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Tucson-based Startup Licenses Technology for Creating Sustainable Products From Algae

March 11, 2021  |  Eddie San Juan
The UArizona-invented Air Accordion Photobioreactor produces low-cost, large-scale and environmentally sustainable microalgae products used to create vaccines and health supplements like omega-3 fatty acids.
Air Accordion Photobioreactor >>
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Engineers Propose Solar-Powered Lunar Ark as 'Modern Global Insurance Policy'

March 8, 2021  |  Emily Dieckman
The ambitious project aims to preserve humankind – and animal-kind, plant-kind and fungi-kind – in the event of a global crisis.
Moon Tubes >>
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

Feb. 22, 2021  |  Emily Dieckman
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.
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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

Feb. 5, 2021  |  Nick Prevenas
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.
Top 4% >>

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