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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

The spacecraft of the U of A-led OSIRIS-APEX mission performed a "slingshot" maneuver around Earth as part of its journey to catch up with its mission target, asteroid Apophis.

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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

Analyzing plant dispersion data from across the globe, researchers at the University of Arizona found that the most abundant species have adapted to tolerate a wide range of climates. Their findings could inform future conservation efforts.

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A portrait of Chris Augustine and Joe Harting

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

New platform rethinks the student services ecosystem, allowing universities increased freedom to choose commercial ID card providers

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

Researchers in the College of Medicine – Tucson’s Department of Surgery are uncovering new insights into how mechanical strain on cells affects healing.

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Space traffic and space junk image

UArizona Space4 Center part of international AI space sustainability project

April 8, 2024

Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt is seen walking on the surface of the moon, collecting samples.

How the moon turned itself inside out

April 8, 2024

Doctor and a patient

New AI coaching bot may enhance medical education, training

April 4, 2024

University of Arizona sociologist receives NSF CAREER award to study the “science of science”

April 4, 2024

University of Arizona researchers use JWST to study a faraway potential water world

April 3, 2024

Jekan Thanga, associate professor of AME, speaks to a class of students.

University of Arizona inaugurates U.S. Space Command webinar series

March 29, 2024

Alan Cruz, an agricultural systems management major at University of Arizona Yuma, stands in a field of leafy greens.

University of Arizona Yuma senior named a Future Leader in Agriculture by USDA

March 29, 2024

Artist's concept depicting a young star surrounded by a dusty protoplanetary disk.

Webb telescope takes its first images of forming planetary systems

March 27, 2024

glowing neurons

UArizona scientists pinpoint anorexia's neurologic origins

March 21, 2024

An illustration showing a bar graph rise and fall along the x-axis

UArizona investment in quantum innovation will stimulate economic prosperity across state

March 21, 2024

The 2023 Women of Impact and Young Women of Impact cohorts pose for a picture after the awards celebration.

Campuswide campaign recognizing accomplished women at University of Arizona expands with support from Commission on the Status of Women

March 18, 2024

A mosquito sucking blood.

Innovative chemical strategy targets mosquito larvae gut to combat spread of deadly diseases

March 15, 2024

a person sleeping in a bed with white sheets under a soft blue light

Poor sleep linked to migraine attacks in new UArizona Health Sciences study

March 13, 2024

Holocaust survivor Hannah Zack Miley poses for a photo.

UArizona Freedom Center & Arizona Center for Judaic Studies host Holocaust survivor Hanna Zack Miley

March 13, 2024

This artist's illustration shows the surroundings of a young star, with gas and dust forming a swirling circumstellar disk.

James Webb Space Telescope captures the end of planet formation

March 5, 2024

A graphic which shows the amount of funsing for each college in University of Arizona Health Sciences.

NIH funding increases lead to impressive performance in Blue Ridge rankings

Feb. 29, 2024

Tethered by a long cable, the high altitude balloon carrying the GUSTO telescope is being launched from McMurdo Research Station in Antarctica.

Steward Observatory balloon mission breaks NASA record 22 miles above Antarctica

Feb. 24, 2024

AZ Critical Minerals Symposium with global mining and metals company South32

Critical Minerals Symposium Highlights Path to Domestic Supply Chain Security and Economic Growth

Feb. 16, 2024

Kray Luxbacher and crowd at the San Xavier Underground Mining Laboratory

Congressional Western Caucus visits UArizona San Xavier Underground Mining Laboratory

Feb. 15, 2024

University of Arizona Researcher Reflects on Life of Improving Food Quality

Feb. 13, 2024

Collaborative Project with University of Arizona Advances Indigenous Geoscience Education in the Grand Canyon

Feb. 13, 2024

Joellen Russell presents in front of an image of the Franz Josef glacier in the Southern Alps of New Zealand

UArizona climatologist explains how mining can be part of a sustainable future

Feb. 4, 2024

VR testing

Applying VR and AI to find a faster way to test for TBI

Feb. 4, 2024

University of Arizona Maricopa County Cooperative Extension Receives USDA Grant for Urban Beekeeping Education

Jan. 25, 2024