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Browse Science and Technology stories - August, 2009
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | DecUANews | Biosphere 2's ocean is a key asset for UA biologist and Tara Oceans scientist Matthew Sullivan.
UANews | Two UA geoscientists are now investigating whether similar faults in southern Arizona are also creeping slowly and steadily.
UANews | SAHRA, which stands for Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas, is one of the lead interdisciplinary groups studying water issues at the UA.
UANews | Researchers at the UA's Water Village are working to ensure ways to prevent contamination of our water supply.
UANews | The study of tree rings, a science invented at the UA, has been instrumental in increasing the understanding of drought patterns in the Southwest.
UANews | Salinity is just one of the many questions water researchers across dozens of disciplines are tackling at the UA.
UANews | Mexican and U.S. astronomers propose a new infrared sky survey with a 6.5-meter telescope in Baja California, Mexico.
UANews | Tucson is the setting for an important conversation with Israeli and Palestinian officials about water management in the Middle East.
UANews | The UA's digital information management certificate program is graduating its first cohort, a group of librarians and archivists working in institutions across the country.
UANews | A first for Arizona and the southwest, surgeons at the UA have performed an innovative surgey that alleviates the pain from pancreatitis.
UANews | Bacteria inside aphids can help fend off parasitic wasp attacks, but only if the bacteria have the right viral infection, a UA research team reports.
UANews | The Catalina Sky Survey detects potentially hazardous asteroids and comets. Now a spin-off survey is finding a windfall of "optical transients" in the same data.
UANews | The UA has seen increased enrollments in the science and engineering while the Honors College has welcomed the largest class of incoming freshmen in its history.
UANews | The UA invites the community to the first-ever public tours of its visionary Solar Decathlon house, talks about its major solar energy projects and first-ever performances and views of solar-inspired art.
UANews | Students interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics are eligible to apply to become intern for the UA's WISE program.
UANews | Christian Collberg has co-authored a new book that explores an emergent branch of software security, offering solutions for companies and agencies seeking to protect their intellectual property.
UANews | UA anthropologist Mary Stiner has discovered that early stone-age hunters at Qesem Cave were skilled big game predators but shared their meat informally.
UANews | The HiRISE team, based at UA, has taken a picture of Victoria Crater that shows detail down to rover wheel tracks.
UANews | Astronomers from the U.S. and Mexico will converge on the UA on Aug. 26 to witness the casting of a telescope mirror to go to Mexico.
UANews | Top students from throughout the United States and Mexico come to the UA to participate in 10 weeks of intensive research training with some of the nation's top researchers in their fields.
UANews | UA researchers Jennifer Barton and Ray Kostuk have received a five-year, $2.4 million grant to build the instrument that they hope will one day be used to monitor women at high risk for ovarian cancer.
UANews | The Mount Lemmon SkyCenter will host a special program for viewing the Perseid meteor shower.
UANews | The young women's mentorship program also will offer new online mentor selection to high school students interested in science, technology, engineering and math careers.
UANews | The $3.3-million grant supports the work focused on eliminating gender inequity within the academy while also promoting equity across campus.