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U of A materials scientist wins $1.88M to mimic red blood cells

University of Arizona engineers hide lifesaving drugs in synthetic cell-like carriers to reduce side effects.

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Condon named interim director of Biosphere 2 following Ruiz retirement

Laura Condon will lead the world-renowned Earth systems research facility following Joaquin Ruiz’s distinguished legacy of leadership and service.

In this illustration, matter swirling around a supermassive black hole glows brightly, while two beams of highly energetic particles are depicted shooting out from the center in both directions perpendicular to the swirling disk of gas and matter.

The two most distant quasars ever observed: U of A astronomers help shatter cosmic record

A team of U of A astronomers helped an international research consortium discover the faintest and farthest quasars in the early universe.

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Fernando Martinez

Molecules link lower weight babies and chronic diseases

U of A researchers found that a group of proteins involved in neuronal development was overrepresented in the umbilical cord blood of about one-third of babies born small for gestational age.

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U of A among top institutions in global research impact list

Dec. 9, 2025

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New research links health impacts related to 'forever chemicals' to billions in economic losses

Dec. 8, 2025

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Research communications teams win PRSA awards

Dec. 4, 2025

Artist's illustration of the TRAPPIST system shows the star as an orange glowing ball with four of its seven planets orbiting around it.

A new look at TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized, habitable-zone exoplanet

Dec. 4, 2025

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Harper lecture puts sixth extinction in historical context

Dec. 3, 2025

A man in a dress shirt and jacket stands in a small room with cone-shaped acoustic tiles on all the walls.

Lecture by Nobel laureate Schmidt expands understanding of universe

Dec. 2, 2025

Earth fills most of the image, a moody blue globe mostly covered with tiny blueish white clouds like carpet pile or sheep’s wool. In the foreground, the instrument panel is dark enough to be nearly in silhouette, like a city skyline. A tall thin rectangle juts up from the left side of the panel, like a tall building, which is part of the SamCam. In the center, a shorter, squatter polygon shape is the OLA instrument. A slightly lighter colored Y shape lays on its side in front of the OLA.

OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft takes selfie with Earth during flyby

Nov. 25, 2025

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U of A and CNRS: Transcending borders to advance science that benefits the world

Nov. 25, 2025

A portrait of Chris Augustine and Joe Harting

U of A startup breaks decades-long vendor lock-in with new mobile credentialing platform

Nov. 25, 2025

A woman places her hand near a scar on her back shoulder

A type of immune cell could hold a key to preventing scar tissue buildup in wounds

Nov. 25, 2025

Boojum trees grow in a desert landscape, with the blue waters of the Gulf of California in the background.

Ecological winners: Why some species dominate the planet

Nov. 24, 2025

Tree rings shown in a tree cross section

Unraveling the mysteries of ancient solar storms and earthquakes

Nov. 24, 2025

Several people gather at a reception in a courtyard outside the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine

U of A highlights student success, research innovation at 'Reporting on Our Promise' board update

Nov. 21, 2025

Comet 3I/ATLAS is visible as a smudgy, white speck with a diffuse halo around it against jet-black background of space.

U of A's Mars camera gets close look at comet from interstellar space

Nov. 19, 2025

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan's president highlights U of A partnership as model for linking education, research and industry

Nov. 19, 2025

University of Arizona astronomer develops novel method to make AI more trustworthy

Nov. 18, 2025

Stephanie Russo Carroll

U of A expert leads process to codify the first global standard on Indigenous Peoples' data

Nov. 17, 2025

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Precision Aging Network data release opens new pathways for healthy aging research

Nov. 17, 2025

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U of A researchers awarded federal grant to explore topical immunoprevention for skin cancer

Nov. 17, 2025

A person holds a small grey wearable device used for would healing

Revolutionizing wound care with AI

Nov. 14, 2025

A portrait of Derick Maggard, Araceli Hernández-Granados, Pierre Deymier, Lynn Frazier, Rakhi Gibbons and Doug Hockstad

Sounds like success: U of A NSF center wins Innovator of the Year Award

Nov. 13, 2025

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U of A scientists recognized with prestigious NIH 'New Innovator' awards

Nov. 12, 2025

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When cancer treatment stops, but the healing stalls

Nov. 10, 2025

A dancer stands in silhouette in front of an image of space

EarthScape: Where artistic and scientific worlds collide

Nov. 10, 2025