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NSF Honors Achievements of UA-led Water Research Center
In 2000, the UA started what would become one of the world's foremost powerhouses in water-related research.
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'Universe of Dreams' with NPR's Neal Conan at UA
NPR host Neal Conan and Ensemble Galilei will perform at the UA's Centennial Hall this month.
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Project Sage Special Report: Achieving Sustainability Through Agriculture
UA researchers believe that algae will be providing fuel to power vehicles within the next five years.
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Physicist Honored for Discoveries About the Sun
Marcia Neugebauer has received two prestigious awards for her research into the nature of the solar wind.
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Mars Up Close and Personal
The Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter, Biosphere 2 and Flandrau Science Center are hosting a joint public event highlighting Mars closing in on Earth on Jan. 29.
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Cave Reveals Southwest's Abrupt Climate Swings During Ice Age
UA researchers report that the Southwest's climate had rapid shifts between wet and dry periods 11,000 to 55,000 years ago.
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Student Builds Spider Robot From Spare Parts
Fox News | UA engineering senior Matt Bunting has always had a passion for building robots, starting with the Lego car he equipped with a Web cam to chase the family cat around the house. Bunting's latest robot can even teach itself to navigate uneven terrain. -
College of Science Spring Lectures Focus on "Mind and Brain"UANews | The six-part lecture series, "Mind and Brain," starts the evening of Tuesday, Feb. 23 and will explore how brains are built, how minds are made and how cognitive and neural science is changing the way we think.
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New Ag Technology Needed Arizona Daily Star | As labor pools continue to decline, new technologies, such as those being developed by the University of Arizona College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, will be needed to free human hands for other tasks.
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University of Arizona's Tree Ring Lab Unlocking the Past KNXV-TV | Since the UA Tree Ring Lab had its original breakthrough dating ancient ruins here in the southwest, its scientists have studied tree rings to find clues about climate, archeology and the history of civilizations affected by climate.
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'Simply Smashing': UA Physicist Discusses His Role on 'Big Science' ProjectUANews | The upcoming Science Café features Michael Shupe, a member of the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest particle accelerator.
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NSF Honors Achievements of UA-led Water Research CenterUANews | In 2000, the UA started what would become one of the world's foremost powerhouses in water-related research.
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Star Nights: Public Invited for Stargazing at Sabino CanyonUANews | The UA Astronomy Club will continue to host its monthly star parties at Sabino Canyon on the first Saturday of every month. These informal star parties include telescope viewing, constellation mapping and an introduction to the programs offered at the Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter.
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Treasures of the Queen: The Amazing Minerals and Mysteries of BisbeeUANews | UA's Flandrau Science Center and Mineral Museum highlight Bisbee's colorful mining town past through an exhibition of rarely seen minerals, period cothing and photographs.
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New Online Tool Expands Classroom and Meeting PossibilitiesUANews | Elluminate offers a host of functionalities for online-based learning and interaction. UA employees and students can use the software for free.
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Vanishing Water and Shifting ClimateUANews | In "Let's Talk Science: Extreme Water," a lecture series hosted by Biosphere 2, seven UA scientists and thinkers discuss pressing topics such as America's coming water crisis, Arizona river hydrology, the vulnerability of societies to climate change and the search for life in the Earth's driest environments.
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'Universe of Dreams' with NPR's Neal Conan at UAUANews | NPR host Neal Conan and Ensemble Galilei will perform at the UA's Centennial Hall this month.
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Influence of Media Sex Is Not Uniform Across GenresUANews | UA graduate student Paul J. Wright and his adviser, Dale Kunkel, are heading up research to better understand the influence entertainment media has on the sexual behaviors of youth. Both have found that the influences may vary, but the concern is the same: public health.
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When Moths Make a Home in Yours
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Direct Connect: Qubits KOHD | UA alumnus and architect Mark Burginger helped invent "Qubits," a construction toy for children interested in science, architecture and engineering. Burginger's invention earned him a spot on ABC News Network's "Shark Tank," a reality show about entrepreneurs, which will air Feb. 5.
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Project Sage Special Report: Achieving Sustainability Through AgricultureUANews | UA researchers believe that algae will be providing fuel to power vehicles within the next five years.
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Santa Rita Experimental Range: A Century of SustainabilityUANews | The UA's Santa Rita Experimental Range has served as an important outdoor laboratory for more than a century for researchers investigating sustainable grazing practices.
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Engaging the Public in SustainabilityUANews | For more than 80 years, the Arizona Cooperative Extension has used classes, seminars, workshops and other methods to bring research-based information to farmers and ranchers throughout the state.
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Physicist Honored for Discoveries About the Sun UANews | Marcia Neugebauer has received two prestigious awards for her research into the nature of the solar wind.
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For Cave Women, Farmers Had Extra Sex Appeal NPR | UA geneticist Michael Hammer and others have weighed in on whether guys with special technical knowledge might have had an advantage with the opposite sex. Hammer has, for instance, linked Y chromosome migration to agricultural improvements in ancient Japan.
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Universities Go For the Green Environmental Leader | The University of Arizona, like institutions across the nation promoting green projects, installed solar panels atop the Second Street Garage as part of its effort to infuse the campus with more sustainable energy.
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Strange 'Comet' May be Asteroid Collision Debris National Geographic | Jim Scotti and other planetary scientists at the UA are trying to figure out whether an object that looks like a comet but is in an asteroidal orbit might actually be the aftermath of a smash-up between two asteroids. If so, it would be the first time such an event has been observed.
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Mars Up Close and Personal UANews | The Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter, Biosphere 2 and Flandrau Science Center are hosting a joint public event highlighting Mars closing in on Earth on Jan. 29.
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Pact to Limit Sugary Cereals to Kids Not Worth Its Salt Chicago Tribune | Companies continue to market unhealthy food products to children, yet parents do have power, said Dale Kunkel, a University of Arizona communication professor. Kunkel encourages parents not to allow their children to have sugary cereal, even when they beg for it.
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UA Program Offers Increasingly Broad Range of Research OpportunitiesUANews | Nearly 100 students from the UA and San Miguel High School will presenting their research during the Undergraduate Biology Research Program's 21st annual conference held at the UA.
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Study Links Asia to Smog Component in Western US Washington Post | William Sprigg, a University of Arizona research professor, said a newly released study indicating that ozone blowing from Asia is aiding in increased smog levels in the western region of the United States will likely help improve air quality control.