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Thirteen research teams will address various aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic with financial support from a rapid-turnaround seed grants supplied through the BIO5 Institute and state funding. The grants amount to more than $500,000.
Inventors at the James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences have developed a method for enhancing the performance of optical fiber lasers. UArizona has licensed the technology to startup CMLaser Technologies Inc.
Researchers are racing to collect atmospheric and other data, which they can use to determine the extent of the impact of the virus on environmental health.
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft got within 200 feet of the asteroid Bennu during a practice run for the NASA mission. The spacecraft will grab a sample from Bennu's surface in late summer.
The first public veterinary medical program in Arizona received 518 applications and interviewed 244 applicants to fill 110 seats. The diverse group of accepted students includes 46 in-state and 64 nonresident students, ages 19 to 51, and 35% of them identify as an underrepresented minority.
Astronomers believe that what was once thought to be an exoplanet in a nearby star system was actually a cloud of fine dust resulting from a collision in space.
A UArizona-led forecasting team predicts 19 named storms, 10 hurricanes and five major hurricanes during this year's Atlantic hurricane season.
University of Arizona researchers are using quantum entanglement to detect radio frequencies with more sensitivity and accuracy than ever.
Although socioeconomic factors affect countless other life outcomes, they do not predict the success of a citizen scientist, according to UArizona researchers working to make science accessible to communities living in the shadow of environmental contamination.
The newly formed Arizona COVID-19 Genomics Union, or ACGU, which includes UArizona virus expert Michael Worobey, will use genomic sequencing to track the new coronavirus.
