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Firefighter on top of fire truck using hose to spray water on burning homes

Extensive LA-area fires altered blood proteins in firefighters, raising health concerns

A new study found that firefighters exposed to the Palisades and other fires had changes in their immune system and inflammatory response protein pathways.

A dry, dusty desert landscape.

U of A Superfund Research Center secures $14.8M NIEHS grant to combat hazardous dust effects in Southwest

The center was established in 1989 and has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 1997.

Read more at University of Arizona News

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Biosphere 2 director honored by French government

Joaquin Ruiz, a renowned leader in U of A research for more than 40 years, has been named chevalier in the French National Order of Merit.

Jennifer Stern and Kassandra Bruner, wearing white coats in a lab setting

U of A scientists link calorie restriction, glucagon, healthy aging

A team from the Division of Endocrinology found that treatment with glucagon may induce similar metabolic benefits as caloric restriction, potentially slowing aging.

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US News Best Grad 2024 Old Main

U of A faculty and staff nationally recognized with presidential honors

Feb. 3

A young male scientist with curly brown hair, wearing a white lab coat and purple gloves, works inside a biosafety cabinet in a laboratory. He is handling a clear plastic container while surrounded by lab equipment, including a microscope and various pipette tip boxes. A reflection of his face is visible on the cabinet's glass, and a few coat hangers are sketched on the whiteboard behind him.

Bryce Wilson wins prestigious Churchill Scholarship

Feb. 3

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Do women talk more than men? It might depend on their age

Feb. 3

Takeshi Inomata

Regents Professor Takeshi Inomata Awarded Prestigious NEH Grant for Maya Civilization Research Project Set to Become a Book

Jan. 30

In this microscope image of a Bennu sample, needles of hydrated sodium carbonate — one of the salts left behind by evaporating brine — are highlighted in purple false color

Asteroid Bennu comes from a long-lost salty world with ingredients for life

Jan. 29

A U of A student uses Freeport-McMoRan’s haul truck simulator at a university event

University-led mining consortium vying for NSF grant up to $160M

Jan. 27

Artist’s impression of planet GJ 1214 b passing in front of its host star

Astronomers unlock the atmospheric secrets of a 'new class of planet'

Jan. 24

Image of teen using a combustible nicotine product

U of A sociologist received $2.8M grant to research nicotine product use among adolescents in the US and Mexico

Jan. 23

US News Best Online Programs 2025

Arizona Online earns several strong placements in latest ranking from US News & World Report

Jan. 21

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New research examines impact of Disney's 'The Living Desert'

Jan. 21

a group of graduates, mostly in purple caps and gowns, posing for a group photo at Tohono O'odham Community College

Partnership with Tohono O'odham Community College gives students path to public health degree

Jan. 21

An image of the spiral galaxy NGC 1086 obtained by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT)

U of A astronomers capture unprecedented view of supermassive black hole in action

Jan. 17

Melanie McKay-Cody signing a modernized sign for the term "Indigenous"

U of A expert working to preserve Native American sign languages

Jan. 16

a picture of NGC 300 is a small galaxy located about 6 million light-years from Earth

Large and small galaxies may grow in ways more similar than expected

Jan. 16

An artist's concept of the Pandora mission, seen here without the thermal blanketing that will protect the spacecraft, observing a star and its transiting exoplanet.

NASA's Pandora mission one step closer to probing alien atmospheres, with mission operations based at U of A

Jan. 16

Sculptor A, one of three newly discovered dwarf galaxies - and unrelated to the well-known Sculptor spiral galaxy - is visible here as a faint accumulation of stars beyond several bright stars in the foreground.

'Ghost towns' of the universe: Ultra-faint, rare dwarf galaxies offer clues to the early cosmos

Jan. 15

A group of four individuals stands in front of a large poster titled "What Drives Employment Success?" The poster includes charts and bullet points about education, income, and job stress. The group smiles at the camera, wearing business casual attire, with a green and gray wall in the background.

Bridging the divide: How U of A students are shaping Tucson's anti-poverty solutions

Jan. 7

Graphic, provided by Nature Medicine, shows total count of flood events by cause between 2001-2018.

Floods Linked to Rise in U.S. Deaths from Several Major Causes

Jan. 6

The galaxy Abell 370 appears twice in this image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope: as a normal galaxy and a drawn-out smear of light due to gravitational lensing.

Beyond the 'Dragon Arc,' a treasure trove of unseen stars

Jan. 6

Pluto and Charon

Newly discovered 'kiss and capture' mechanism explains the formation of Pluto and its largest moon

Jan. 6

Uncontrollable movement of the hand.

Brain study challenges long-held views about Parkinson's movement disorders

Jan. 2

Michael Abecassis, Tom Rogers, Ginny L. Clements, Hesham Sadek

Sarver Heart Center receives $2M in gifts toward founding of cardiovascular research institute

Dec. 20, 2024

A man wearing sunglasses and a navy blue polo shirtkneels next to a medium-sized yellow dog wearing a "Service Dog" vest.

New leadership, interstellar discoveries, dogs to the rescue: Top 10 U of A stories of 2024

Dec. 18, 2024

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U of A projects research expenditures surpassed $1B for FY 2024, joining a select group of US research institutions

Dec. 17, 2024