Nov. 13, 2018 Internships Lead to Scientific Publication for High School Students Summer internships in a UA bioinformatics laboratory led to the realization of a prestigious scientific goal for three local high school students.
Nov. 8, 2018 UA Researchers Make Next Move in Fight Against Ovarian Cancer With a grant from the U.S. Army, the UA's Jennifer Barton is continuing research into a disposable falloposcope to detect early-stage ovarian cancer.
Nov. 7, 2018 Aging a Flock of Stars in the Wild Duck Cluster Astronomers found that the way almost 3,000 stars in one of the richest star clusters move belies their true ages, which has helped solve a long-standing puzzle about how stars evolve.
Nov. 1, 2018 UA Study: Imported Tomatoes from Mexico Worth $4.8B to US Economy While the United States is one of the largest tomato producers in the world, imports play an important role in satisfying demand for fresh tomatoes since most U.S. production is destined for the processed market.
Nov. 5, 2018 The Secret behind Coral Reef Diversity? Time. Lots of Time. One of the world's premier diving destinations owes its reputation as a hotspot of marine biodiversity to being undisturbed over millions of years, according to a study led by UA ecologists.
Nov. 6, 2018 Building Water-Efficient Cities Requires Collaboration To create livable, aesthetically pleasing cities that are also water-efficient, UA experts say water managers and urban planners will need to increase their coordination efforts.
Oct. 28, 2018 UA Joins Research Coalition on Climate As part of the University Climate Change Coalition, the UA will collaborate with other top research institutions dedicated to finding practical solutions to climate challenges.
Oct. 29, 2018 Genetic Search Reveals Key to Resistance in Cotton Pest Researchers have pinpointed a dominant genetic mutation that makes cotton bollworms, one of the world’s most destructive crop pests, resistant to genetically engineered cotton.
Oct. 24, 2018 Rare Blue Asteroid Reveals Itself During Fly-By An international team led by Teddy Kareta, a doctoral student at the UA's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, investigated (3200) Phaethon, a bizarre asteroid that sometimes behaves like a comet, and found it even more enigmatic than previously thought.
Oct. 18, 2018 Helping Minority Students Overcome Barriers to Graduate Education A $1.075 million grant from the National Science Foundation allows the UA to continue helping underrepresented students through the Bridge to the Doctorate Program.