New program will teach surgery for space missions March 22, 2022 The College of Medicine – Phoenix will serve as home base for the first-ever U.S. program to teach surgery and procedural skills for space missions in 2023. Read more Image
Women in climate change: Beth Tellman March 21, 2022 Floods affect more people than any other type of natural disaster and are expected to increase as the climate changes. Beth Tellman uses satellite data to improve our understanding of where floods occur and to develop applications for emergency response and recovery. Read more Image
Star-sized debris cloud from distant collision spotted by NASA telescope March 18, 2022 Most of the rocky bodies in our solar system were formed or shaped by massive collisions early in the solar system's history. A newly observed dust cloud from a similar crash offers clues about how often these events occur around other stars. Read more Image
Women in climate change: Joellen Russell March 18, 2022 Joellen Russell uses floating robots, supercomputers and satellites to predict the global climate and carbon cycle, particularly the role of the Southern Ocean around Antarctica. Read more Image
Women in climate change: Courtney Crosson March 16, 2022 UArizona is celebrating Women's History Month by highlighting some of the many women on campus working on climate change-related issues in hopes of creating a better future. Read more Image
Webb Telescope looks to the skies with clear eyes, thanks to UArizona's NIRCam March 16, 2022 After months of alignment and fine-tuning, the James Webb Space Telescope has produced its first clear image of a star, thanks to the Near Infrared Camera developed and managed by UArizona. NASA is confident that the telescope's optics can achieve the mission's science goals. Read more Image
Fast-melting alpine permafrost may contribute to rising global temperatures March 14, 2022 Alpine permafrost, which is found closer to the equator at high elevations, is expected to melt at a faster rate than arctic permafrost under current global warming conditions, according to new research. Read more Image
UArizona to help NASA understand solar wind and plasma with HelioSwarm mission March 2, 2022 Plasma is rare on Earth, but it fills the sky. To more deeply understand this state of matter that makes up 99% of the visible universe, NASA's HelioSwarm mission will deploy a "swarm" of spacecraft to gather data. UArizona assistant professor Kristopher Klein will serve as the mission's deputy principal investigator. Read more Image
UArizona climate adaptation experts contribute to latest IPCC climate report March 2, 2022 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change this week released a new report focused on climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. Two UArizona experts contributed. Read more Image
College of Science Lecture Series returns in person to delve into the mineral world March 1, 2022 The College of Science Lecture Series returns in person this month to explore how minerals can reveal secrets of the past, power our present and be sustainably mined in the future. Read more Image