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Alt Text: Roberto Furfaro poses in front of a screen depicting Earth surrounded by tracked orbital objects, with bright green paths illustrating their trajectories through space.

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U of A professor joins international effort to ensure space safety and sustainability

Roberto Furfaro is part of an expert group advising on space situational awareness – the ability to characterize, track and understand the behavior of objects in space – amid a growing number of satellites and debris orbiting Earth.

Bob Bodnar

U of A appoints Bodnar to lead mining, critical minerals institute

Robert J. Bodnar will shape the vision, structure and long-term direction of the university's research initiative in mining, critical minerals and subsurface science and innovation.

Read more at University of Arizona News

Scott Saleska, director of the LEO Survey and lead of the BIC From Early Earth to Mars project, inspects the living crust atop one of the LEO hillslopes at Biosphere 2.

A launchpad for landscape terraformation science

At Biosphere 2, "From Early Earth to Mars" explores how life can transform planets in an effort to make Mars habitable while keeping Earth livable.

A view of the control room at the Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center (ASTEC).

Innovative research team receives national recognition from NSF I-Corps program

A U of A research team has received national recognition through the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps program.

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A silicon wafer with a phononic device is being tested under a microscope.

Good vibrations: New tech may lead to smaller, more powerful wireless devices

May 3, 2024

Jay Quade (left) and Jordan Abell, a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Geosciences (right) looking for optimal samples.

Geochemist Jay Quade elected to National Academy of Sciences

May 1, 2024

Panelists and moderators of the Copper is Critical event in Washington, D.C. pose for a picture.

University of Arizona mining, mineral expertise shines in Washington, D.C.

April 26, 2024

The National Synthesis Center for Emergence in the Molecular and Cellular Sciences graphic

UArizona-led CyVerse part of $20M NSF award to catalyze biosciences discoveries

April 25, 2024

A red squirrel sitting on a branch

Early trauma cuts life short for red squirrels. Climate change could make matters worse

April 24, 2024

Ground and the sky

Human activities have an intense impact on Earth's deep subsurface fluid flow

April 23, 2024

a man looking out across Biosphere 2's artificial ocean

Every day is Earth Day at Biosphere 2

April 22, 2024

University of Arizona selected to participate in NSF-NobleReach Emerge partnership aimed at speeding biotechnology development and translation

April 22, 2024

A view of the Earth's interior layers

Geologists rewind the clock to reveal secrets about Earth's mysterious mantle

April 19, 2024

Image of Earth and a satellite

Taking law to the final frontier

April 16, 2024

This artist's illustration shows the impact of Pluto by another large body.

How Pluto got its 'heart'

April 15, 2024

Astronaut kneels on the lunar surface to install technology

Humans will again set foot on the moon; this time, they'll have UArizona science in tow

April 12, 2024

Space traffic and space junk image

UArizona Space4 Center part of international AI space sustainability project

April 8, 2024

Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt is seen walking on the surface of the moon, collecting samples.

How the moon turned itself inside out

April 8, 2024

Doctor and a patient

New AI coaching bot may enhance medical education, training

April 4, 2024

University of Arizona sociologist receives NSF CAREER award to study the “science of science”

April 4, 2024

University of Arizona researchers use JWST to study a faraway potential water world

April 3, 2024

Jekan Thanga, associate professor of AME, speaks to a class of students.

University of Arizona inaugurates U.S. Space Command webinar series

March 29, 2024

Alan Cruz, an agricultural systems management major at University of Arizona Yuma, stands in a field of leafy greens.

University of Arizona Yuma senior named a Future Leader in Agriculture by USDA

March 29, 2024

Artist's concept depicting a young star surrounded by a dusty protoplanetary disk.

Webb telescope takes its first images of forming planetary systems

March 27, 2024

glowing neurons

UArizona scientists pinpoint anorexia's neurologic origins

March 21, 2024

An illustration showing a bar graph rise and fall along the x-axis

UArizona investment in quantum innovation will stimulate economic prosperity across state

March 21, 2024

The 2023 Women of Impact and Young Women of Impact cohorts pose for a picture after the awards celebration.

Campuswide campaign recognizing accomplished women at University of Arizona expands with support from Commission on the Status of Women

March 18, 2024

A mosquito sucking blood.

Innovative chemical strategy targets mosquito larvae gut to combat spread of deadly diseases

March 15, 2024