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Cassandra Paral, right, takes the blood pressure of Susie Hathaway, left, on Aug. 20 at Banner Quick Care. UA researchers have received a $10 million grant to study the relationship between the human immune system and aging. 

Immunity boost

Nicole Morin
November 8, 2017
New research suggests that there are four main ways couples handle conflict, and each way affects children differently. 

Conflict management may affect a child’s well-being

Nicole Morin
October 19, 2017

Why family weekend matters to your health

Nicole Morin
October 11, 2017

2017 Arizona Insect Festival covers all that flies, crawls and stings

Nicole Morin
October 2, 2017
GOES-16 captured this geocolor image of Tropical Storm Harvey in the Gulf of Mexico on Aug. 24. UA researchers said their predictions for the 2017 hurricane season have been accurate so far.

Seasonal hurricane predications on point

Nicole Morin
September 26, 2017
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, enclosed in a payload fairing, is lifted at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket that is to lift OSIRIS-REx into space was stacked at SLC-41 so the spacecraft and fairing could be hoisted and bolted to the rocket promptly. The spacecraft will be sent to rendezvous with, survey and take a sample from an asteroid called Bennu.

One year after launch, OSIRIS-REx flies by Earth

Nicole Morin
September 12, 2017
STEM faculty share their favorite sci-fi movies

STEM faculty share their favorite sci-fi movies

Nicole Morin
August 20, 2017
7-month-old Noriko is a guide dog for Kelsey Timms. Independent puppies grow into calm guide dogs, according to a new study from the Arizona Canine Cognition Center.

Guide dogs hopefuls require a hands-off approach

Nicole Morin
August 20, 2017
Steward Observatory, located on the UA campus by the Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium. Tucson is home to many scientific organizations and companies, ranging from defense contractor Raytheon to UA’s very own Tech Park.

Campus Guide ’17: What makes Tucson a great science city?

Nicole Morin
July 31, 2017
Nayo (left) and Kaya (right) relaxing on their platform at the Reid Park Zoo on Dec. 1, 2016. The new zoo and aquarium conservation certificate offered by the UA includes collaborative experiences with Reid Park Zoo and the Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum.

Lions and tigers and bears: UA offers new zoo and aquarium conservation certificate

Nicole Morin
July 26, 2017
Three horses seen in a field. New research appears to indicate the lineage of modern horses date back to Arabian and Turkoman sires.

Last week in science: Horse lineages and needle-free shots

Nicole Morin
July 6, 2017
An illustration of Pluto's orbit (in yellow) inside the Kuiper Belt, a disc-shaped region beyond the orbit of Neptune. The Kuiper Belt has many asteroids and a handful of known dwarf planets.

Headlines from space: Possible planet in the Kuiper belt?

Nicole Morin
July 1, 2017
Two students work with their Skittle-sorting machine in a sorting competition held by the biomedical engineering department. The contestants consisted of students from two different biomedical engineering classes.

Eureka: UA maker class challenges student engineers

Nicole Morin
June 17, 2017
A scene from one of the Desert Saber program's scenarios. The application will allow for greater realism than previously possible in training mine employees.

Serious gaming: UA researchers develop mining simulation

Nicole Morin
June 8, 2017
"Puppy athletes get fouled for ""unnecessary ruff ruff ruffness"" on the practice field at CityScape Phoenix and the Puppy Bowl Cafe on Thursday. New research aims to understand why humans can be content with the deaths of animals often considered cute.

Memento mori: Reminders of death increase willingness to harm animals

Nicole Morin
May 2, 2017

UA math duo develops data error recovery tech

Nicole Morin
April 19, 2017
An overhead view of the Great Barrier Reef at the Whitsunday Islands, Australia on Dec. 27, 2009. The reef is experiencing an ongoing bleaching crisis.

Last week in science: Magnetic eels and vaccines

Nicole Morin
April 17, 2017
Physiology major Joseph Corona has his resume looked over by a counselor at Career Services at the Student Union Memorial Center on July 16, 2015. A new initiative aims to increase job readiness for STEM majors.

STEM collaboration tackles student career readiness

Nicole Morin
April 15, 2017
A lichen-covered stone on Sept. 15, 2007. Desert lichens are important to temperature regulation and have come under threat due to climate change. 

Desert microorganisms, weather endangered by climate change

Nicole Morin
April 14, 2017
Leucemia mieloide cronica (LMC)

Last week in science: Extraterrestrial atmosphere and super steel

Nicole Morin
April 9, 2017
Tyrannosaurus specimen at the American Museum of Natural History. New research indicates that tyrannosaur dinosaurs may have had sophisticated sensory organs in their snouts, similar to modern crocodilians.

Last week in science: Tyrannosaurs and orange juice

Nicole Morin
April 4, 2017
Professor Goggy Davidowitz from the Department of Entomology holding a caterpillar and a pupa in the Marley Building on March 28. Davidowitz's team recently gained new insight into moth metabolisms.

Science stories: How UA researchers solved a moth mystery

Nicole Morin
April 2, 2017
JUPITER-C EXPLORER 1 LIFTOFF ON JANUARY 31, 1959, REF: 59K-2400-2 (MIX FILE)

Today in science history: March 31

Nicole Morin
March 31, 2017
A rattlesnake. A new collaboration involving UA aims to help implement antivenom treatment around the world.

University collaboration fights snake bites around world

Nicole Morin
March 26, 2017
Toddlers and dogs have similar amounts of emotional intelligence. A toddler kisses a dog on the head. New research indicates toddlers and dogs have similar amounts of emotional intelligence.

Dogs and toddlers possess similar emotional intelligence

Nicole Morin
March 24, 2017
UA mascots Wilbur and Wilma Wildcat pose for a photo outside of Old Main on campus.

Animal mascots: claws for a cause

Nicole Morin
March 10, 2017
An Indian elephant bull in Bandipur National Park, July 2005. New research has declared elephants as the shortest-sleeping mammals.

Last week in science: Insomniac elephants and species extinction

Nicole Morin
March 7, 2017
The fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8), left, conducts an underway replenishment with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) Jan. 15, 2007. Eisenhower and embarked Carrier Air Wing 7 are on a regularly scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command area of responsibility in support of maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Miguel Angel Contreras) (Released)

Today in science history: February 25

Nicole Morin
February 25, 2017
Clouds covering the sky over Tucson on Sept. 12, 2016. Patterns of pressure at sea can determine long-term weather trends. 

Climate oscillations give clue of 2017 weather

Nicole Morin
February 18, 2017
Psychologists learn strategies of teen learning and exploration

Psychologists learn strategies of teen learning and exploration

Nicole Morin
February 15, 2017
HMS Dreadnought underway, circa 1906. Dreadnought would set a new standard in naval design for years to come.

100 years of February 10 in science

Nicole Morin
February 10, 2017
A lufengosaurus dinosaur skeleton in the Hong Kong Science Museum. Researchers have identified preserved soft material within a lufengosaurus skeleton almost 200 million years old.

Last week in science: January 29

Nicole Morin
February 5, 2017
Four UA researchers named Bisgrove Scholars

Four UA researchers named Bisgrove Scholars

Nicole Morin
February 5, 2017
Kelly Kayla Nguyen, a junior in Care, Health, and Society, walks her dog Luna on Jan. 27. Dogs are becoming more common on college campuses for their therapeutic benefits.

The research behind therapy dogs is limited but real

Nicole Morin
January 27, 2017
Rodolfo Peon, Katie Gougelet, Tamee Albrecht, Pradnya Garud, Amado Guzmán, Denise Moreno Ramírez, Genevieve Comeau, Becki Beadling, Alex Erwin, Meg Mills-Novoa, and Amy Hudson (left to right) are the 2017 Carson Scholars. Six Carson Scholars were additionally selected as Agnese Nelms Haury Fellows.

11 graduate students receive recognition as Carson Scholars

Nicole Morin
January 24, 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
A view of University Medical Center on Jan. 12, 2012. UMC will be holding a celebration to honor their successes on February 23.

Five UA events to get your science fix

Nicole Morin
January 11, 2017
The Carl Hayden Research Center on Sunday, Dec. 4. The Research center aims to optimize the health of bee populations and maximize the production of bee pollinated crops.

UA researchers connect bee diet to gut bacteria

Nicole Morin
December 7, 2016
Dead trees west of Denver, Colorado, killed by a combination of drought and beetle infestations.

University research team identifies the impacts of forest death on other continents

Nicole Morin
November 28, 2016
Arizona guard Parker Jackson-Cartwright tips in a basket amid heavy defense during the Red and Blue scrimmage in McKale Center on Oct. 14. UA participants in a set of basketball tests scored more points after being prompted about death than those who were not given the prompt.

Reminders of death increase performance in sports

Nicole Morin
November 8, 2016
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