News
May 21, 2013
New Green Fund-Supported Sustainability Projects Named
The Green Fund continues to support faculty, students and staff as they work together to make the UA a more environmentally... Read More
May 17, 2013
Dead Forests Release Less Carbon Into Atmosphere Than Expected
Contrary to predictions, trees killed in the wake of widespread mountain pine beetle infestations have not resulted in a large... Read More
May 16, 2013
Observing Electrons in Real-Time Could Lead to Faster Computing
By observing electrons in real-time over a few millionths of a billionth of a second, physicists have demonstrated that organic... Read More
May 16, 2013
UA-Developed App Warns Drivers of Dust Storm Danger
A UA-developed mobile app provides dust storm alerts and tips for staying safe in a dust storm. Arizona sees some of the worst... Read More
May 15, 2013
A Telescope at the Bottom of the World
Alone in a wilderness of snow and ice, 600 miles from the Earth's South Pole, a solitary telescope watches the stars. The... Read More
May 14, 2013
ALMA Exposes Hidden Star Factories in the Early Universe
Using entire galaxies as gigantic gravitational lenses, UA astronomers have obtained new measurements of some of the oldest... Read More
May 13, 2013
Female Lemurs Play It Safe, Live Longer, Study Suggests
Females of a little-known primate from the rainforests of Madagascar have been known to outlive their male peers by many years,... Read More
May 10, 2013
Monsoon Failure Key to Long Droughts in Southwest
Long-term droughts in Southwestern North America often mean failure of both summer and winter rains, according to new tree-ring... Read More
May 6, 2013
Google Awards Grant for UA-Developed Online Chemistry Course
Google, Inc. has granted a UA chemistry professor $50,000 to develop a free online course to teach chemistry to potentially... Read More
May 1, 2013
The Making of Antarctica’s Hidden Fjords
Antarctica's topography began changing from flat to fjord-filled starting about 34 million years ago, according to a new report... Read More