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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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Illustration of William Shakespeare

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A gray backpack with two holes on the sides for a power plug and a glowing green lightsaber; timer in the background

The Lightsaber's Energy Crisis

Dec. 8, 2015

(From left to right) An illustration of BB-8 with a cut-away showing a hamster inside the body; an illustration of BB-8 with a barbell-shaped body; an illustration of a spherical BB-8 with metal spikes across the surface of its body; an illustration of a

How could a real-life BB-8 work?

Dec. 1, 2015