UArizona Researchers Develop Ultra-Thin 'Computer on the Bone' Nov. 19, 2021 Engineers and physicians teamed up to develop a wireless device to monitor and protect bone health. Read more
Evidence Points to Animal Market, Not Lab, as Epicenter of Pandemic Nov. 19, 2021 In a new paper published in Science, UArizona virus expert Michael Worobey connects the dots from the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak and shows that an origin other than the Huanan Seafood Market appears extremely unlikely. Read more
UArizona Leaders Stress Vaccination, Testing and Mental Health Care Ahead of Holidays Nov. 16, 2021 With COVID-19 cases rising nationally and statewide, President Robert C. Robbins is urging students and employees to get vaccinated and continue good public health practices. Read more
Compound Developed at UArizona Health Sciences Provides Innovative Pain Relief Nov. 16, 2021 Researchers targeted a common sodium ion channel to reverse pain and saw positive results that could lead to a nonaddictive solution to treat pain. Read more
Near-Earth Asteroid Might be a Lost Fragment of the Moon Nov. 11, 2021 The near-Earth asteroid Kamo`oalewa might actually be a fragment of our moon, according to a team of astronomers led by the University of Arizona. Kamo`oalewa is a quasi-satellite – a type of near-Earth asteroid that orbits the sun but remains relatively close to Earth. Read more
Global Temperatures Over Last 24,000 Years Show Today's Warming 'Unprecedented' Nov. 10, 2021 A UArizona-led effort to reconstruct Earth's climate since the last ice age highlights the main drivers of climate change and how far human activity has pushed the climate system. Read more
Those Earrings Are So Last Year – But the Reason You're Wearing Them is Ancient Nov. 8, 2021 Shell beads found in Morocco are at least 142,000 years old. Archaeologists say they're the earliest known evidence of a widespread form of human communication. Read more
UArizona Engineer Awarded $5M to Build Quantum-Powered Navigation Tools Nov. 8, 2021 Funded by the NSF Convergence Accelerator Program, the Quantum Sensors project aims to make space and terrestrial navigation far more sensitive, accurate and affordable. Read more
Earth and Venus Grew up as Rambunctious Planets Nov. 8, 2021 Using machine learning and simulations of giant impacts, researchers found that planets residing in the inner solar system were likely born from repeated hit-and-run collisions. Read more
UArizona to Launch COVID-19 'TakeAway' Tests Nov. 8, 2021 The Cats TakeAway Testing program will allow students, employees and designated campus colleagues to pick up a COVID-19 saline gargle test kit on the go. Read more