How did humans and dogs become friends? Connections in the Americas began 12,000 years ago

Dec. 4, 2024

François Lanoë sitting in an archaeological excavation site holding a jawbone

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U of A hosts inaugural U.S. Mining Summit

The summit, held at the University of Arizona on April 3 and 4, rallied academic and business leaders around surging minerals demand amid unprecedented domestic challenges.

Novel treatment approach for language disorder shows promise

University of Arizona neuroscientists have developed a new treatment approach for a language disorder that combines traditional speech therapy with noninvasive electrical stimulation of the brain. Brain stimulation helped induce neuroplasticity, the brain's capacity to continue to reorganize and learn.

Study sheds light on ancient solar activity using radiocarbon locked in tree-rings

Analyzing radiocarbon in tree-ring samples, scientists from the University of Arizona Laboratory for Tree-Ring Research and ETH Zurich in Switzerland created the most detailed record yet of solar activity during the first millennium B.C.E. The data confirmed the unusually stable period of solar activity and revealed unique patterns that can help date archaeological artifacts.