Leveraging research, industry expertise to speed biomedical breakthroughs

Aug. 7, 2025

Katy Smith, U of A Health Sciences Office of Communications

The new Center for Health and Technology pools assets throughout Arizona for widespread wins in device development.

Six white robot arms working on blue circles on a semiconductor manufacturing line — Collaborators in the University of Arizona Center for Health and Technology will produce next-generation devices that incorporate practical insights.

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Collaborations at the WEST Center drive innovation and national recognition

U.S. News & World Report recently ranked the University of Arizona No. 2 in the nation and No. 31 worldwide in water resources, recognition fueled by groundbreaking research at the WEST (Water & Energy Sustainable Technology) Center. WEST is advancing technologies for water reuse while training both military cadets and civilian operators to lead the future of water security.

U of A scholars urge new frameworks to protect Indigenous heritage—millennia of research—for the common good

U of A scholars Rebecca Tsosie and Michael Kotutwa Johnson urge society to embrace Indigenous seed stewardship as key to resilience and survival. Their new UCLA Law Review article, “The Seed is the Law,” calls for protecting heirloom seeds and traditional knowledge through Tribal, U.S., and international law.

A growing baby planet photographed for first time in a ring of darkness

Using a cutting-edge optics system developed at the University of Arizona, researchers have gotten a glimpse of what our solar system likely looked like during its infancy.