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Wearing an orange safety vest and a gas mask, Solange Duhamel stands next to a wall of jumbled lava rocks reaching up to her shoulder.

Life on lava: How microbes colonize new habitats

Taking advantage of a "natural laboratory" in Iceland, a research team from the University of Arizona studied how microbes colonize fresh lava flows as soon as they cooled.

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Philip Gutruf stands in his laboratory with researchers working in the background.

AI-powered wearable boosts preventative care for elderly

University of Arizona engineers design a mesh sleeve that monitors leg movements with AI for subtle signs of frailty.

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Sporting a striking color pattern of yellow dots on its grey wings and a long, blue, "nose"-like head appendate, a lanternfly is pictured sitting on tree bark

New species are now being discovered faster than ever before, study suggests

According to a team of researchers from the University of Arizona, new species are being discovered at a faster rate than ever before, one that far exceeds extinction. These newly discovered species could be key in advancements within medicine and technology.

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Confused by the doctor's questionnaire? U of A study suggests it's common

A new paper suggests that a widely used questionnaire for triaging mental health symptoms could be giving providers poor data to inform treatment – and that a fix could be as simple as rewriting some of the questions.

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Old Main building on the UArizona campus

Jennifer McIntosh named inaugural Dr. Thomas Meixner Endowed Professor

Sept. 27, 2024

Waves

Ice age clues point to more extreme weather patterns in our future

Sept. 26, 2024

A Bosnian pine overlooking the hills of Pollino National Park in Italy.

Harvests, wildfires, epidemics: How the jet stream has shaped extreme weather in Europe for centuries

Sept. 25, 2024

Dante Lauretta gives a presentation in front of a space backdrop

$1M gift will advance consciousness research at U of A Astrobiology Center

Sept. 24, 2024

a photograph of a person with a label that says "arizona queer archives: building our histories together" on it sitting on top of an archive of items

$1M grant will support paid internships in community archives

Sept. 24, 2024

Sample return

OSIRIS-REx, 1 year later: Asteroid sample continues to provide clues about early solar system and origins of life on Earth

Sept. 24, 2024

Exoplanet illustrative image

Astronomers catch a glimpse of a uniquely inflated and asymmetric exoplanet

Sept. 24, 2024

Sunset over a landscape dominated by glaciers, small ice bergs and mountains

Study: Over nearly half a billion years, Earth's temperature has changed drastically, driven by carbon dioxide

Sept. 19, 2024

semi trucks and people wearing hazmat suits can be seen outside the main entrance to the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, China

Samples from Huanan Seafood Market provide further evidence of COVID-19 animal origins

Sept. 19, 2024

four people gathered on two sides of a table covered in slips of paper

U of A project addresses loneliness in older adults living in border and rural communities

Sept. 18, 2024

aerial view of Tucson

U of A center awarded $7.4M for its work on climate adaptation solutions

Sept. 18, 2024

Fall season

Equinoxes explained: Everything you need to know about the upcoming fall equinox

Sept. 17, 2024

A woman wearing a white lab coat with long, dark hair smiles while posing for a photo inside of a research laboratory. Behind her is a counter with various computers and lab equipment.

Researchers take power and efficiency of biological sensing to record level

Sept. 16, 2024

Plants rendered in a virtual reality environment with two white joysticks representing hands floating above the plants.

U of A partners on project combining AI, virtual reality and agriculture

Sept. 13, 2024

Graphic, provided by the Earth Commission, showing the transition towards a safe and just space

New research reveals prosperity for planet, people if Earth’s critical resources are better shared

Sept. 11, 2024

Yuliia Vyskrebenets

First-year student from Ukraine hopes to find purpose helping others

Sept. 11, 2024

A researcher wearing a white lab coat works at a lab bench, examining a sample near a microscope. Behind him is a sign that reads "Welcome to the Matzkin Lab." Various lab equipment, including a microscope and coiled tubing, are visible on the bench.

The molecular magic of mating

Sept. 11, 2024

Image of a mother holding a child in a baby carrier

A mother’s touch: can close physical contact with newborns reduce mother and baby’s dependence on drug treatment?

Sept. 6, 2024

An open space with art on white and red walls and lounge seating sits behind a wall of glass doors set into a white wall. Above the doors reads "Alice Chainten Bker Interdisciplinary Gallery"

Center for Creative Photography receives $1M gift commitment to establish endowment for interdisciplinary education

Sept. 5, 2024

Angela Acuna, Sharon Hom and Timian Godfrey smiling and posing for a photo in caps and gowns

College of Nursing receives $1.6M to support Indigenous students

Sept. 3, 2024

lithium-ion battery

Preventing car battery fires with help from machine learning

Aug. 29, 2024

Graduate students, part of the Grad CAFE program, pose for a photo together

U of A’s Grad CAFE helps underrepresented STEM students succeed socially, academically

Aug. 29, 2024

Students celebrate at Bash at the Rec

U of A named a 'Best College' by The Princeton Review

Aug. 28, 2024

A young hispanic woman with shoulder length hair and is wearing a grey, short sleeve button down shirt and smiling in front of a background of verticle lines mixed with green foliage.

First-year student chooses U of A as launchpad for NASA 'dream job'

Aug. 26, 2024