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Impact craters on Europa -- the jovian satellite that scientists say may hide a subsurface liquid ocean - show that the moon's brittle ice shell crust is more than 3 to 4 kilometers (1.8 to 2.4 miles) thick, two University of Arizona planetary scientists report in Science (Nov. 9 issue)
Popular science fiction writer Ben Bova will talk on his new book, "The Story of Light," at a reception hosted by the UA Astronomy Board and College of Science in Phoenix on Friday, Nov. 16. Hugh Downs will emcee the fete.
A gift from Phoenix-based credit counselors CCOA will help educate young people about finance and the often perilous world of debt.
How much groundwater lies beneath Arizona's Mohave County? This question is pivotal, given the county's growth.
UA materials scientists have won funding for a newly developed Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscope.
Engineers and anthropology students will work shoulder-to-shoulder next fall in a new, year-long engineering design course.
Coral has been recording information on global environment long before humans invented writing.
Vicki Chandler, a professor in plant sciences and in molecular/cellular biology, was picked for a one-year term as head of the American Society of Plant Biologists.
University of Arizona space scientists are inviting the public to join them on campus at a special open house at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. next Tuesday, Oct. 23, as the 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft arrives at Mars.
David D. Rubis, professor emeritus of the plant sciences department at the University of Arizona, was recently honored for his significant contributions in safflower breeding and genetics in Arizona, extending over a 50-year period.