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UANews | The recipients will study in locations around the globe, from Namibia in Africa to Tajikistan in Central Asia.

UANews | Researchers have reconstructed the formation of two curious features in the northern ice cap of Mars: a chasm larger than the Grand Canyon and a series of spiral troughs.

UANews | UA geoscientist Jay Quade is one of eight researchers who say evidence suggests that Ardi, the purpoted human ancestor, lived in a savanna rather than a dense woodland. The critique is published May 28 in Science.

UANews | UA scientists have used a new quick-growing technique to produce a water-soluble form of a plant compound that combats cancer and encourages the survival of healthy cells.

UANews | Hillside solar project at the facility near Oracle could lead to new renewable energy sources that could cut carbon emissions.

UANews | UA researchers are finding ways for cities to more effectively monitor and manage water and energy use.

UANews | Biosphere 2, built in the 1980s, is the largest attempt ever to create a natural environment. The UA College of Science assumed management of the facility in 2007.

UANews | The researchers studied Northwest Africa's climate history by using the information recorded in tree rings. The oldest trees sampled contain climate data from the medieval period.

UANews | The UA's Undergraduate Biology Research Program is helping to support and train the next generation of scientists, researchers and faculty members in the biological sciences. 

UANews | NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has ended operations after repeated attempts to contact the spacecraft were unsuccessful. An image taken by the camera of the UA-led High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment suggests the lander may have suffered damage from the harsh Martian winter.

UANews | An international team of scientists including David Arnett at the UA's Steward Observatory has identified a new type of supernova. The findings, published in Nature, could explain some puzzling phenomena, including the prevalence of calcium in the universe and our bodies.

UANews | A new asymmetry between matter and antimatter may help explain why antimatter is so rare, according to new research. The finding may also shake up physicists' current explanation about the interactions among the particles that make up matter.

UANews | The park contributes $3 billion annually to Pima County's economy, according to a new report detailing the park's performance and local contributions.

UANews | NASA has chosen a picture taken at the UA's SkyCenter on Mount Lemmon as the May 20 Astronomy Picture of the Day. Using the center's 24-inch telescope, astrophotographer Adam Block captured the voracious appetite of a black hole 50 million light years away.

UANews | Security organizations could be more effective if officials learn from occurrences in the environment, UA researchers suggest in the May 20 issue of the journal Nature.

UANews | When a spacecraft re-enters the Earth's atmosphere, some parts of the vehicle can reach 2,600-2,800 degrees Celsius. That's about double the melting point of steel and more than half the estimated temperature of the Earth's core.

UANews | Warming in the last century is threatening one of Africa's largest inland fisheries. The research team attributes the lake's increased temperature and the decreased productivity to human-caused global warming.

UANews | The UA Water Resources Research Center's annual conference will serve as a forum on developing the state's future water and environmental leadership.

UANews | A research group led by UA immunobiologist Ty Lebsack has discovered that spaceflight changes the activity of genes controlling immune and stress response, perhaps leading to more sickness.

UANews | The $250,000 gift will help support operating costs for the institute, which is addressing many important issues including worksite and community safety and increasing renewable energy usage.

UANews | UA research highlighted at an international conference in Tucson is focused on improving hurricane predictions and the effects of such storms on the U.S. Southwest.

UANews | For the first time, an earthquake was recorded live in Devils Hole, home to the critically endangered pupfish species. The footage is educating scientists on how struggling species react to disturbance.

UANews | A symposium on understanding the mind and brain will bring engineers and scientists together to take stock of progress in making robots think and act like people.

UANews | Climate records indicate the later part of the 20th century is the warmest period in the past 500 to 1,000 years, Lisa Graumlich told lawmakers May 6.

UANews | The Arizona Research Institute for Solar Energy is hosting a public event on Monday to honor the achievements of students involved with the Arizona Solar Car Team.

UANews | Southern Arizona and the tip of southwestern New Mexico are forecast to have above-normal significant fire potential now through August, but other areas of both states are expected to see a relatively quieter fire season.

UANews | UA journalism professor Linda Lumsden's research, which centers on a 1960s-era radical newspaper, illustrates how alternative media can effectively challenge mainstream news outlets on issues such as social change.

UANews | The UA and national leaders look to address the isolation, lack of resources and state inconsistencies in K-12 computer science education.

UANews | UA meteorite curator Marvin Killgore has found what is to date the largest fragment of an object that exploded in the skies over Wisconsin in April.

UANews | Max Boykoff will speak at the UA on May 4 about ways the media portray those who have alternative views about climate change.

UANews | NIRCam, the UA-designed infrared eye of the upcoming James Web Space Telescope, passed a key test and is on its way to the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland.

UANews | A remembrance for Michael Cusanovich will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 8, in the Student Union North Ballroom.