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Why does losing the Y chromosome make some cancers worse? New $6.5M NIH grant could provide clues

U of A Comprehensive Cancer Center Director Dr. Dan Theodorescu plans to study loss of Y chromosome biology and investigate potential therapies for bladder and other cancers.

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U of A ranked No. 1 in the Southwest and recognized as a top 25 public university by Times Higher Education

Times Higher Education highlighted the university's strengths in research quality and physical sciences in its latest ranking of the world's top universities.

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Arizona backs U of A with $850K to grow mining and minerals workforce

The Arizona State Legislature awarded the University of Arizona School of Mining Engineering and Mineral Resources $850,000 to build a modular, pilot-scale mineral processing facility intended to help strengthen the state's mining workforce.

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A collective approach to help vulnerable people survive extreme heat

The Heat and Health Resilience Innovation Consortium will help protect those most at risk of health threats brought by high temperatures.

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Why does losing the Y chromosome make some cancers worse? New $6.5M NIH grant could provide clues

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Open cut mine

Arizona backs U of A with $850K to grow mining and minerals workforce

Oct. 10

Students hiking Tumamoc Hill

U of A ranked No. 1 in the Southwest and recognized as a top 25 public university by Times Higher Education

Oct. 9

A construction worker shields himself from the sun with his hand

A collective approach to help vulnerable people survive extreme heat

Oct. 9

Researchers find potential link between chronic pain, immune condition

Oct. 9

Jennifer Barton in a lab holding an ovarian cancer detection falloposcope

U of A biomedical engineer wins $3M for tiny microscope to detect endometriosis

Oct. 8

In this rendering, the lunar surface is represented by false colors. A blue circle indicates the low-lying South Pole-Aitken impact basin, surrounded by red and orange ejecta blankets to the south.

The moon's biggest impact crater made a radioactive splash

Oct. 8

Wearing dark, tinted eye protection goggles, Willomitzer and a postdoctoral researcher set up instrumentation on an optical lab bench.

New imaging tech promises to help doctors better diagnose and treat skin cancers

Oct. 6

A man wearing safety glasses and a suit observes a green-lit optical experiment with lasers and mirrors in a laboratory setting.

Quantum uncertainty tamed at the University of Arizona

Oct. 6

tree-ring cross sectional samples stacked on top of one another

Tree-ring data sheds light on past and present summer climate extremes

Oct. 1

A football player tackling another football player who is holding a ball

Anemia drug could have new life in treating nerve injuries

Sept. 26

Accumulation of white powder placed on a black background, with a man’s hand mirrored behind the powder

Researchers testing molecules that may reduce opioid overdose deaths

Sept. 25

ribbon-cutting ceremony in front of MRI machine

U of A celebrates new AI-powered MRI and BIO5 Brain & Body Imaging Center

Sept. 23

Alt Text: A farm worker wearing a hat hoes rows of broccoli in Yuma, Arizona

Heat and toxic exposures could harm kidneys in agricultural workers

Sept. 23

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U of A and UNM win joint $43.6M NIH award to help turn clinical research into practical medicine

Sept. 19

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$4.5M NIDA grant will fund research to improve methadone treatment quality

Sept. 18

University of Arizona decorated graduation cap

U of A earns top 5 ranking in bachelor's degrees conferred in military, legal, technology and languages categories

Sept. 17

Western corn rootworm

Study warns pest resistance threatens corn industry's newest biotech defense

Sept. 16

$1.7M DOD grant funds virtual cancer center to support research into military health

Sept. 16

At night, the open dome reveals the dish of the Arizona Radio Observatory's 12-meter Telescope on Kitt Peak

New images reveal clues about the feeding habits of black holes

Sept. 16

Researcher Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz applies a swab to a petri dish

AZBio Awards to honor two U of A faculty members, startup company

Sept. 10

Tejo Bheemasetti presents at the at the Arizona Transportation Institute Summit.

University engineers fast-track Arizona roadway improvements

Sept. 10

Overhead view of University of Arizona campus and Bear Down sign.

U of A research: Top 25 among public institutions, No. 1 in Arizona in new Washington Monthly list

Sept. 9

A technician wearing protective clothing and safety glasses adjusts optical components next to a large, colorful laser lens inside a laboratory at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

University of Arizona joins STARFIRE Hub for inertial fusion energy

Sept. 9