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A research team led by Nick Strausfeld at the University of Arizona made an unexpected discovery: The brain of Jianfengia, a creature that lived in the lower Cambrian, is very similar to that of living crustaceans. This places the extinct animal in the ancestry of insects and crustaceans, not spiders and their relatives, as had been previously assumed.

A new company is taking shape around an invention designed to reduce landfill waste and create new value from surplus produce.

Using a cutting-edge optics system developed at the University of Arizona, researchers have gotten a glimpse of what our solar system likely looked like during its infancy.

Claudia Nelson guided the creation of a public-facing research database, increasing transparency between U of A researchers and Arizona’s native tribes.

The small mammals eat vegetation, create burrows and clear ground. How do those habits impact the spread of wildfires?

Three new papers reveal yet more secrets from samples collected by the University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission from asteroid Bennu.

Researchers modified the chemotherapy drug paclitaxel to more effectively target breast and pancreatic cancer tumors in mouse models.

The career of physician-scientist Sairam Parthasarathy, MD, tracks with the evolution of sleep science.

A team led by a University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson scientist identifies a pathway from the colon to the brain that influences food intake.