Image May 9, 2024 UArizona's Marcia Rieke wins $500,000 Gruber Cosmology Prize Read more at UArizona News
May 7, 2024 Student entrepreneurs to sell goods and services through new online marketplace Read more at UArizona News Image
May 3, 2024 Good vibrations: New tech may lead to smaller, more powerful wireless devices Read more at UArizona News Image
Image Astronomers spot swirling, gritty clouds on remote planet March 24, 2023 Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers observed detailed features, including roiling clouds of dust, in the atmosphere of a brown dwarf planet 40 light-years away. Read more at UArizona News
Image 6 months to go until historic asteroid sample delivery March 24, 2023 NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is cruising back to Earth with the sample it collected from asteroid Bennu's rocky surface in 2020. When the sample capsule parachutes down into the Utah desert on Sept. 24, the UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission will become the first U.S. mission to return an asteroid sample to Earth. Read more at UArizona News
Image A range of discovery: 120 years on the Santa Rita Experimental Range March 22, 2023 Part of the Arizona Experiment Station system, the Santa Rita Experimental Range is one of the longest continuously operating research areas in the world and is responsible for one of the richest publicly available ecological data sets. Read more at UArizona News
Image Confused by quantum computing? Students are developing a puzzle game to help March 22, 2023 UArizona students have developed an online game modeled after the popular "tangram" puzzle game. It is designed to teach quantum computation concepts to everyone from middle school students to scientists. Read more at UArizona News
Image Optical switching at record speeds opens door for ultrafast, light-based electronics and computers March 20, 2023 Imagine a home computer operating 1 million times faster than the most expensive hardware on the market. Now, imagine that being the industry standard. UArizona physicists hope to pave the way for that reality. Read more at UArizona News
Image UArizona researchers launch the Great Arizona Tick Check March 20, 2023 As spring blooms across much of Arizona, university researchers are launching a community health effort with a unique call to the public: Send us your ticks. The Great Arizona Tick Check will help researchers build the first-ever database of tick distribution and correlated disease in Arizona. Read more at UArizona News
Image 3D radar scan provides clues about threats to iconic Alaskan glacier March 15, 2023 Mapping a large coastal glacier in Alaska revealed that its bulk sits below sea level and is undercut by channels, making it vulnerable to accelerated melting in an already deteriorating coastal habitat. Read more at UArizona News
Image Engineers lead $1.2M project to 3D-print parts for hypersonic vehicles March 14, 2023 When engineers 3D-print metal objects, they use metals originally developed for conventional manufacturing. It works, but not as well as it could. Two UArizona experts are using a new suite of equipment to develop alloys optimized for both 3D printing and hypersonic flight. Read more at UArizona News
Image Center for Innovation generates $35.3M in economic output March 13, 2023 The university's Center for Innovation – a business incubator network that empowers science and technology startups to bring their ideas to market – had an economic output of $35.3 million in 2021, according to a new analysis. Read more at UArizona News
Image Food, film and futurists: Here's what's happening in the Wonder House at South by Southwest March 8, 2023 Dozens of presentations from University of Arizona experts, a film festival and more are on tap at this year's Wonder House as the university returns to South by Southwest. Read more
Image Student-built satellite uses 'beach ball' for an antenna March 6, 2023 CatSat is a small satellite carrying a new communications concept – an inflatable antenna – into space. Led by UArizona students and supported by engineers from local aerospace companies, the project offers students a rare chance to get hands-on experience with spaceflight technology. Read more at UArizona News
Image Hansel and Gretel's breadcrumb trick inspires robotic exploration of caves on Mars and beyond March 1, 2023 Future space missions likely will send robots to scout out underground habitats for astronauts. UArizona engineers have developed a system that would allow autonomous vehicles to explore caves, lava tubes and even oceans on other worlds. Read more at UArizona News