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Sporting a striking color pattern of yellow dots on its grey wings and a long, blue, "nose"-like head appendate, a lanternfly is pictured sitting on tree bark

New species are now being discovered faster than ever before, study suggests

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Philip Gutruf stands in his laboratory with researchers working in the background.

AI-powered wearable boosts preventative care for elderly

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Wearing an orange safety vest and a gas mask, Solange Duhamel stands next to a wall of jumbled lava rocks reaching up to her shoulder.

Life on lava: How microbes colonize new habitats

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A historic brick building stands behind a garden filled with blooming red and purple flowers, tall cacti, and a fountain spraying arcs of water. Palm trees frame the scene as warm late-afternoon sunlight casts long shadows across the walkway.

Famous faces, balanced budgets and big ideas: Top U of A stories of 2025

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Rats were exposed to room light and fitted with contact lenses, one shown here, that allowed the green spectrum wavelength to pass through the lenses.(Photo: Bob Demers/UANews)

Treatment of Pain Gets the Green Light

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Noodles Supplant Cigarettes as Prison Currency of Choice

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The Reason for Mars’ Tumultuous Past

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Gene Giacomelli harvests food fit for Mars at the UA's Controlled Environment Agriculture Center.(Photo: Norma Jean Gargasz/UANews)

'The Martian' Food-Growing System: It's Here

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Terraced Craters: Windows Into Mars' Icy Past

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An overview of the Acidalia Planitia region taken by the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter. The transition between Acidalia Planitia and Tempe Terra is shown here in a computer-generated perspective view.(Image: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)

UA Mars Scientists Capture Image of Sci-Fi Landing Site

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The Great Fire of 1872 left large parts of Boston in ruins. Because many horses were sick with an outbreak of the flu, equipment had to be pulled by men, slowing firefighting efforts.

UA Study on Flu Evolution May Change Textbooks, History Books

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This image includes an especially long example of a type of dark marking that advances down some Martian slopes in warmer months and fades away in cooler months.(Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UA)

UA HiRISE Mars Camera Reveals a More Dynamic Red Planet

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The Flowing Sands of Mars

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UA Makes Mirrors for World’s Largest Telescope

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Meteorite Shockwaves Trigger Dust Avalanches on Mars

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NASA Selects UA-Led Mission to Collect Sample From Asteroid

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