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
Image Engineers design motorless sailplane for Mars exploration June 30, 2022 A concept developed by UArizona aerospace experts and a NASA planetary scientist takes inspiration from albatross flight to learn more about the Red Planet's atmosphere and geology. Read more
Image Solving renewable energy challenges with a new kind of nontoxic battery June 29, 2022 With a startup called CarbeniumTec, researchers in the College of Science and the College of Medicine – Tucson aim to bring to market new technology that reimagines how electricity is stored. Read more
Image Online tool helps scholars write more clearly, avoid 'the curse of knowledge' June 28, 2022 The better someone knows a topic, the more difficult their writing about that subject can be to understand. UArizona researchers have developed the Writing Clarity Calculator to help scholars determine how clear their writing is. Read more
Image Study solves long-standing mystery of what may have triggered ice age June 23, 2022 Combining advanced climate model simulations with marine sediment analyses, a new study reveals what may have triggered massive ice sheets to form in Scandinavia, ringing in the last glacial period some 100,000 years ago. Read more
Image Title IX turns 50 – a Q&A with law professor Tammi Walker June 22, 2022 Title IX, the landmark legislation designed to eliminate sex discrimination in education, marks its 50th anniversary this year. Tammi Walker, an associate professor of law, talks about the legislation's impact and evolution. Read more
Image The smell of desert rain may be good for your health June 22, 2022 Desert dwellers know it well: the smell of rain and the feeling of joy that comes with it. The familiar fragrance, which is the result of oils and chemicals released by desert plants, may offer stress-reducing health benefits, University of Arizona research suggests. Read more
Image Dying stars could seed interstellar medium with carbon nanotubes June 16, 2022 Evidence suggests that carbon nanotubes, tiny tubes consisting of pure carbon, could be forged in the envelopes of dust and gas surrounding dying stars. The findings propose a simple, yet elegant mechanism for the formation and survival of complex carbon molecules in space. Read more
Image A chance for rainy redemption: Fantasy monsoon game back for a second year June 15, 2022 Weather watchers are invited to submit their monsoon predictions online in the Southwest Monsoon Fantasy Forecasts game. Created by UArizona climate researchers, the game draws inspiration from fantasy sports. Read more
Image Mysterious 'blue blobs' reveal a new kind of star system June 15, 2022 Astronomers have discovered a new type of stellar system that contains only young, blue stars. The structures are thought to be created when galaxies collide with hot gas in something of a galactic belly flop. Read more