April 25, 2024 Jim Field Receives International Honors for Bioremediation Work and Mentorship UA professor emeritus of chemical and environmental engineering in the spotlight for research contributions and graduate student guidance.
March 21, 2024 UA’s Alfie Norville Gem & Mineral Museum Displays a Piece of the Asteroid Bennu The asteroid, collected during the OSIRIS-REx mission, includes the building blocks of life and some surprising elements.
Oct. 11, 2023 First Look at Bennu Sample Reveals Carbon and Water NASA's University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission has returned a sample that scientists will study for decades to learn more about the formation of the solar system.
July 6, 2023 Space Act Agreement With NASA Advances UA Engagement in Human Spaceflight An agreement with the Johnson Space Center will increase university involvement in human spaceflight expeditions.
March 14, 2023 UA Engineers Lead $1.2M Project to 3D-Print Parts for Hypersonic Vehicles When engineers 3D-print metal objects, they use metals originally developed for conventional manufacturing processes. It's a bit like trying to use papyrus in a paper printer – it works, but not as well as it could. Two University of Arizona...
Dec. 5, 2022 Engineer Awarded $4.5M to Develop AI-Powered Hypersonic Guidance and Navigation Systems As countries around the world work to advance weapons traveling at Mach 5 and faster, a team led by University of Arizona experts builds a "brain" for high-speed vehicles and interceptors.
Oct. 27, 2022 Space Sciences, Water Resources Shine in US News Best Global Universities Ranking UArizona ranked 108 out of 2,000 higher education institutions across 95 countries in the 2023 Best Global Universities ranking.
Oct. 9, 2022 Improving Arizona Air Through Ozone Research A multi-university team uses a multi-million dollar ABOR grant to learn about how emissions sources and the Southwest’s unique weather and climate influence the production of ozone and contribute to health issues.
Aug. 24, 2022 $1.4M Effort Develops Reusable Sponges to Soak up Harmful Chemicals From Water A team of researchers from the University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University is creating a regenerable method for removing stubborn toxins from drinking water – starting with store-bought sponges.
March 9, 2022 UArizona Engineer Leads $1M Project to Fight Vision Loss Biomedical engineering and optical sciences professor DK Kang is developing a way to diagnose and treat corneal ulcers that's eight times cheaper and 20 times faster than today's gold standard.