lives, time and money.
