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APEX and Apophis

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Three years into its second mission, 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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A three panel image featuring a launch of a spacecraft, a robotic arm touching a rocky surface and a man pumping his fist into the air in celebration.

Tenacity, triumph and discovery: Looking back at OSIRIS-REx at mission's end

Sept. 30 marked the formal end of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission. This was the United States' first ambitious attempt to collect a sample of an asteroid and return it to Earth, and it was led by the University of Arizona.

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U of A researchers, startup recognized at 2026 AZBio Awards

The University of Arizona will be well represented at this year’s AZBio awards, with BIO5 Interim Director Vignesh Subbian taking home the Michael A. Cusanovich Bioscience Educator of the Year award and startup Precision Epigenomics winning a Fast Lane recognition.

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FORGE Launches Crucible Program Aimed at Equipping Local Startups with Tools for Success

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University of Arizona’s Office of Research, Innovation & Impact launches “Young Women of Impact” campaign as part of its annual celebration of women

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Totsoni Willeto: A Student Researcher's Expedition into Colonial Documents

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Isabel Barton overlooks a mine on the Utah-Colorado border.

Mining Arizona's hidden treasure

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Shannon Taylor: Bringing Traditional Ecological Knowledge to conservation and cartography

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The Mine Comes to the Classroom

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Bryce Dempsey: Finding Medicine in Nature

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Scientists use AI to identify likely drug targets in search for Alzheimer’s cure

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Computational drug discovery could open new doors

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Work has begun on the plan that will get the University to carbon-neutral by 2040

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Applied Research Building Grand Opening Celebration included tours, music, remarks

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Jacob Blais: Live with Less Tension

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Maya Tainatongo: Down to Earth

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Introducing the 2022-23 Student Cohort

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Introducing the 2022-23 Student Cohort

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Research, Innovation & Impact's Emily Kotay Selected As a Fulbright U.S. Scholar

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UArizona, Global Resilience Partnership, and U.S. Agency for International Development Convene to Advance Resilience Measurement

June 22, 2022

Podcast Series: UArizona’s Place In Space with Zach Yentzer

June 22, 2022

UArizona joins coalition to pursue a carbon neutral economy

May 13, 2022

Nadira Mitchell: How Collecting Snails Turned Into a Passion for Indigenous Resilience

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A Living River; Our Duty and Connection to Nature

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Sam Wetherell Puts the "Eco" in Economics

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Putting Down New Roots

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