Mars vs. Comet in 2014: Scientists Prepare for Red Planet Sky Show

  • CBS News
  • April 2, 2013
A close encounter between Mars and Comet C/2013 A1, also called Siding Spring, in 2014 is creating both opportunity and anxiety in scientific circles. "We are certainly expecting to observe Siding Spring with HiRISE and other MRO instruments," said Alfred McEwen, director of the UA Planetary Image Research Laboratory and principal investigator for HiRISE, the camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

UA Dedicates New School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences

  • UANews
  • April 1, 2013
The UA has established a new School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences that will bring together teaching, research and extension resources from across the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to focus on animal health, growth, nutrition and disease, and human health challenges facing Arizona and the global community. The new school likely will host the proposed Arizona Veterinary Medical Education program.

UA Testing Vast, Open Online Courses

  • Arizona Daily Star
  • March 29, 2013
The UA is experimenting with massive open online courses to gauge their feasibility and popularity. The UA's Chris Impey is teaching a MOOC called "Astronomy - State of the Art," designed to attract the astronomy-savvy who want to explore topics such as exoplanets and dark energy. The course is global in reach, Impey said, with students from Brazil, India and elsewhere.

Plastic Wins UA Student an Innovator Award

  • Arizona Daily Star
  • March 29, 2013
Jared Griebel, the UA Student Innovator of the Year, was honored this week at Innovation Day at the UA. Greibel's discoveries could translate a problem - waste sulfur - into an opportunity to create batteries from his electrochemically active copolymer. Three companies with an interest in developing them are working with samples of his novel plastic.

Multi-Toxin Biotech Crops Not Silver Bullets, UA Scientists Warn

  • UANews
  • March 28, 2013
The widely used strategy of endowing crops with redundant toxins to fend off pests rests on flawed assumptions, UA researchers have discovered. Their study helps explain why pests are evolving resistance much faster than predicted and offers solutions for better agricultural management.

Engineering Professor Inspires Students with Keys to Robotic Car

  • UANews
  • March 28, 2013
The UA's Jonathan Sprinkle recently received an NSF Career Award for his work that could help bring to fruition futuristic ideas such as cars that drive themselves. Sprinkle will give the keys of a robotic car to high school students so they can test modeling techniques designed to keep the vehicle operating safely - while inspiring them to take an interest in engineering.

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