UArizona researchers to help track deadly fungus in Arizona wastewater April 11, 2023 Wastewater-based epidemiology's potential was brought to bear during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, it could help public health officials get ahead of the drug-resistant fungus Candida auris. Read more at UArizona News Image
UArizona East Asian studies professor awarded 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship April 6, 2023 Jiang Wu, head of the University of Arizona Center for Buddhist Studies, will use the award to further research the impact of 17th century Buddhist monk Yinyuan Longqi. Read more at UArizona News Image
Astronomers race to make sense of brightest gamma ray burst ever seen March 28, 2023 UArizona astronomers have joined an international effort to study the aftermath of the brightest flash of gamma rays ever observed. Observations involving UArizona telescopes and instruments provide astronomers with a "cosmic lab" to study how massive stars die. Read more at UArizona News Image
UArizona students track asteroid set to whiz by Earth this weekend March 24, 2023 As a sizable asteroid makes a close pass by Earth, a team of UArizona students is ready to observe the action to practice and test procedures that could be useful in mitigating an impending asteroid impact in the future. Read more at UArizona News 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