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Research News - February 2021

Isabel Barton wearing a red vest and standing next to the entrance of a mine in a desert setting.

Award-Winning Geometallurgist Breaks Down Barriers

In the field and in the classroom, NSF CAREER awardee Isabel Barton is bringing together people and ideas from multiple industry specialties, academic disciplines and demographic backgrounds to lend everyday understanding to mining sustainability.
Photo of a black hole -- it looks like an orange ring surrounded by blackness

NSF: UArizona Places in Top 20 Among Public University Research Expenditures

The University of Arizona ranks in the top 4% of all U.S. universities in research and development expenditures and No. 1 in astronomy and astrophysics, according to data from the National Science Foundation.
A man sits on a folding chair using a laptop, next to the steps of an airplane. The building behind him has a sign that says, "Langley Research Center."

ACTIVATE Begins Year Two of Marine Cloud Study

A NASA airborne study led by Professor Armin Sorooshian has returned to the field for a second year of science flights to advance the accuracy of short- and long-term climate models.