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The latest design of the enclosure, telescope and site at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. (Image: M3 Engineering)

Anonymous Gift Means More Time on GMT for UArizona Astronomers

June 22, 2020

The Giant Magellan Telescope promises to deliver breakthrough discoveries.

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UArizona Testing App to Alert Students, Employees Exposed to COVID-19

June 17, 2020

The Covid Watch smartphone app sends exposure alerts without having to collect any personally identifying information from users, protecting their anonymity.

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Located primarily at the University of Arizona Tech Park, the University of Arizona Center for Innovation is a startup incubator network with a mission to support university-affiliated and Greater Tucson community startups with customizable programming and a network of experts.

Alumni Startup Pivots During COVID-19 with Support from UArizona Incubator

June 15, 2020

The University of Arizona Center for Innovation has helped a culinary mushroom producer retool its business model after the pandemic tool its toll.

https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/alumni-startup-pivots-during-covid19-support-ua…

Shining a Light on COVID-19 Detection

June 14, 2020

The startup that licensed a UArizona-invented ultraviolet spectrometer has been awarded a $1.5 million Air Force contract to build devices that can quickly detect COVID-19 in virus test samples.

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Artist's illustration of complex organic molecules in space. Image: NASA/Jenny Mottar

Ingredients for Life Appear in Stellar Nurseries Long Before Stars are Born

June 10, 2020

Astronomers probed a vast, cosmic cloud of gas and dust for traces of organic molecules that form building blocks for life. They found that such molecules appear hundreds of thousands of years before stars start to form.

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Balancing public health with individual rights can be difficult during a global pandemic, when efforts to stop the spread of disease may infringe upon personal freedoms.

Balancing Individual Rights, Public Health During a Pandemic

June 9, 2020

While stay-at-home orders are lifting nationwide, quarantine and isolation orders can still be issued due to emergency declarations that remain in effect, says Leila Barraza, who teaches public health law and ethics.

https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/balancing-individual-rights-public-health-durin…
This image, taken by the spacecraft from a distance of 0.4 miles, shows a group of large boulders located just north of asteroid Bennu’s equatorial region, with two exhibiting linear cracks. For scale, the crack that runs through the rectangular boulder (upper left) is 8.7 feet long, which is about the length of a dining room table. (Image: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona)

NASA's OSIRIS-REx Discovers Sunlight Can Crack Rocks on Asteroid Bennu

June 8, 2020

Scientists with the UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission found that rocks on asteroid Bennu appear to be cracking as sunlight heats them up during the day and they cool down at night.

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Should You Buy or Sell a House During the Pandemic?

June 7, 2020

Gary Pivo, a university expert on real estate development, discusses COVID-19's impact on the housing market and what it could mean for prospective buyers or sellers.

https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/should-you-buy-or-sell-house-during-pandemic
Starting June 8, nearly 50 high school students will work virtually with leading UArizona researchers to conduct high-impact bioscience research. (Photo: UAHS BioCommunications)

Trading Pipets for Keyboards: KEYS Internship Goes Virtual

June 7, 2020

The BIO5 KEYS Research Internship Program will take a new form this summer as 49 students engage in computational projects from the safety of their homes.

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Underrepresented STEM Students Explore New Frontiers of Sound

June 7, 2020

The New Frontiers of Sound Research Experience and Mentorship program provides mentors and research opportunities for underrepresented students interested in graduate school and careers in engineering.

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This image, showing asteroid Bennu's spinning-top shape, was taken by the MapCam camera on NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on April 29, from a distance of 5 miles. From the spacecraft's vantage point, half of Bennu is sunlit and half is in shadow. (Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona) Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona

Asteroids Bennu and Ryugu May Have Formed Directly From Collision in Space

May 31, 2020

Scientists from the OSIRIS-REx and Hayabusa2 teams have new theories about why the asteroids Bennu and Ryugu have their signature "spinning-top" shapes.

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Researchers Develop System to Address $150B Health Care Losses Due to No-Shows

May 27, 2020

An engineering graduate student developed a system to help mitigate no-shows for health care appointments.

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