While the lightsaber is at the center of many memorable "Star Wars" battles, UA researcher Jason Jones says attempting to develop a lightsaber on Earth presents an unsolvable power problem.
UA biomedical engineer Russell Witte is leading a $1.15 million NIH project with the potential to advance understanding of brain function and improve diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders.
A team of scientists led by UA glaciologist Jeffrey Kargel determined that the situation "could have been far worse," even with a death toll that exceeded 9,000.
The UA scored a top-three finish in its first Pac-12 Zero-Waste Football Challenge, diverting nearly 12 tons of waste that otherwise would have ended up in a landfill.