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Four U of A-Banner Health teams earn funding to advance patient care through Big Idea Challenge Joint Translational Research Accelerator

Four teams of researchers and clinicians across the University of Arizona and Banner Health have been selected to receive up to $250,000 each to advance promising health discoveries toward clinical use and improved patient care. 

Chromosomes

Loss of Y chromosome in men could be early warning sign of cancer

New research has found that Y chromosome loss occurs in healthy-seeming tissue before tumors begin to form, making the loss of a hormone an early indicator of cancer danger.

Read more at University of Arizona News

Official portrait of a smiling gray-haired man in a dark suit and red-and-navy striped tie with an American flag lapel pin, against a dark blue background.

U of A mourns passing of longtime Arizona Senator Jon Kyl

Former Sen. Jon Kyl, a University of Arizona alumnus who represented Arizona in Congress for more than 25 years as a leading voice on legal and national security issues, died last night in Phoenix. He was 84.

Grand Challenges Research Building

U of A ranks No. 1 in the Southwest, top 20 among public US universities for international research collaboration

The U of A ranks No. 1 in the Southwest and No. 1 in the Big 12 Conference in a new ranking that measures how central each university is in the global research-collaboration network.

Read more at University of Arizona News

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Linda Bixby addresses audience at Arizona Photonics Days

Optics, industry and discovery converge at Arizona Photonics Days

Feb. 24

students working in clean room

University of Arizona Core Facilities Highlights: Nano Fabrication Center

Feb. 23

two men standing outside in front of building

Shared RNA language drives ALS research at the University of Arizona

Feb. 20

Image of Biosphere 2’s Matthias Beach and Kai Staats discussing SAM’s dwarf pea experiment.

Biosphere 2’s SAM to become testing ground for next-generation space habitats

Feb. 20

Eight people stand in a line performing a ribbon-cutting ceremony in front of the Center for Semiconductor Manufacturing's Nanofabrication Core Facility

U of A opens newly expanded semiconductor lab

Feb. 18

Slide under microscope showing pink cells with three darker pink and purple tumor cells

Collaboration aims to accelerate personalized cancer therapy development

Feb. 18

Onicio Leal-Neto (left) and Mark Smolinski review Global Flu View data. Behind them are heatmaps showing influenza-like illness reports across the United States.

How a U of A tool is helping the world track flu activity in real time

Feb. 18

Regina Romero speaking at a podium

Southern Arizona Heat Summit highlights youth voices while helping Tucson prepare for extreme heat

Feb. 18

A portrait of Casey Carrillo, Tsung-Hsun "Tony" Yang, Winnie Chang and Johnny Yang

Arizona trade mission to Taiwan delivers: New global semiconductor company in Pima County

Feb. 17

Young person using a magnifying glass to examine rocks and soil

Research that shapes the future: exploring Science City at the Tucson Festival of Books

Feb. 17

This artist's illustrations shows a spiral galaxy swirling around a bright ball of light at its center. Jets of gas and energy shoot out of the center in both directions perpendicular to the galaxy's disk.

Cosmic predators: How supermassive black holes slow star growth in nearby galaxies

Feb. 16

Three researchers plant corals in the water at Biosphere 2

Corals in Biosphere 2's Ocean Habitat may help save reefs around the world

Feb. 12

Marcia Rieke Galaxy Slam press conference photo

How reaching for the hoop prepared Marcia Rieke to reach for the stars

Feb. 10

Three people walk through a mine

Federal earmark provides $3M for U of A mineral processing facility

Feb. 5

An image of a brick building, in the foreground are blue and red flowers

U of A named a top producer of Fulbright US Scholars

Feb. 3

General Robin Rand speaks from behind a lectern while a projection screen shows "Inaugural National Security Forum"

Strength, Space, Speed: Key takeaways from the inaugural National Security Forum

Feb. 2

Firefighters washing equipment

New study identifies key predictors of PFAS levels in US career firefighters

Feb. 2

Several people gather around a table to formalize an agreement

More than microchips: Arizona's blueprint for building a high-tech workforce

Feb. 2

University of Arizona campus at sunrise with palm trees

U of A places among top 20 public universities in new Time magazine ranking

Jan. 29

Artist's illustration showing the glowing ball that is the sun in the center, surrounded by a spiky shell of fuzzy, gray lines.

Kissing the sun: U of A researchers unravel mysteries of the solar wind

Jan. 29

Staff members seated at desks look at space images on a large screen

U of A takes leading operations role in NASA mission

Jan. 28

Three men in orange jumpsuits walk through green leaves and trees at Biosphere 2.

MrBeast takes over Biosphere 2, from rooftop to rainforest

Jan. 28

Lymphatic system

ARPA-H award will fund creation of portable lymphatic imaging scanner

Jan. 26

Michael D. L. Johnson, an associate professor of immunobiology.

'Trojan horse' may deliver toxic dose of copper to bacterial colonies, including drug-resistant MRSA infections

Jan. 22