Science and Technology

Jan. 18, 2001

UA Student in Italy Says BRAVO! Program Offers Best Education Possible

Working in research labs in Europe is truly rewarding, says a UA undergraduate biology student in the university's BRAVO! program.

Jan. 12, 2001

Steward Observatory Hosts Public Evening Lectures On Astronomy in the New Millennium

Since 1924, Steward Observatory has been hosting public evening astronomy lectures. 1920s audiences would be shocked by what the astronomers are saying now.

Jan. 10, 2001

University of Minnesota Joins the Large Binocular Telescope Team

The University of Minnesota announced today that it has joined the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) project. Minnesota will receive viewing time on the LBT through an alliance with Research Corporation, a Tucson science advancement foundation that is a partner in the LBT.

Jan. 5, 2001

UA Team Takes Its Mars-Bound Experiment to Cape Canaveral

A team at the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL) is gripped by the special frenzied excitement that comes with packing up a major space experiment scheduled to reach Mars next October.

Dec. 22, 2000

Controlled Environment Agriculture

A new greenhouse at the UA's Campus Agricultural Center features controlled environment agriculture, which emphasizes the design of cost-effective systems, processes and equipment that will generate high yields of quality produce in greenhouses.

Dec. 22, 2000

Ganymede, Alongside Jupiter, Provides a Cassini Photo Opportunity

Cassini has sent back new pictures of Jupiter and its moons Europa, Callisto and Ganymede. Cassini Imaging Team members at UA are working hard to deliver them throughout Christmas week.

Dec. 20, 2000

Cassini's Sleighful of Jupiter Pictures: Golden Ornament, Silvery Ring

Jupiter's moon, Io, hangs in front of its planet like a Christmas ornament. Cassini Imaging scientists will release new pictures through Christmas Day, and again beginning Dec. 28, says UA's Carolyn Porco, Cassini Imaging Team leader.

Dec. 18, 2000

Expect More Picture Releases as Cassini Nears Jupiter

A striking color picture showing mottled cloud patterns near Jupiter's north pole begins a sequence of more frequent release of Jupiter images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft as the craft gets nearer to the planet over the next two weeks. Cassini Imaging Team members process the images at the UA Lunar and Planetary Lab in Tucson.

Dec. 15, 2000

Young UA Physicist Wins International Award for Nonlinear Science

UA physicist Raymond Goldstein has won an international prize awarded every two years to an outstanding young researcher in nonlinear science.

Dec. 14, 2000

UA Satellite Program Students to Launch 'CubeSat' Next November, Also Look to Mars

UA undergraduate students this week began mobilizing on very fast track to launch at least one miniature satellite from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, 11 months from now. It's the first step in a new program that UA and Stanford University faculty agree ultimately could send flotillas of scientifically productive mini-satellites as far as Mars.

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