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Roberta Diaz Brinton

Building a Pathway from Tribal College to Neuroscience Laboratories

Sept. 25, 2019

A $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will help a team that includes University of Arizona researchers develop a program to help train Navajo students in neuroscience programs.
From left: Doctoral student Clarisa Grijalva Lugo, University of Sonora, Mexico professor and UA alumnus Jesus Horacio Pacheco, doctoral student Pratik Satam, professor Salim Hariri, doctoral student Shalaka Chittaranjan Satam, and assistant research professor Cihan Tunc.

$3M Grant to Create Cybersecurity Modeled After Human Body

Sept. 25, 2019

University of Arizona electrical and computer engineering researchers are training a future cybersecurity workforce and creating bioinspired methods for keeping computers secure.
Carbon fiber material.

Startup Licenses Carbon Fiber Tech to Treat Broken Bones, Receives Funding

Sept. 25, 2019

An Arizona professor has has invented a flexible carbon fiber fabric designed to be inserted inside and around a fractured bone. The technology has been licensed to a startup and has already received venture capital funding to take it forward.
Diné College student and Indige-FEWSS participant Larry Moore demonstrates use of the solar-powered water filtration system to community members on Navajo Nation.

Students Tackle 21st Century Sustainability Challenges on the Navajo Nation

Sept. 24, 2019

UA students working on food, energy and water insecurity among Indigenous communities build an off-the-grid water filtration system on the Navajo Nation.

UA Scientists to Examine Food Safety Practices After E. coli Outbreak

Sept. 22, 2019

University of Arizona researchers are participating in a study to determine how environmental factors impact the risk of produce becoming contaminated, with a goal of enhancing the safety of produce grown in the Yuma area.
An artist’s rendering of the asteroid Psyche. (Image: ASU/Peter Rubin/CC-BY-SA-4.0)

Iron Magma Could Explain Psyche’s Density Puzzle

Sept. 22, 2019

Volcanism has always intrigued humanity. Less than 50 years ago, scientists discovered cryovolcanism – ice volcanoes on other worlds. Now, researchers may have identified volcanoes of molten metal.
During the Eocene Epoch, alligator relatives swam in the swamps on Ellesmere Island and mammals climbed in the dawn redwood trees. (Image: Bob Hynes, Smithsonian Institution)

Study of Ancient Climate Suggests Warming Could Accelerate as CO2 Levels Rise

Sept. 17, 2019

A model used to assess climate change suggests that with increasing carbon dioxide levels, the Earth may warm more rapidly than previously thought.

Brain May Not Need Body Movements to Learn Virtual Spaces

Sept. 17, 2019

A new study conducted by the University of Arizona and the University of California, Davis enhances our understanding of how the brain learns in virtual reality.
Pierre Deymier (right) and UA President Robert C. Robbins examine the acoustic system that allowed researchers to create Bell states using phonons. (Photo: Paul Tumarkin/Tech Launch Arizona)

Sound of the Future: A New Analog to Quantum Computing

Sept. 16, 2019

University of Arizona engineers researching the emerging field of phononics are using soundwaves to search through big data with more stability and ease.
UA President Robert C. Robbins delivers remarks at the University of Arizona Center for Innovation at Oro Valley groundbreaking ceremony. (Photo: Andy Ober/UANews)

Community Partnerships Power Oro Valley Incubator

Sept. 12, 2019

Thanks to years of work from community, industry and University of Arizona leaders, a biotech incubator in Oro Valley will soon be a reality. The University of Arizona Center for Innovation at Oro Valley will give biotech startups access to lab space, industry expertise and business coaching.
Biosphere 2 WALD members (from left): UA assistant professor Laura Meredith, University of Freiburg professor Christiane Werner, University of Texas - Austin assistant professor Pawel Misztal and University of Freiburg postdoctoral fellow Ines Bamberger. (Photo: Erik Daber)

Biosphere 2 Rain Forest Closed During Drought Experiment

Sept. 12, 2019

Drought will soon descend on the University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2 rain forest, and an international research team will be ready with an array of instruments to record what unfurls under the glass.
Local variations in topography could buffer saguaros from the harsh realities of climate change.

Topography Could Save Sensitive Saguaros as Climate Changes

Sept. 9, 2019

Researchers found that variations in Tumamoc Hill’s topography interacted with climate fluctuations to produce unexpected demographic patterns in the saguaro population.