Science and Technology

Solar Concentrator Shows Promise for Bringing Electricity to Remote Villages | May 12, 2008
Student engineers design a robust system that tracks the sun and focuses sunlight on a Stirling engine to provide enough energy for a small building or several homes. | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
UA Researchers Create a Leaner, Greener Computer Cluster | May 12, 2008
A new environmentally friendly shared computer cluster is significantly reducing both the environmental impact and costs of campus computing. | Science and Technology
Forecast: Wildfire Potential Above Normal in Arizona | May 9, 2008
UA experts helped draft a report that indicates the wildfire season is likely to be busy through August. | General News | Science and Technology
Luis Velarde Awarded University of California's Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship | May 8, 2008
The award recognizes Velarde's excellence in research and in academic achievement, and his record of activities that promote access and opportunity in higher education. | Science and Technology
Engineering Students Help in Search for Cost-Effective Solar Energy Systems | May 7, 2008
Their solar illuminator will help Prof. Raymond Kostuk test systems that combine optical concentrators with conventional solar cells. | Science and Technology
Researchers Tackling Unsolved Questions About Protein Structures | May 6, 2008
Their findings will help people better understand how proteins evolved to carry out the instructions encoded in the genes of every living thing. | Health | Science and Technology
UA Mining Engineering Student Wins $3,000 in Michelin Essay Contest | May 2, 2008
Daniel Marsh, a junior in mining engineering, was the first runner-up in the Michelin Essay Contest. | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
Astronomical Society of the Pacific Honors UA Astronomer for Excellent Teaching | May 2, 2008
Chris Impey is nationally known as a top astronomy teacher. | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
Nobel-winning Scientist Headlines National Conference on Environmental Conflict Resolution | May 2, 2008
The ECR2008 National Conference will address ways that various environmental stakeholders can resolve disputes. | Business and Law | Science and Technology
Couple's Gift Brings Nobel Laureate to UA | May 1, 2008
The $1.1 million donation to the UA's chemistry department will help fund a lecture by Nobel Laureate Elias James Corey, a professor at Harvard University known for his contributions to chemistry. | Science and Technology
Model Mars Lander Part of NASA's 50th Anniversary Celebration | April 30, 2008
A replica model of the Phoenix Mars Mission lander will be on display during the celebration this week. | General News | Science and Technology
UA Team Ties for Micro Air Vehicle Win at Competition | April 29, 2008
The UA's Micro Air Vehicle Team tied for first place in the most difficult and complex competition yet presented to the tiny spy planes. | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
May 5 Science Cafe Offers Background on Phoenix Mars Mission | April 29, 2008
This month's Science Café is all about the upcoming Phoenix Mars Mission. | General News | Science and Technology
Scientists and Engineers Use Autonomic Computing to Study the Secret Lives of Plants | April 28, 2008
Computer intelligence, robotic sensors and experiments in the UA's Biosphere 2 combine to accelerate plant research. | Science and Technology
Students Compete for Cash During Engineering Design Day | April 28, 2008
This year's engineering seniors will offer the results of their research this year, and vie for $6,000 in prizes. | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
Engineers Aid Search for Drug Combinations that Fight, Prevent Disease | April 28, 2008
Engineering optimization strategies help researchers bring order to the chaos inherent in testing thousands of drug combinations. | Science and Technology
Physicists Ready for Science with World's Most Powerful Accelerator | April 25, 2008
New experiments might detect particles of dark matter, and even create short-lived, wimpy black holes. | Science and Technology
UA Astronomer Xiaohui Fan Wins Guggenheim Fellowship | April 25, 2008
Fan is using the Large Binocular Telescope to find the oldest quasars. | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
McGuire Entrepreneurship Team Beats the Pros | April 24, 2008
LenSense, a startup venture established through the UA's McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship, was the only university team among the 12 finalists in Nokia's "Mobile Rules!" Challenge. | Business and Law | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
UA Scientists and Colleagues Call for More Access to Biotech Crop Data | April 24, 2008
A team of biologists that includes two UA entomology professors calls for making available detailed nationwide maps of the locations of biotech crops. | Health | Science and Technology
NSF Fellowship Goes to UA Computer Science Alumna | April 23, 2008
Ekaterina Hristova Spriggs, who completed her undergraduate degree last year, has earned a grant that will provide $90,000 over a three-year period. | Campus News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
Materials Anthropology Class Transports Students Back in Time | April 23, 2008
Along the way, they get hands-on experience with what were cutting-edge technologies hundreds, thousands and even millions of years ago. | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
Agreement Connects UA, French Researchers | April 23, 2008
The French National Research Center and The University of Arizona have agreed to share researchers on issues ranging from water and the environment to public policy. | Science and Technology
Did a Significant Cool Spell Mark the Demise of Megafauna? | April 22, 2008
Just as Earth began warming from the last ice age, a 1,000-year cooling spell signaled the demise of mammoths and other giant mammals that roamed North America. | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
UA Researchers Create Self-Healing Computer Systems for Spacecraft | April 18, 2008
The technology also could produce computer systems that statistically predict failures and reconfigure themselves to head off the failures before they occur. | Science and Technology
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