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UANews | K-12 students learn the exciting side of math and science in Lego Robotics Summer Workshops hosted by the UA College of Engineering.

UANews | Students are working on research projects involving science, math, engineering and the social sciences through the summer, honing their skills to launch graduate careers.

UANews | Astronomers have imaged a very young brown dwarf, or failed star, in a tight orbit around a young nearby sun-like star. The discovery is expected to shed light on the early stages of solar system formation.

UANews | A UA team is working to build a surveillance system that, in addition to capturing video, would be able to detect suspicious behavior.

UANews | During a workshop, high school teachers attended sessions on building solar ovens, Lego robots and model canoes and catapults. Now they'll return to their classrooms and pass the knowledge to their students. 

UANews | Diana Liverman, co-director of the UA's Institute of the Environment, has led the development of a national report examining climate change response.

UANews | The UA's Jeong-Yeol Yoon is using glass-slide laboratories to detect E. coli in water and vegetables and to monitor disease in livestock.

UANews | Members of the UA chapter of Engineers Without Borders will spend two weeks in West Africa in August to repair a broken mechanical water pump and conduct site assessments.

UANews | For the first time, UA entomologists have genetically altered mosquitoes in a way that renders them immune to the parasite that causes malaria. Researchers hope someday to replace wild mosquitoes with resistant, lab-bred populations.

UANews | The Geological Society of America is a scientific society with more than 22,000 members from academia, government and industry located in 97 countries. Ruiz is known for his research involving the formation of metallic ore deposits.

UANews | UA researchers participated in the discovery of an unexpected role played by a protein molecule, making it a candidate for a biomarker or drug target for breast cancer.

UANews | UA researchers are looking at summer thunderstorms in a variety of ways to learn how to predict them and mitigate their dangers.

UANews | The origin of the evolutionary game – the ability of animals (including humans) and plants to reproduce sexually, genetically recombine to repair DNA, and produce eggs, sperm or pollen – is an unresolved mystery in biology. UA researchers have a new theory that provides insights into the early evolution of sexual organisms.

UANews | The UA's Paul Cohen and his team have been awarded $1.4 million for Teach Ourselves, which will engage students in problem-solving activities via established social networking sites.

UANews | Adam Block's image of two colliding galaxies is on the popular Astronomy Picture of the Day website.

UANews | UA Baja Racing placed in the top three for best design and overall design at a recent international competition.

UANews | Jonathan Overpeck will be a lead author of an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change chapter on terrestrial and inland water systems. The report is intended to advance our knowledge of climate change.