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Arizona Online Continues its Rapid Ascent in US News Rankings

Jan. 13, 2020

With an 18-spot jump from last year and a 70-spot increase from the university's inaugural appearance in 2017, Arizona Online is one of the nation's fastest-rising universities in the rankings.
This photo was taken Jan. 26, 2014, during California's most recent "perfect drought" and shows low water drought conditions at Folsom Dam and Lake, located in Sacramento and El Dorado counties. Folsom Lake is part of the Central Valley Project, operated by the U.S. Department of the Interior and Bureau of Reclamation. (Photo: John Chacon/CADWR)

Widespread Droughts Affect Southern California Water Sources Six Times a Century

Jan. 12, 2020

A study used the annual growth rings of trees to reconstruct a long-term climate history and examine "perfect droughts" in Southern California's main water sources.
An array of objects professor Andrew Wessman and have students have produced using additive manufacturing machines, including a bottle opener, a fidget spinner and a metal business card. (Photo: Emily Dieckman)

UArizona Machine Set to 3D Print Jet Engine Parts

Jan. 12, 2020

A $400,000 piece of equipment provided by Honeywell expands the University of Arizona’s additive manufacturing initiative with its ability to print metal components for aerospace and medical needs.

Planet Discovery Machine Atop Kitt Peak Sees First Light

Jan. 8, 2020

The new NEID instrument, designed to measure the motion of nearby stars with extreme precision, has obtained "first light" and is ready to embark on its quest to characterize exoplanets as small as Earth.
Poplar trees are fast-growing trees that are a source of biofuel and other products including paper, pallets, plywood and furniture frames. (Photo: David J.P. Moore)

Genetically Modified Poplar Trees Save Air Quality, Grow Well

Jan. 5, 2020

University of Arizona-led research found that trees in which isoprene production was genetically suppressed did not suffer ill effects in terms of photosynthesis or biomass production.
Ice sheets on the Southern Ocean. (Photo: Hannah Zanowski)

Antarctic Waters: Warmer with More Acidity and Less Oxygen

Jan. 5, 2020

Oxygen loss and warming in the Southern Ocean around the Antarctic coast is much larger than predicted due to increased freshwater from melting ice sheets and increased wind.

Why Your First Battle With Flu Matters Most

Dec. 18, 2019

Researchers found that the first strain of the flu virus a person encounters during childhood sets the course for how the immune system responds to exposures later in life.

'Rainforest Under Glass' Kissed by Rain After Two-Month Drought

Dec. 15, 2019

An experiment at Biosphere 2 forced the “hottest tropical rainforest in the world” through a controlled drought and recovery to see how climate change will affect Earth’s ecosystems.
This image shows sample site Nightingale, OSIRIS-REx’s primary sample collection site on asteroid Bennu. The image is overlaid with a graphic of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to illustrate the scale of the site. (Image: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona)

X Marks the Spot: NASA Selects Site for Asteroid Sample Collection

Dec. 11, 2019

The OSIRIS-REx mission team evaluated four candidate sites and identified site Nightingale as the best option for the sample collection, with site Osprey named as the backup.
Elephants are an example of organisms that have few, but large, offspring. Elephants also put more energy into rearing their offspring than many animals, such as fish, which lay their eggs and leave them behind.

Deciphering the Equations of Life

Dec. 10, 2019

A new theory describes what all animals have in common and allows predictions for specific traits of species that might not be well understood by science.
Hong Hua is one of two UArizona faculty inventors being honored by the National Association of Inventors this year. (Photo: Paul Tumarkin/Tech Launch Arizona)

Two Faculty Inventors Named NAI Fellows

Dec. 9, 2019

Optical Sciences Professor Hong Hua and Regents Professor Emeritus Victor Hruby are being honored as National Academy of Inventors Fellows, the highest professional distinction awarded to academic inventors.

UArizona Looks Toward Work on NASA’s Potential Asteroid-Hunting Space Telescope

Dec. 9, 2019

Professor Amy Mainzer of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory will provide technical leadership for the projected Near-Earth Object Surveillance Mission, which will include the NEO Surveyor spacecraft.