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Research News - November 2021

Nine men stand in a row. Two are holding large, spherical mesh robots.

UArizona Student’s Flying Robots Startup Takes Off

Graduate student's research led to an invention that’s now become the foundational technology for Revolute Robotics.
 A small device, about the size of a penny and the thickness of a sheet of paper, attached to an artificial bone.

UArizona Researchers Develop Ultra-Thin 'Computer on the Bone'

Engineers and physicians teamed up to develop a wireless device to monitor and protect bone health.
A young woman in a lab coat and goggles leans over a sample of rocks laid out on a table. They are lit up with a bright light shining from a flexible arm.

Helping Women Overcome Discrimination in STEM

University of Arizona provost and engineering professor Liesl Folks leads a project that aims to give women in STEM tools for overcoming gender bias and discrimination.
An older woman sitting at a table completing a white puzzle shaped like a human head.

Engineers Contribute to $60M Precision Aging Network

The network, established with funding from the National Institutes of Health, has the the ultimate goal of developing more effective brain-aging treatments and interventions targeted to the individual.