More than one asteroid could have spelled doom for the dinosaurs Aug. 17, 2022 A newly discovered impact crater below the seafloor hints at the possibility that more than one asteroid hit Earth during the time when dinosaurs went extinct. UArizona researcher Veronica Bray, who specializes in craters found throughout the solar system, is co-author of a new study about the discovery. Read more Image
More than meets the eye: How patterns in nature arise Aug. 11, 2022 Nature is full of patterns. Among them are tiling patterns, like what you see on a giraffe's coat. But what makes these natural patterns form? A new UArizona study uses bacteria to help answer that question. Read more Image
As reflective satellites fill the skies, UArizona students are making sure astronomers can adapt Aug. 2, 2022 University of Arizona students and faculty members completed a comprehensive study to track and characterize satellites, using a ground-based sensor they developed to measure satellites' brightness, speed and paths through the sky. Read more Image
UArizona reports record number of inventions Aug. 2, 2022 Tech Launch Arizona, the university's commercialization arm, recorded 303 novel inventions between July 1, 2021, and June 30 – the most invention disclosures registered for a single year in UArizona history. Read more Image
Following nature's rules, researchers develop new methods for treating degenerative neurological disease July 26, 2022 Researchers have developed a new class of drugs that is able to cross the blood-brain barrier. The technology has been licensed to the startup Teleport Pharmaceuticals. Read more Image
Studies link COVID-19 to wildlife sales at Chinese market, find other scenarios extremely unlikely July 26, 2022 Analyses based on locations and viral sequencing of early cases indicate the COVID-19 pandemic started in Wuhan's Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, with two separate jumps from animals to humans. Read more Image
Webb Telescope's stunning first images made possible by UArizona instruments and expertise July 12, 2022 After decades of development, a nail-biting launch and months of space travel and commissioning, NASA has released the first images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. The images hint at the beginning of years of space science, made possible in part by the 21 UArizona researchers who have played a role in developing and managing Webb's onboard instruments. Read more Image
OSIRIS-REx scientists: Taking asteroid sample was like punching a ball pit July 7, 2022 Before-and-after data from the few seconds it took the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to collect a sample from asteroid Bennu revealed a surprise: The particles of Bennu's exterior are so loosely packed, they act more like a fluid than a solid. Read more Image
Counting krypton: Water miles below Earth's surface isn't as old as scientists once thought July 6, 2022 As the Colorado River carved the Grand Canyon, it flushed away ancient groundwater. The discovery was made using a new method that determines the age of water based on how much of the radioactive element krypton-81 is present. Read more Image
New research could explain unknown causes of epilepsy July 6, 2022 In many cases of epilepsy – which disrupts electrical activity in the brain and often results in seizures – the underlying cause is unknown. UArizona researchers may have found an explanation for some forms of epilepsy. Read more Image