OSIRIS-REx team IDs targets among boulders of asteroid's rough terrain
Asteroid Bennu's tricky surface has pushed the mission to take a new approach to sample collection.
UA summer program offers experience with self-driving tech
Students from all over the country test their skills using an autonomous car on campus.
As Southwest water managers grapple with climate change, can a 'Grand Bargain' work?
The approach aims to rebalance some of the bad math that came from promising water to too many people.
Financial habits in college could help predict which grads feel grown up
A UA study shows link between financial responsibility and adult identity.
Sci-fi meets reality in the field of synthetic biology
A UA astrobiologist using it to identify potential alien life
Arizona Spotlight for July 18th, 2019
Flagstaff Red Screen Film Festival presents indigenous stories for all to see; Retired astronaut Mark Kelly reflects on the 50th anniversary of the moon landing; and a Spotlight Session from Heather Hardy & Alvin Blaine.
UA nanotech research supporting (very) small solutions to big problems
The applications range from cell phone techonology to cancer-fighting measures.
UA Study: Some medications from Mexico not what the doctor ordered
A team of doctoral students found that many of the drugs fell below guidelines for weight and content.
UA receives $1.78M grant to study safer mining fuels
In a job with many hazards, the CDC grant is focusing in on an insidious risk: diesel exhaust.
Researcher explores link between early childhood sleep and learning
Jamie Edgin developed findings while studying children with Down syndrome.
New heart valve technology comes to Tucson Medical Center
The hospital is offering a newly approved device designed to improve coronary blood flow.
UA researcher investigating chemicals used in firefighting foam
Reyes Sierra-Alvarez is working on methods to absorb a contaminant discovered in groundwater.
How much water is in the San Pedro? Every year, volunteers seek to find out
More than 100 volunteers spent last weekend tracking the presence of intermittent water in the river.
Bat night at the Mission Garden
Also: A new facility in Nogales, Sonora to help migrants following the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy; and strangers find common ground with "One Small Step".
Saturn's rings, moons raise questions about solar system, water origins
A discovery could prompt a rethinking of how the solar system formed.
