Image UArizona leads international partnership to boost development of the internet of the future Aug. 3, 2022 The partnership, which also includes researchers in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, will focus on developing technology that will provide connectivity between quantum computers over short and long distances. Read more
Image As reflective satellites fill the skies, UArizona students are making sure astronomers can adapt Aug. 2, 2022 University of Arizona students and faculty members completed a comprehensive study to track and characterize satellites, using a ground-based sensor they developed to measure satellites' brightness, speed and paths through the sky. Read more
Image UArizona reports record number of inventions Aug. 2, 2022 Tech Launch Arizona, the university's commercialization arm, recorded 303 novel inventions between July 1, 2021, and June 30 – the most invention disclosures registered for a single year in UArizona history. Read more
Image Studies link COVID-19 to wildlife sales at Chinese market, find other scenarios extremely unlikely July 26, 2022 Analyses based on locations and viral sequencing of early cases indicate the COVID-19 pandemic started in Wuhan's Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, with two separate jumps from animals to humans. Read more
Image Following nature's rules, researchers develop new methods for treating degenerative neurological disease July 26, 2022 Researchers have developed a new class of drugs that is able to cross the blood-brain barrier. The technology has been licensed to the startup Teleport Pharmaceuticals. Read more
Image Are you good at what you do? Bragging about it could make people trust you less July 20, 2022 Social scientists have long thought that being smart and skilled will help you appear more trustworthy in situations where finances are involved. But new research from the Eller College of Management suggests that touting your abilities in these scenarios could backfire. Read more
Image Summer is bat-watching season in Tucson: Here's what you should know July 20, 2022 Two University of Arizona experts discuss why Southern Arizona is a mecca for bats, share tips on how to best observe them, and clear up myths surrounding these creatures of the night. Read more
Image Webb Telescope's stunning first images made possible by UArizona instruments and expertise July 12, 2022 After decades of development, a nail-biting launch and months of space travel and commissioning, NASA has released the first images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. The images hint at the beginning of years of space science, made possible in part by the 21 UArizona researchers who have played a role in developing and managing Webb's onboard instruments. Read more
Image OSIRIS-REx scientists: Taking asteroid sample was like punching a ball pit July 7, 2022 Before-and-after data from the few seconds it took the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to collect a sample from asteroid Bennu revealed a surprise: The particles of Bennu's exterior are so loosely packed, they act more like a fluid than a solid. Read more
Image Cascading Colorado River cuts bring focus to future of Arizona agriculture July 6, 2022 Amid the call for drastic water-use reductions in the Southwest, Arizona agriculturists, scientists and water stakeholders will gather to explore future sustainability at the Water Resources Research Center annual conference. Read more