Tasting tomorrow: Adapting heritage cuisine for a changing climate July 12, 2023 As climate change affects conditions for growing local ingredients, your favorite hometown dish could taste different in the future. The Tasting Tomorrow project seeks to preserve family recipes in the face of climate change. Read more at UArizona News Image
Interdisciplinary research funding awarded to three Planetary Science faculty at UArizona July 10, 2023 The awards totaled more than $1 million to eight interdisciplinary teams in the final year of Scialog: Signatures of Life in the Universe, an initiative launched in 2021 to catalyze fundamental science in the search for life beyond Earth. Read more Image
OSIRIS-REx team members practice recovering asteroid sample capsule bound for Earth July 6, 2023 Everything must go smoothly when the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft releases its capsule full of pristine asteroid material over the Utah desert in September. Members of the mission team gathered at Lockheed Martin in Colorado to rehearse recovering the capsule and its precious cargo. Read more at UArizona News Image
Astronomers discover elusive planet responsible for spiral arms around its star July 6, 2023 Astronomers have long been puzzled by spiral arms seen around some infant stars. UArizona researchers have discovered a young exoplanet that could explain this phenomenon and provide clues about planetary formation. Read more at UArizona News Image
Creative people enjoy idle time more than others July 5, 2023 During the pandemic, when the world experienced extended periods of unstructured time, creative types were less bored and more engaged with their thoughts than others, a new UArizona study finds. Read more at UArizona News Image
Space Act Agreement with NASA will advance UArizona engagement in human spaceflight July 5, 2023 UArizona has signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA's Johnson Space Center that will allow the university to engage extensively in human spaceflight missions. Read more at UArizona News Image
Phosphate found on Enceladus boosts chances for life June 30, 2023 “Enceladus may be one of our best chances to find extant life in our solar system,” says Regis Ferriere, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona. Read more Image
UArizona astronomers identify the earliest strands of the cosmic web June 29, 2023 Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a threadlike arrangement of 10 galaxies that existed just 830 million years after the Big Bang. The structure reveals clues and questions about the fundamental architecture of the universe. Read more at UArizona News Image
Money, QS honor UArizona as a top public US university June 28, 2023 UArizona is included on Money's list of The Best Colleges in America 2023. The university is also ranked No. 54 in the United States and No. 27 among public U.S. institutions in the 2024 QS World University Rankings. Read more at UArizona News Image
The Conversation: The digital future may rely on ultrafast optical electronics and computers June 27, 2023 If you’ve ever wished you had a faster phone, computer or internet connection, you’ve encountered the personal experience of hitting a limit of technology. But there might be help on the way. Read more Image