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  • Next Science Cafe Explores Controlled Environment Agriculture | January 31, 2008
    UA Professor Gene Giacomelli will discuss new approaches to agriculture that allows plants to grow in extreme environments. | General News | Science and Technology
  • UA-Led Research Team Awarded $50 Million to Solve Plant Biology's Grand Challenges | January 30, 2008
    The grant marks significant progress in Arizona’s goal to become an international leader in the biosciences. | Health | Science and Technology
  • Mineral Museum Hosts Hubert C. de Monmonier Collection | January 29, 2008
    The Hubert C. de Monmonier Collection contains 871 mineral specimens representing 64 species. | General News | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
  • Emeritus Mathematics Professor Honored | January 25, 2008
    Donald E. Myers has been named the 2008 Distinguished Lecturer by the International Association of Mathematics Geology. Myers' work has aided in areas as diverse as mining exploration, watershed hydrology and enviornmental remediation. | Campus News | General News | Science and Technology
  • UA, High School Students Share Research | January 25, 2008
    The 19th Undergraduate Biology Research Program Conference is a chance for students to explain to the public the research they have spent the semester and, sometimes, the year working on. | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
  • Regents' Professors, University Distinguished Professor Inducted | January 24, 2008
    The four professors were honored during an on-campus ceremony Thursday.  | Arts and Humanities | Campus News | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • UA Scientist Catches Jupiter's Giant Storms in Hubble Telescope Images | January 23, 2008
    A University of Arizona scientist has taken  some of the best images of two unusual giant storms that erupted from Jupiter last spring. | Science and Technology
  • HiRISE Camera Details Dynamic Wind Action on Mars | January 23, 2008
    Wind is far from anemic when it comes to shaping and scouring landforms on Mars. | Science and Technology
  • Newly Discovered Active Fault Building New Islands Off Croatian Coast | January 22, 2008
    A newly identified fault under the Adriatic Sea is actively building more of the beautiful Dalmatian Islands and Dinaride Mountains of Croatia, according to UA-led research. | Science and Technology
  • Academy Award Nominee to Speak at the UA | January 22, 2008
    John C. Kilkenny, executive vice president of Twentieth Century Fox, will speak about the partnership between filmmakers and scientists. | Arts and Humanities | Science and Technology
  • National Geographic Highlights UA Tree-Ring Laboratory | January 17, 2008
    Thomas Swetnam, director of the UA Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, is featured in the current issue of National Geographic. | General News | Science and Technology
  • Researchers Put the Bite on Mosquitoes | January 16, 2008
    If a team of University of Arizona researchers has its way, one day mosquito bites may prove deadly to the mosquitoes. | Health | Science and Technology
  • Arizona Space Industry Generates Over $250M Annually, Creates 3,300 Jobs | January 15, 2008
    UA is the dominant influence in Arizona’s astronomy and planetary research endeavors. | Business and Law | Science and Technology
  • Conference on Global Climate Change | January 14, 2008
    A conference to be held at the UA in February will bring together some of the nation's foremost education and government experts to discuss state and federal agency roles as a result of global climate change. | Business and Law | General News | Science and Technology
  • Astronomers Find That Space Rock Won't Hit Mars | January 11, 2008
    Scientists say chances that asteroid 2007 WD5 will hit Mars at the end of January are almost nil. | Science and Technology
  • Hubble, Spitzer Telescopes View 'The Moth' | January 10, 2008
    The dust disk resembles a giant space moth, one with a 22-billion-mile wingspan. | Science and Technology
  • Weird Object May Be Result of Colliding Protoplanets | January 9, 2008
    Astronomers may have discovered why something so small packs so much heat. | Science and Technology
  • Astronomers are First to Successfully Predict Extra-Solar Planet | January 9, 2008
    UA researcher Rory Barnes is the first to correctly predict where an unknown planet beyond our solar system exists. | Science and Technology
  • College of Science Lecture Series Explores the Edges of Life | January 8, 2008
    The series of six lectures will bring together perspectives that include biology, medicine, technology and philosophy. | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
  • Telescope Project Receives $30M From Charles Simonyi, Bill Gates | January 4, 2008
    The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Project has received $20 million from Charles Simonyi and $10 million from Bill Gates. | Science and Technology
  • Catalina Sky Survey Discovers Space Rock That Could Hit Mars | January 2, 2008
    An asteroid discovered by the UA's Catalina Sky Survey has a chance of hitting Mars on Jan. 30. | Science and Technology
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