Alpha Centauri, sun's closest stellar neighbor, likely harbors giant planet

Aug. 7, 2025

Artist's concept of an giant gas planet in the foreground with a star, in this case Alpha Centauri A, in the distance.

Life on lava: How microbes colonize new habitats

Taking advantage of a "natural laboratory" in Iceland, a research team from the University of Arizona studied how microbes colonize fresh lava flows as soon as they cooled.

Confused by the doctor's questionnaire? U of A study suggests it's common

A new paper suggests that a widely used questionnaire for triaging mental health symptoms could be giving providers poor data to inform treatment – and that a fix could be as simple as rewriting some of the questions.

Díaz de la Rubia named National Academy of Inventors fellow

The University of Arizona's senior vice president for research and partnerships joins an elite class of American inventors.