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How stars die: Astronomers detect magnetic fingerprint of a cosmic explosion for the first time

U of A researchers using the National Science Foundation's Very Large Array radio telescope revealed polarized light and a powerful magnetic environment in a gamma-ray burst afterglow, offering new clues about how the universe's most massive stars end their lives.

Read more at University of Arizona News

Yellowing sunflowers suffering heat stress

Plants are heating up faster than the air around them – and climate models are missing it

A new study shows that rising temperatures are going to hit plants harder than most current models predict, which could have significant implications for everything from plant and animal biodiversity to future weather patterns.

Read more at University of Arizona News

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Quantum materials discovery could advance electronics for extreme environments

Researchers demonstrate a potential new use for graphene nanoribbons that could improve semiconductor technologies for fusion energy and space systems.

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University of Arizona Core Facilities Highlights: Imaging Cores – Electron

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U of A Center for Innovation generates $664.8M in economic output

March 20, 2025

A woman with long dark hair and glasses stands in a digital preservation lab, holding open a scrapbook filled with old family photos. She wears a patterned dress with an orange cardigan and smiles at the camera. Behind her, a colorful banner reading 'Memory Lab' hangs on the wall, with a workstation featuring a computer, VHS tapes, and archival equipment visible.

Digitize your old home movies, photos at the Wildcats Memory Lab

March 19, 2025

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From glacial preservation to local conservation: U of A experts discuss research ahead of World Water Day

March 19, 2025

Evolutionary stages of a hypothetical planetary system over time

Combination of cosmic processes shapes the size and location of sub-Neptunes

March 18, 2025

Tech Launch Arizona

U of A climbs to No. 31 worldwide and No. 23 nationally in patent rankings

March 13, 2025

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Vocal changes in birds may predict age-related disorders in people, study finds

March 12, 2025

Artist's illustration of the SPHEREx wide-field telescope orbiting the Earth in space

NASA's SPHEREx mission will use software from the Arizona Cosmology Lab to answer questions about the first moments after the Big Bang

March 12, 2025

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History Professor Challenges Stigmatization of Women’s ‘Immoral’ Labor

March 10, 2025

JADES galaxy

James Webb Space Telescope reveals unexpected complex chemistry in primordial galaxy

March 10, 2025

Christos Gagatsos, Oskar Novak, and Narayanan Rengaswamy

With $2M in grants, U of A engineers push toward a quantum computing future

March 10, 2025

Dean Papajohn, Lily Trenkamp, Lauren Johnson, Reuel Florendo, Kenadee Carruthers and Macie Balkan celebrate a win on an expo stage

Raytheon's $2M gift commitment fuels student leadership in engineering

March 6, 2025

Karner blue butterfly

The yucca and the moth: How extreme weather impacts the timing of biological events

March 4, 2025

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Santa Cruz River moves closer to national designation with guidance from U of A experts

March 4, 2025

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U of A ranks among world's best in physical sciences

March 3, 2025

Interior view of the Giant Magellan Telescope at night.

How next-gen telescopes could discover extraterrestrial oxygen

Feb. 27, 2025

An artist’s impression of the PDS 70 system with protoplanets, each surrounded by dust rings illuminated by starlight.

Sharper image: U of A-built instrument reveals pictures of 'baby planets'

Feb. 26, 2025

An artist's impression of a planet-forming disk, with its gas and dust illuminated in yellow and orange, swirling around a low-mass star.

James Webb Telescope reveals planet-forming disks can last longer than previously thought

Feb. 26, 2025

A promotional graphic for the 2025 College of Science Lecture Series titled 'Can We Talk? The Science of Communication.' The text is in bold, blue and white lettering against a black background, surrounded by various blue speech bubbles, animals, satellites, microphones, and other symbols representing communication.

College of Science Lecture Series to explore the science of communication

Feb. 25, 2025

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Gallery: Fusion lecture provides energizing start to new series

Feb. 19, 2025

A satellite image of glaciers in Alaska shows white flows of ice surrounded by dark green mountain ridges

As glaciers melt faster, freshwater sources dwindle and sea-level rise accelerates

Feb. 19, 2025

wildfires burning in a desert mountain range

The fire paradox: Tree-ring data shows wildfire activity has declined, not increased

Feb. 17, 2025

Steve Kortenkamp in front of a desk with lunar models of various colors

U of A professors develop astronomy materials to aid visually impaired students

Feb. 14, 2025

image of space with an arrow where asteroid 2024 YR4 would be

NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX Mission to Apophis: Key for Earth’s Defense

Feb. 14, 2025

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U of A astronomer Erika Hamden named to Arizona Space Commission

Feb. 14, 2025