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UANews | Energy and water use are natural resource topics facing indigenous policymakers who seek to make development decisions that respect culture and community.

UANews | A new protocol, now under review, could lead to a better understanding of the border fence’s impact on natural resources.

UANews | While not posing the immediate danger of extinction, the fence could mean the end for some wildlife travel south or north of the border.

UANews | A new UA finding indicates what organic molecules might be found on Titan, the moon of Saturn that scientists think is a model for the chemistry of pre-life Earth. Titan's atmosphere may provide clues to the origins of life.  

UANews | Scientists at the UA and Loma Linda University found that reusable grocery bags carry more than just groceries.

UANews | The strategy, detailed in the journal Science by the UA's Jonathan Overpeck and a colleague, prepares people for a hotter and drier Southwestern U.S. through water conservation and the continued development of ways to harness energy from the sun, wind and Earth.

UANews | Comet McNaught is quickly approaching the sun this week, but it is visible with binoculars or telescopes in the early hours before dawn. The best views are away from city lights, says UA senior research scientist Carl Hergenrother at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory.

UANews | The UA is partnering with ASU to teach seventh, eighth and ninth-grade instructors innovative ways to use technology such as flip video cameras and YouTube to better teach and inspire students.

UANews | UA engineering students recently competed in the 32nd International Mining Games in Western Australia. The games aim to keep old-school mining techniques alive while forging bonds among mining students around the world.

UANews | Peter H. Smith, William V. Boynton, Heather L. Enos and Christopher R. Shinohara received awards Tuesday at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The Phoenix mission confirmed and examined patches of underground water ice and identified a mineral called calcium carbonate that suggested occasional presence of thawed water.

UANews | The next generation of adaptive optics has arrived at the Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona, providing astronomers with a new level of image sharpness surpassing that of the Hubble Space Telescope.

UANews | A new report led by UA researcher Gary Nabhan details the threat of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to the unique agriculture of the Gulf Coast and the communities that depend on them.

UANews | The National Science Foundation has granted UA students funding for continued and new research projects in areas that include physics, geography, chemistry, ecology and astronomy.

UANews | Nearly three dozen meteorites will be on exhibit at the Foothills Mall. They range in size, shape and composition, and give a hint of what could be in store for a future UA mission.

UANews | Diana Archangeli, a UA linguistics professor, is heading up a team using ultrasound and other devices to create a technology that would enable the detection of words without auditory queues.

UANews | The facility will contribute toward expanding the UA's efforts to get new therapies and drug discoveries out to the market and patients more quickly.

UANews | A team led by UA astronomer Joshua Eisner has observed in unprecedented detail the processes giving rise to stars and planets in nascent solar systems. The discoveries lay the groundwork for probing the formation of planets with the potential for life.

UANews | Three engineering programs offer distance learning degrees, which make graduate study easier for off-campus students.

UANews | Areas of emphasis will include interactions between organisms and their changing environments and communicating research to the public.

UANews | The application, called Twitscape, allows users to see what those nearby are tweeting. A team of UA students developed the new app, available now through the Apple App Store.  

UANews | Ian Fasel, a UA assistant research professor, recently received two grants to fund research and design projects toward creating highly intelligent robots. 

UANews | Diana Liverman, who co-directs the UA's Institute of the Environment, has received a medal approved by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.

UANews | The Student Optics Chapter has built a laser graffiti system intended to spark public interest in optical sciences.