A growing baby planet photographed for first time in a ring of darkness

Aug. 26, 2025

The star, WISPIT 2, appears a bright spot in the center, surrounded by a white, bright ring of dust. Two small dots indicate the growing protoplanets in the system.

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Collaborations at the WEST Center drive innovation and national recognition

U.S. News & World Report recently ranked the University of Arizona No. 2 in the nation and No. 31 worldwide in water resources, recognition fueled by groundbreaking research at the WEST (Water & Energy Sustainable Technology) Center. WEST is advancing technologies for water reuse while training both military cadets and civilian operators to lead the future of water security.

U of A scholars urge new frameworks to protect Indigenous heritage—millennia of research—for the common good

U of A scholars Rebecca Tsosie and Michael Kotutwa Johnson urge society to embrace Indigenous seed stewardship as key to resilience and survival. Their new UCLA Law Review article, “The Seed is the Law,” calls for protecting heirloom seeds and traditional knowledge through Tribal, U.S., and international law.

An ancient signpost: Minute fossils tell big story about arthropod evolution

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.