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Browse Science and Technology stories - November, 2009
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | DecUANews | The Jr. BIOTECH program connects middle school science teachers with the resources and training necessary to lead hands-on, inquiry-based science activities in the classroom.
UANews | A new UA-based institute will try a novel approach to address major, scientifically complex world problems.
UANews | Those involved with the Associated Students of the University of Arizona have initiated a composting program, and are involved in a range of other efforts on campus to promote sustinability efforts.
UANews | The UA Campus Arboretum, as the oldest continually maintained public green space in the state, is Arizona's premier destination for rare specimens.
UANews | The UA campus has been a model of environmental sustainability long before the green movement. Even as it grows, innovative projects are minimizing the University's environmental footprint.
UANews | Scientists led by Arizona Genomics Institute director Rod Wing and colleagues at collaborating institutions have deciphered the genetic code of maize.
UANews | The first "My Arizona" lecture will feature paleoecologist Julio Betancourt discussing the impact of invasive Eurasian and African grasses on the Sonoran Desert Landscape.
UANews | The new initiative highlights the role of ARRA-funded research at the UA and other universities in America's recovery and revitalization.
UANews | Increasing temperatures at high altitudes are fueling the post-1950 growth spurt seen in bristlecone pines, according to new research from a team led by UA scientists.
UANews | Sharon Megdal of the UA Water Resources Research Center chairs a task force charged with addressing key issues facing agriculture over the growing demand for water.
UANews | The National Science Foundation has granted $4.93 million for a project to identify the gene networks that control endosperm development and function right after pollination.
UANews | Industry meets research as UA professor Ray Kostuk and two Tucson companies collaborate to make solar energy economical.
UANews | The research, led by Wolfgang Fink, will aid both people with visual impairments and scientists involved in planetary exploration.
UANews | Faculty and administrators within the UA’s interdisciplinary School of Information Sciences, Technologies and Arts are planning workshops to determine areas of focus in developing a new undergraduate curriculum.
UANews | A $1.3 Million grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will fund the next phase of research that is critical to global food security.
UANews | For the insects called water striders, the pushiest guys don't always get the girls, according to a research team led by a University of Arizona scientist.
UANews | Spencer R. Titley is the UA economic geologist internationally renowned for his work on the origin of porphyry copper deposits.
UANews | UA students have organized what looks to be one of the year's premier space conferences and are holding it at the Lunar and Planetary Lab.
UANews | Despite very low light, HiRISE has taken images of the Phoenix Mars Lander blanketed by carbon-dioxide ice.
UANews | Martinez is one of the most highly regarded researchers worldwide in childhood lung diseases.