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Research News - September 2019

Salim Hariri and his students

$3M Grant to Create Cybersecurity Modeled After Human Body

Electrical and computer engineering researchers are training a future cybersecurity workforce and creating bioinspired methods for keeping computers secure.
Two men stand in a crowded lobby. One is gesturing at machine on a table in front of him, while the other listens carefully.

Sound of the Future: A New Analog to Quantum Computing

University of Arizona engineers are using soundwaves to search through big data with more stability and ease.
The first image of a black hole

$3M Breakthrough Prize Goes to Black Hole Hunters Including UA Researchers

The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, which included several University of Arizona researchers and students, received a prestigious award for producing the first image of a supermassive black hole, taken by means of an Earth-sized alliance of...
Biosphere 2 interior

Today’s Students Are Tomorrow’s Space Explorers

Ten students from Japan and Arizona gathered for the first official Space Camp at Biosphere 2, where they designed Biosphere 3 to sustain life on Mars.
A high-tech tractor-type vehicle moves across a field.

UA Testing Out Cutting-Edge Farming Technology

Arizona engineers operate automated tractors that can do the work of thousands of farmers.