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Students in their Physics 241 Lab working on their lab assignments on Oct. 29, 2020. Courtesy: Cynthia Bujanda

Teaching assistants reflect on instruction in a pandemic

Guest author: Cynthia Bujanda
November 16, 2020
Dr. Jim Schwiegerling, a professor at the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences, recently designed and developed implantable cataract replacement lenses for the eye. Courtesy Jim Schwiegerling.

Optical scientist develops implantable cataract replacement lenses

Jillian Bartsch
August 6, 2020
(left to right) Tod Lauer, Feryal Özel and Dimitrios Psaltis all presented at “Bringing Black Holes into Focus with the Event Horizon Telescope" on Wednesday, April 17, in the ENR2 Building. The lecture was to explain the methods used to capture the first image of a black hole.

Baffled about the black hole image? UA scientists behind it explain

Quincy Sinek
April 19, 2019
Dr. John Rutherfoord, professor of physics at the University of Arizona. Photograph by John de Dios for UA News

Particle physics expert named regents’ professor

Randall Eck
April 11, 2019
Today in science history: February 23

Today in science history: February 23

Hannah Dahl
February 23, 2017
This artist conception illustrates one of the most primitive supermassive black holes known central black dot at the core of a young, star-rich galaxy. A photograph of a black hole may be available this or next year.

Last week in science: Black holes and solar power

Serena Conde
February 20, 2017
Four UA researchers named Bisgrove Scholars

Four UA researchers named Bisgrove Scholars

Nicole Morin
February 5, 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
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has reset the "Doomsday Clock" to five minutes before midnight, as seen Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at the AAAS Auditorium in Washington, D.C. The decision on whether the minute hand moves backward or forward encompasses everything from nuclear weapons to climate-changing technologies to biosecurity and is essentially a comprehensive look at how the world fared in the past year. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)

Last Week in Science: January 22

Marissa Heffernan
January 29, 2017
Former UA president Robert Shelton. A physicist by training, Shelton will begin his term as president of the Giant Magellan Telescope Organization on February 20, 2017.

Past UA president Shelton chosen to lead Giant Magellan Telescope Organization

January 28, 2017
A view of the Sonoran Desert west of Tucson on Jan. 6. The University of Arizona is the centerpiece of research in a variety of fields.

Last Week in Science: January 15

Chandler Donald
January 24, 2017
Xiaoyu Zou pours liquid nitrogen into alcohol at the Laboratory for Electron Spectroscopy and Surface Analysis on May 9, 2016. Labs like this make the UA a research university, full of unique and award-winning research topics. Undergraduates have a chance to gain access to many of these facilities through programs like SRI and UBRP.

Four ways for undergrads to get involved in science research

William Rockwell
January 20, 2017
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden (left) and SpaceX CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk, view the historic Dragon capsule that returned to Earth on May 31, 2012, following the first successful mission by a private company to carry supplies to the International Space Station on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at the SpaceX facility in McGregor, Texas. After the temporary setback of a rocket explosion last year, SpaceX successfully launched and recovered a new rocket last week.

Last week in science: five stories you may have missed

William Rockwell
January 17, 2017
Physics professor Charles Stafford poses for a picture in front of an equation that "sets up the principals to define a temperature of something that is in a very extreme state" in his office in the Physics and Atmospheric Sciences building on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. Stafford has taught at the UA since 1998.

Researchers at UA improve temperature measurement

Nicole Morin
January 12, 2017
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
Janek Wehr, UA Professor of Mathematics on November 12, 2014.

Math professor Jan Wehr researches robot behavior

Maddie Pickens
April 26, 2016
Madison Eich aims down range on Saturday, Jan. 30 at PSE Archery, a range and pro-shop located on Fairview Avenue and Glenn Street. Eich, an Olympic hopeful, is a member of the Wildcat Archery club.

Wildcat Archery hits the bullseye with math and physics

Natalie Robbins
February 2, 2016

Things just got spooky: how recent work in physics may contradict Einstein’s theory of relativity

Steve Preston
January 21, 2016
Courtesy of Zach Erlick

Grad student figures out Frisbee physics

Elizabeth Hannah
September 8, 2015

Rail: Circulating Science

Laeth George
April 9, 2015
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