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Inside Bacterial Cells, a War Against Copper

While antibiotic resistance is on the rise, pharmaceutical companies are making fewer and fewer new antibiotics. UA immunobiologist Michael Johnson says this trend is in urgent need of reversal and believes copper might just be the key.

April 1, 2019
Streptococcus pneumoniae cells under microscope

New Program Bolsters UA’s Standing as Borderlands Leader

Jan. 22, 2019
faint illustrated book floating over the desert next to a saguaro cactus

Q&A: Ayumi Pottenger's Got Research on the Brain

Ayumi Pottenger is an undergraduate student studying molecular and cellular biology in the hopes of developing treatments for those with Parkinson’s disease while elucidating some of the mysteries of the brain.

Jan. 16, 2019
University of Arizona molecular and cellular biology undergraduate student Ayumi Pottenger handling a sample in the laboratory

Q&A: Mastering the Nervous System with Briggs Carhart

Briggs Carhart is a Master of Public Health student who studies the nervous system and is particularly interested in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.

Nov. 13, 2018
Briggs Carhart examining a sample under a microscope.

UA Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center Receives $4.5M for Continued Research

Nov. 2, 2018
Sunset in Sonoran Desert, near Phoenix.

Q&A: Thomas Moon, Postdoc at the Molecular Level

Aug. 13, 2018
Thomas Moon sits in front of two computer screens in the lab.

Chasing a Storm in the Pines

Aug. 7, 2018
Matt Dannenberg, Paul Szejner, and Erik Anderson core a Ponderosa pine tree in Northern Arizona's Kaibab National Forest. (Photo: Emily Litvack/RDI)

Q&A: Sophie Church, Master Art Conservator

July 23, 2018
Art conservationist Sophie Church handles a piece of pottery at the Arizona State Museum.

Q&A: Lizard-Loving PhD Student Earyn McGee

July 10, 2018
Earyn McGee holding a lizard in a dry stream bed in the Chiricahua Mountains

Sam Gralla Tidies the Messy Universe

July 2, 2018
UA physicist Sam Gralla dribbles a ball on the basketball court.

Video: Guatemalan Coffee Farmers and a Changing Climate

May 29, 2018

What is a Comet?

April 25, 2018
Illustration of a comet traveling through space between the earth and sun