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Eight people stand in a line performing a ribbon-cutting ceremony in front of the Center for Semiconductor Manufacturing's Nanofabrication Core Facility

Feb. 18, 2026

U of A opens newly expanded semiconductor lab

Funding from the Arizona Commerce Authority supports the Center for Semiconductor Manufacturing’s efforts to boost workforce development and research partnerships.

Staff members seated at desks look at space images on a large screen

U of A takes leading operations role in NASA mission

The University of Arizona is mission control for the Pandora mission, which will help scientists study exoplanets and their stars.

students working in clean room

University of Arizona Core Facilities Highlights: Nano Fabrication Center

Image of Biosphere 2’s Matthias Beach and Kai Staats discussing SAM’s dwarf pea experiment.

Biosphere 2’s SAM to become testing ground for next-generation space habitats

From carbon-scrubbing crops to advanced life-support technology and an indoor Mars yard, Biosphere 2's SAM habitat is emerging as a proving site for future off-world missions.

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Grand Challenges Research Building

U of A research expenditures exceed $1B, ranked among top 20 public universities

Jan. 12

Artist's illustration of the Pandora spacecraft, consisting of a telescope lens and three solar panels extended. The sun and Jupiter are in the background.

Pandora, a keen-eyed satellite built to study exoplanets, takes flight

Jan. 9

Sporting a striking color pattern of yellow dots on its grey wings and a long, blue, "nose"-like head appendate, a lanternfly is pictured sitting on tree bark

New species are now being discovered faster than ever before, study suggests

Dec. 22, 2025

Philip Gutruf stands in his laboratory with researchers working in the background.

AI-powered wearable boosts preventative care for elderly

Dec. 22, 2025

Wearing an orange safety vest and a gas mask, Solange Duhamel stands next to a wall of jumbled lava rocks reaching up to her shoulder.

Life on lava: How microbes colonize new habitats

Dec. 18, 2025

a doctor speaking with a patient while holding a clipboard

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

Dec. 17, 2025

A tractor in a field

Sowing the seeds of an Arizona agricultural partnership

Dec. 15, 2025

Tomás Díaz de la Rubia conducts a presentation about fusion energy in a glass building

Díaz de la Rubia named National Academy of Inventors fellow

Dec. 15, 2025

A graphic depiction of an orbital data center

Big Idea Challenge powers orbital data center development

Dec. 12, 2025

A professor wearing a black shirt writes on a chalkboard

U of A researchers accelerate quantum computing at $125M center

Dec. 11, 2025

Galaxies of many shapes and colors dot the black background of distant space, with an inset zooming in on the red object dubbed "Virgil," the object of the study reported here.

The monster hiding in plain sight: JWST reveals cosmic shapeshifter in the early universe

Dec. 10, 2025

Portrait of John Schaibley

Schaibley named inaugural faculty fellow to unify quantum research at U of A

Dec. 9, 2025

A researcher reads a pamphlet in a laboratory

U of A among top institutions in global research impact list

Dec. 9, 2025

water running from a tap into a glass

New research links health impacts related to 'forever chemicals' to billions in economic losses

Dec. 8, 2025

Group photo of 22 people

Research communications teams win PRSA awards

Dec. 4, 2025

Artist's illustration of the TRAPPIST system shows the star as an orange glowing ball with four of its seven planets orbiting around it.

A new look at TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized, habitable-zone exoplanet

Dec. 4, 2025

A man is talking intensely while a projection screen in the background

Harper lecture puts sixth extinction in historical context

Dec. 3, 2025

A man in a dress shirt and jacket stands in a small room with cone-shaped acoustic tiles on all the walls.

Lecture by Nobel laureate Schmidt expands understanding of universe

Dec. 2, 2025

Earth fills most of the image, a moody blue globe mostly covered with tiny blueish white clouds like carpet pile or sheep’s wool. In the foreground, the instrument panel is dark enough to be nearly in silhouette, like a city skyline. A tall thin rectangle juts up from the left side of the panel, like a tall building, which is part of the SamCam. In the center, a shorter, squatter polygon shape is the OLA instrument. A slightly lighter colored Y shape lays on its side in front of the OLA.

OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft takes selfie with Earth during flyby

Nov. 25, 2025

people sitting at a table during a press conference as one of them speaks

U of A and CNRS: Transcending borders to advance science that benefits the world

Nov. 25, 2025

A portrait of Chris Augustine and Joe Harting

U of A startup breaks decades-long vendor lock-in with new mobile credentialing platform

Nov. 25, 2025

A woman places her hand near a scar on her back shoulder

A type of immune cell could hold a key to preventing scar tissue buildup in wounds

Nov. 25, 2025

Boojum trees grow in a desert landscape, with the blue waters of the Gulf of California in the background.

Ecological winners: Why some species dominate the planet

Nov. 24, 2025

Tree rings shown in a tree cross section

Unraveling the mysteries of ancient solar storms and earthquakes

Nov. 24, 2025