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NASA astronaut Terry Virts is pictured here on a spacewalk as the Earth's surface passes by in the background. Virts and fellow astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore were routing hundreds of feet of cable as part of a reconfiguration of the International Space Station to enable docking by U.S. commercial crew vehicles currently under development.

Intergalactic Probiotics

Hannah Dahl
November 26, 2017
Externs at Tucson Village Farm who facilitated camps for youth and adults around the concept of sustainability, as a part of the Cooperative Extension’s ‘Externships in Sustainability’ Program funded by the Green Fund.

Sustaining the future of food

Hannah Dahl
November 14, 2017
A UA student studies for a final on Dec. 3, 2016. Students continue to struggle not only with school work amidst a pandemic, but also continuously rising tuition rates at universities.

Is it normal to feel this stressed?

Hannah Dahl
November 6, 2017
The University of Arizona Aquaculture Pathology Lab studies shrimp and other crustaceans and does disease diagnostics, among other things. It is one of the premier shrimp certification labs in the country.

Shrimp in the desert?

Hannah Dahl
October 8, 2017
Sunscreen particles in a vial. Most commercial sunscreens use organic compounds that can degrade into health-harming radicals when struck with UV rays.

New polymeric sunscreen first of its kind

Hannah Dahl
September 11, 2017
Members of a Tucson CSA gather to collect their weekly produce shares on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Tucson's CSA was founded by Philippe Waterinckx 13 years ago.

Here’s how to have a sustainable semester

Hannah Dahl
August 31, 2017
The official portrait of Astronaut Charles F. Bolden Jr. wearing an orange launch and entry suit. Bolden will be the 2017 UA commencement speaker.

Commencement speaker, former NASA head Charles Bolden talks space and education

Hannah Dahl
May 10, 2017
Raina Maier discusses state funding on April 18. Maier's work focuses on environmental topics that may be jeopardized by the new budget.

Proposed Trump budget threatens academic research

Hannah Dahl
May 2, 2017
Mike Trubman, left, works with fellow Black Mesa Type-1 Interagency Hotshot Crew member Steve Daly, right, to mop up hot spots along Cienega Creek east of Empire Ranch while the Sawmill Fire burns on April 27, 2017, burning in Southeastern Arizona between Green Valley and J-6.

Sawmill Fire: Wildfire a hot topic for UA experts

Hannah Dahl
April 28, 2017
Frank Porreca, Ph.D., works in his office on April 17. The UA startup Catalina Pharma offers new method to treat anesthesia induced hypothermia.

UA faculty develop new pain treatment method

Hannah Dahl
April 23, 2017
A European honey bee (Apis mellifera) extracts nectar from an Aster flower using its proboscis. Celebrating and helping bees is just one thing Arizonans can do to celebrate Earth day year round.

10 easy steps to make Earth Day part of your entire year

Hannah Dahl
April 21, 2017
A Farmer sprays their crops on August 10, 2015. The new weed-killing machine uses cameras to increase spray accuracy.

UA works to develop a weed-killing robot

Hannah Dahl
April 12, 2017
1 pixel = 0.038 uM 100X objective 15X eyepiece Numbered tick = 11 uM Field of view is 85.12 uM in diameter

Beneficial bacteria: Probiotics and the human body

Hannah Dahl
April 7, 2017
John J.B. Allen, distinguished professor of psychology, is an expert on mood and anxiety disorders. According to Allen, six percent of college students display the symptoms of mental disorders.

Spring Fling psychology: The call of the crowd

Hannah Dahl
April 7, 2017
Official Astronaut Portrait of Ron Garan - Individual EMU Portrait. Photo Date: November 30, 2010. Location: Building 8, Room 272 - Photo Studio. Photographer: Robert Markowitz.

Former NASA astronaut to teach online UA course

Hannah Dahl
April 2, 2017
Cast of a Stegosaurus stenops skeleton (AMNH 650) in the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. A new find indicates stegosaur dinosaurs were once found in modern Australia. 

Last week in science: Dinosaurs, black holes, and RC turtles

Hannah Dahl
March 28, 2017
A photo illustration of a student's various painkillers strewn across the counter. Opioid painkiller dependency is a significant public health challenge in the United States.

America’s opioid epidemic: A painful problem

Hannah Dahl
March 28, 2017
A small garden sits in a pavestone planter. Container gardening is an accessible hobby for students.

Tips and tricks for gardening as a student

Hannah Dahl
March 22, 2017
Students work on a hands-on engineering project. The recent conference at the UA offered practical and mentorship opportunities to Latino high schoolers interested in pursuing engineering. 

Conference helps young latino students explore engineering

Hannah Dahl
March 19, 2017
A volunteer for the Marine Awareness and Conservation Society shows marine organisms at the Science of the Natural World tent at the 2014 Tucson Festival of Books. Science City at this year's Festival of Box will include a range of topics, including Science of the Natural World and Science in Art.

Science City: the Festival of Books takes on STEM

Hannah Dahl
March 10, 2017
The Sun photographed at 304 angstroms by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA 304) of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). This is a false-color image of the Sun observed in the extreme ultraviolet region of the spectrum. One metric of the Sun's damaging rays on a given day is the UV index.

From sunburn to skin cancer: facts for the sunshine season

Hannah Dahl
March 8, 2017
Dr. Thomas Doetschman, Ph.D., examines the embryonic cells used to study and implant mutated and disease genes; if the mutated gene successfully imbeds itself into a sperm or egg cell, the resulting rat that is born will be studied to research the effects of that same disease genes in humans. CRISPR CAS9 is technology that allows the splicing of genes to both remove and replace particular DNA strands. CRISPR can affect either just the patient or his descendants as well, depending on the technique used. 

CRISPR gene editing tech brings countless opportunities and challenges

Hannah Dahl
March 5, 2017
Today in science history: February 23

Today in science history: February 23

Hannah Dahl
February 23, 2017
Scanning electron micrograph of Escherichia coli

Beefy bugs: antibiotic-resistant bacteria pose threat to health

Hannah Dahl
February 19, 2017
Recent Cassini images of Saturn's moon Enceladus backlit by the sun show the fountain-like sources of the fine spray of material that towers over the south polar region. The cryovolcano Ahuna Mons on Ceres is a similar feature.

Solitary ice volcano on dwarf planet once one of many

Hannah Dahl
February 17, 2017
Photo Illustration by Tom Price

Five science tips to make your Valentine’s Day dreamy

Hannah Dahl
February 12, 2017
A view of the University of Arizona's self-driving car prototype on Feb. 10. The competition will end in late April.

Competition tasks students to program better self-driving cars

Hannah Dahl
February 11, 2017
Opals at the Tucson Gem Show at 22nd Street and Interstate 10 on Saturday, Feb. 4. Other dazzling minerals, from diamonds to wulfenite, may be seen there as well.

Five quick tips for the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society Show

Hannah Dahl
February 9, 2017
UA experts discuss the state of buffelgrass around Tucson

UA experts discuss the state of buffelgrass around Tucson

Hannah Dahl
February 3, 2017
Featured Science: Katerina Aifantis ditches the traditional approach to engineering

Featured Science: Katerina Aifantis ditches the traditional approach to engineering

Hannah Dahl
February 1, 2017
An overhead view of the mold used to make the seven mirrors in the Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab on Monday, July 13 2015, for the Giant Magellan Telescope, expected to be completed in 2025. Robert Shelton, ex-UA president, was recently chosen as the new president of the Giant Magellan Telescope Organization.

Featured Science: Mirror lab builds cutting edge telescope parts

Hannah Dahl
January 26, 2017
Chrissy Hall, a neuroscience and cognitive science senior, poses for a portrait in her home on Tuesday, Jan. 24. Hall acted as a student coordinator for the project, and helped survey the athletes and provide intervention education throughout the study. (Alex McIntyre/The Daily Wildcat)

NCAA study improves student athlete sleep habits

Hannah Dahl
January 23, 2017
Amateur astronomers from across the country volunteer their expertise and offer free nightly astronomy programs and free telescope viewing at the Grand Canyon. For eight days every June, park visitors and residents explore the wonders of the night sky on Grand Canyon National Park's South Rim with the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association and on the North Rim with the Saguaro Astronomy Club of Phoenix. Tucson offers its own Star Parties in Catalina State Park.

Science around town: four Tucson events this spring

Hannah Dahl
January 20, 2017
Researcher Armin Sorooshian sits in one of the planes he and other researchers are using to study climate change. Sorooshian's focus is aerosols — airborne particles that impact the earth's atmosphere and climate.

Flying the friendly skies: UA scientists use airplanes to research climate change

Hannah Dahl
January 14, 2017
Photos of OSIRIS-REx spacecraft with the ULA fairing inside the PHSF; angles of the setup for Media Day - sent to proper ITAR personnel for review of setup - Cleared to post to Flickr.

OSIRIS-REx to search for Trojan Asteroids

Hannah Dahl
January 12, 2017
The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft lifts off on from Space Launch Complex 41 on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. OSIRIS-REx will be the first U.S. mission to sample an asteroid, retrieve at least two ounces of surface material and return it to Earth for study. The asteroid, Bennu, may hold clues to the origin of the solar system and the source of water and organic molecules found on Earth. Photo by Joel Kowsky / NASA

Three science events to look out for in 2017

Hannah Dahl
January 11, 2017
A NASA image of a small asteroid near Earth.

UA researcher observes smallest asteroid

Hannah Dahl
December 3, 2016
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UA immunologist answers questions on why you should get the flu vaccination

Hannah Dahl
November 30, 2016
NASA's experimental EM-drive, which appears to violate the laws of physics. The propulsion system could revolutionize space travel, but experts caution against overenthusiasm.

UA experts weigh-in on NASA’s EM Drive

Hannah Dahl
November 28, 2016
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UA researcher wins grant to study cancer and epigenetics

Hannah Dahl
November 10, 2016

Dr. William Cance hired to lead University of Arizona Cancer Center in Phoenix

Hannah Dahl
November 5, 2016
Dr. John Wiens, a professor for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, poses for a photo at Bio Sciences West on Tuesday, Nov. 1.

Grasslands imperiled by climate change

Hannah Dahl
November 3, 2016
UA research finds evidence supporting the existence of a ninth planet beyond Neptune

UA research finds evidence supporting the existence of a ninth planet beyond Neptune

Hannah Dahl
November 2, 2016
ULA's Atlas V rocket breaks free of its tethers at ignition. The 370-ton rocket sends the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on it’s seven-year round-trip journey to asteroid Bennu. Developed in part by the UA, this spacecraft will be the first in history to return samples of an asteroid to Earth. This photo was taken by a sound-triggered camera at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 41.

In case you missed them: Six scientific successes that stole the show this year

Hannah Dahl
October 27, 2016
Katharine Zeiders investigated the impacts of discrimination on mothers and their children. Discrimination can have a greater impact on young mothers than economic stressors.

Study finds discrimination against mothers leaves negative impacts on their children

Hannah Dahl
October 26, 2016

Designer Monica Hansen debutes new swimwear line at TFW

Brianna Lewis
October 13, 2016
Biochemistry and Molecular and Celular Biology Freshman Christopher Nelson takes a nap before his 9am class on Wednesday, Oct. 5.

News flash: College students don’t get enough sleep, so here are some tips on how to fix that

Hannah Dahl
October 9, 2016
ULA's Atlas V rocket breaks free of its tethers at ignition. The 370-ton rocket sends the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on it’s seven-year round-trip journey to asteroid Bennu. Developed in part by the UA, this spacecraft will be the first in history to return samples of an asteroid to Earth. This photo was taken by a sound-triggered camera at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 41.

To Infinity and Beyond: OSIRIS-REx deputy principal investigator retires after years of service

Hannah Dahl
October 3, 2016
The UA Campus Health Center is on Sixth Street and is available to any student or staff that needs healthcare. Students are encouraged to drop by and make an appointment if they feel their stress is getting out of control.

Don’t let the stress of the semester creep up on you this semester, CAPS is there to help

Hannah Dahl
September 23, 2016
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