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Long interested in improving the quality of science education, Sam Ward, UA professor in molecular and cellular biology (MCB), has been appointed editor-in-chief of a soon-to-be launched online journal promoting science education.
The UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences offers resources and information on foot and mouth disease.
The laws that govern the attributes of organisms as they change in size applies to forests across the globe in a very predictable and regular way, UA's Brian Enquist reports in the April 5 Nature. (Don't let the word "allometry" scare you - this is fascinating stuff!)
What scientists suspect might be ancient ocean shorelines on the northern plains of Mars is actually a network of tectonic ridges related to dramatic martian volcanism, a University of Arizona planetary sciences graduate student and a collaborating post-doctoral researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology report April 5 in Nature.
Astronomer Ewine van Dishoeck - winner of the $1.2 million 2000 Spinoza Award, considered the Dutch "Nobel Prize" --- will give the 2001 Marc Aaronson Memorial Lecture Friday, April 20 at the UA Steward Observatory. Her talk, "From Molecules to Planets: The Realm of Astrochemistry" will be at 7 p.m. in the Steward Observatory Lecture Hall (Room N210). It is free and open to the public.
Galileo and Cassini spacecraft last winter jointly photographed a 250-mile high volcanic plume near the north pole of Jupiter's moon Io. Scientists were astounded.
While winter rainfall was above average overall in southeastern Arizona and southern New Mexico, drier conditions in these areas pose increased fire danger, according to Tim Brown, director of the Program for Climate, Ecosystem, and Fire Applications (CEFA) at Desert Research Institute in Reno, Nev. Fire managers and climate experts will plan for the next fire season at a March 28 meeting at UA.
UA neurobiologists detail how airborne odors dictate brain activity and behavior in moths in today's issue of Nature (March 22). The moth is believed to be a model system for all animals -- including humans.
When birds' beaks change to match new foods, their songs also change, potentially affecting their ability to recognize mates, according to new research.
Guided by "supramolecules" found in nature, scientists are designing supramolecules with potential uses ranging from toxic waste removal to new pharmaceuticals to molecular computing.
