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CBC connects science with the Tucson community through outreach programs that bring hands-on chemistry demonstrations to local schools and events. Led by student groups and supported by faculty and staff, the programs aim to make science accessible, spark curiosity in young students and show that anyone can be a scientist.

Using computer simulations, researchers at the University of Arizona model the formation of giant impact basins, or craters, on 16 Psyche in preparation for the arrival of NASA's Psyche mission in 2029.

A new U of A study raise questions about how scientists use the Small Magellanic Cloud, our neighboring galaxy, as a reference point for understanding galaxies across the history of the universe.

With a $1 million investment from the Governor’s Office of Resiliency, researchers at the Arizona Geological Survey, or AZGS, housed in the University of Arizona College of Science, have launched a landmark two-year effort to update and map Arizona’s untapped geothermal potential.

The Covid pandemic was an extraordinary moment in history. Starting at the end of 2019, a virus new to science swept across the planet, killed more than 25 million people and caused trillion of dollars in economic damage.

But as outbreaks go, Covid was pretty ordinary, a new study finds.

The Wildcat Philanthropic Seed Fund has made its first investments in three venture-ready companies: CarbeniumTec, LifeSpan Digital Health and UGenome AI.

A team at Steward Observatory was awarded a contract to develop a coronagraph and a wide-field camera for the Lazuli Space Telescope part of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System.

An outpouring of magma isn’t the biggest risk to people downhill from Mount Rainier in Washington. The active volcano’s greatest danger comes from lahars — amalgams of mud, rock and water that are as dense as wet concrete.

Arizona has recorded about 11 inches of rain statewide — less in Phoenix, more in the High Country — every year since the 1990s, an inch below the long-term average and enough to declare a drought. As the state enters the 32nd year of drought, the end should be near.

Researchers at the University of Arizona say there may be at least twice as many vertebrate species as previously recognized.

From carbon-scrubbing crops to advanced life-support technology and an indoor Mars yard, the SAM facility is emerging as a proving site for future off-world missions.

The Wildcat Philanthropic Seed Fund has made its first investments in these venture-ready companies with more on the way, including one with College of Science faculty member Thomas Gianetti.