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AbGradCon 2026 graduate committee

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Early-career graduate students host an exclusive, NASA-funded astrobiology conference

AbGradCon 2026, a student organized conference, brought an international group of graduate students studying astrobiology, planetary science and astronomy to the University of Arizona to present their research and engage in early-career discussions.

Dr. Geoffrey Gurtner, a professor and chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson

Dr. Geoffrey Gurtner elected to National Academy of Medicine

Dr. Geoffrey Gurtner has been awarded more than $50 million in federal research funding, holds more than 50 patents, has founded five venture capital-backed life science companies, has authored or co-authored more than 400 peer-reviewed articles and nearly 50 book chapters, and has served as president of several medical societies.

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APEX and Apophis

Three years into its second mission, NASA's OSIRIS-APEX sets its sights on 2029

OSIRIS-APEX, the spacecraft that originally flew as OSIRIS-REx, is expected to reach the asteroid Apophis in late spring of 2029, but the team is already keeping the spacecraft busy.

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A planet with a striped pattern consisting of purple and tan bands, set against a backdrop of stars in the distant universe

Discovery marks the first detection of variable water clouds outside of our solar system

A Jupiter-sized world just 7.5 light-years away is cloudy, chemically complex, and, it turns out, more like home than anyone expected.

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Western corn rootworm

Study warns pest resistance threatens corn industry's newest biotech defense

Sept. 16, 2025

$1.7M DOD grant funds virtual cancer center to support research into military health

Sept. 16, 2025

At night, the open dome reveals the dish of the Arizona Radio Observatory's 12-meter Telescope on Kitt Peak

New images reveal clues about the feeding habits of black holes

Sept. 16, 2025

Researcher Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz applies a swab to a petri dish

AZBio Awards to honor two U of A faculty members, startup company

Sept. 10, 2025

Tejo Bheemasetti presents at the at the Arizona Transportation Institute Summit.

University engineers fast-track Arizona roadway improvements

Sept. 10, 2025

Overhead view of University of Arizona campus and Bear Down sign.

U of A research: Top 25 among public institutions, No. 1 in Arizona in new Washington Monthly list

Sept. 9, 2025

A technician wearing protective clothing and safety glasses adjusts optical components next to a large, colorful laser lens inside a laboratory at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

University of Arizona joins STARFIRE Hub for inertial fusion energy

Sept. 9, 2025

University of Arizona campus at sunset.

President Garimella's inaugural annual letter: U of A is 'vibrant, resilient and ready for a bright future'

Sept. 3, 2025

old main behind a cactus

U of A topped $257M in total funding for active research partnerships that included Native tribes in fiscal year 2025

Sept. 2, 2025

controlled fusion energy

Video: Exploring fusion energy at the University of Arizona

Aug. 28, 2025

$x-ray of broken arm with red circle overlay on the fracture site$

Repurposed multiple sclerosis drug could help bones heal faster

Aug. 27, 2025

Image of a fossil Jianfengia specimen showing the animal's elongated body consisting of 27 identical segments with appendages.

An ancient signpost: Minute fossils tell big story about arthropod evolution

Aug. 26, 2025

a person reaches into closely stacked racks holding solar-dried food

Arizona startup tackles food waste with solar drying technology

Aug. 26, 2025

Artist's illustration of protoplanet WISPIT 2b, surrounded by a swirling cloud of gas and dust, with its host star in the distance.

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

Aug. 26, 2025

portrait of Claudia Nelson wearing white shirt and black blazer

Building a research database to protect tribal trust

Aug. 25, 2025

A group of four, light brown prairie dogs a grouped together and peering out from a whole in a dirt-strewn field.

What can prairie dogs teach us about wildfire management?

Aug. 25, 2025

University of Arizona Mall at sunset

Fall semester launches a new chapter in the University of Arizona's history

Aug. 23, 2025

Jessica Barnes sitting in a chair in her lab, loading a sample into an analyzer instrument

Asteroid Bennu is a time capsule of materials bearing witness to its origin and transformation over billions of years

Aug. 22, 2025

Two vials of liquid medication and a syringe on an empty yellow bag with black text “chemotherapy drug, observe safety precautions”

Repackaged cancer drug boosts delivery to tumors, improves combination therapies

Aug. 21, 2025

A doctor applies sensors to the arm of a person sitting on a bed in a sleep lab while another person monitors the sensor output on a small digital device on the wall.

Putting sleep at the center of health care

Aug. 20, 2025

Portrait of Maya Kaelberer whereing a white blazer in an outdoor setting with trees in the background

A ‘gut sense’ connecting the large intestine to the brain could help regulate appetite

Aug. 20, 2025

A person flips through a collection of vinyl records in a record store, using both hands to browse the albums in a crate.

Why do we collect? U of A study shows it's about seeking structure

Aug. 20, 2025

The Mach-X research team posing for a photo in their lab with scientific machinery behind them

College of Engineering team wins $5M to speed defense manufacturing

Aug. 18, 2025

Stefano Guerra, MD, PhD, works with laptop in a University of Arizona research laboratory

$3.8M NIH grant will fund research into potential early COPD biomarker

Aug. 14, 2025