Science and Technology

UA Solar Race Team Finishes Grueling 2,400-Mile Race | July 22, 2008
The UA solar race team perseveres to finish in 10th place.    | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
Arizona Governor Visits Phoenix Mars Team Working at UA | July 22, 2008
The lander was working a 33-hour workshift on Mars when Gov. Napolitano visited its science operations center in Tucson. | General News | Science and Technology
Phoenix Mars Lander Works Through the Night | July 21, 2008
The lander is studying Mars' atmosphere and ground at the same time Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter does. | Science and Technology
SkyCenter Launching Summer Science Program on Mt. Lemmon | July 21, 2008
The Mount Lemmon SkyCenter invites the public to DiscoveryDays to learn about the unique science taking place on the sky island. | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
Gov. Napolitano to Visit Phoenix Mission Operations Center | July 18, 2008
Gov. Janet Napolitano will tour the Phoenix Mars Mission Science Operations Center with UA President Robert N. Shelton and receive a briefing from Phoenix Mission Principal Investigator Peter Smith. | General News | Science and Technology
Phoenix Mars Lander Continues Tests With Rasp | July 18, 2008
The Phoenix team will tell the lander to do a second, larger test of using a motorized rasp to produce and gather shavings of frozen ground. | Science and Technology
Desert Laboratory Director Honored by Ecological Society of America | July 17, 2008
UA Desert Laboratory Director Michael Rosenzweig has been elected Eminent Ecologist of the Year by the Ecological Society of America. | Campus News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
3-D Views Posted From Phoenix Mars Lander | July 17, 2008
The Phoenix Mars Mission has released stereo images of the Martian surface near the Phoenix lander. | Science and Technology
Phoenix Mars Lander Rasps Frozen Layer, Collects Sample | July 16, 2008
Phoenix's rasp and robotic arm scoop proved they can drill into frozen soil and collect the shavings for lander ovens. | Science and Technology
National Report: Unique Program Requires More Support | July 15, 2008
A professional master's program that the UA introduced in 2000 is among those across the nation that the National Research Council says requires more support to make the U.S. more competitive. | Business and Law | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
UA Computers Really Fast, and Green | July 15, 2008
UA research computing's newest high-performance computers are many times faster and more energy efficient than the less than four-year-old computers they replaced. | General News | Science and Technology
Solar Race Team Begins Second Stage in 2,400-Mile Race | July 15, 2008
The UA's solar race team and its car, Drifter 2.0, is one of only 15 teams to qualify to race in the American Solar Challenge. | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
Phoenix Mars Lander to Begin Rasping Frozen Layer | July 15, 2008
A powered rasp on the back of the robotic arm scoop is being tested for the first time on Mars in gathering sample shavings of ice. | Science and Technology
Phoenix Mars Lander Extending Trench | July 14, 2008
Scientists want a larger patch of Mars' hard subsurface for taking samples of ice-rich soil.    | Science and Technology
New Book Examines Intersection of Fire Ecology and Humans | July 11, 2008
"Living with Fire," co-authored by UA researcher Guy McPherson, addresses the dilemmas that living near fire-prone areas cause. | Science and Technology
Phoenix Mars Lander Uses Soil Probe and Swiss Scope | July 10, 2008
Phoenix has sent back the first atomic force microscope image taken on another planet. | Science and Technology
UA Researchers Engineer Self-Destructing Virus | July 10, 2008
The research could improve the understanding of how viruses work as well as the ability to make plants and animals more virus-resistant. | Health | Science and Technology
Orbiting HiRISE Camera Saw Phoenix Heat Shield in Freefall | July 9, 2008
Scientists have processed more details in an amazing image the camera captured as the Phoenix spacecraft descended through the Mars atmosphere. | Science and Technology
Under New Management | July 9, 2008
The University of Arizona is celebrating the completion of a tremendously successful first year of managing Biosphere 2. | General News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
Sample-Collection Tests by Phoenix Lander Continue | July 8, 2008
Scraping Mars' hard surface is like scraping a sidewalk. | Science and Technology
UA Student Leads Team to Zero Gravity | July 8, 2008
NASA's Weightless Wonder, a modified McDonnell Douglas DC-9 jetliner, will take 3 UA students on 45-degree nosedives to simulate zero gravity. | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
NSF Grant Helping UA to Transform Astronomy Education | July 7, 2008
The Steward Observatory Center for Astronomy Education has received $2 million from the NSF to enhance astronomy education. | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
Phoenix Lander Delivers Soil-Chemistry Sample | July 7, 2008
Phoenix used its robotic arm to deliver a second sample of soil for analysis by the spacecraft's wet chemistry laboratory. Test results will be compared to those from the first Martian soil sample analyzed two weeks ago. | Science and Technology
Top Tucson High School Students in UA Labs This Summer | July 3, 2008
UA summer research program is enabling students to learn lab skills and participate in research projects. | Health | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
Phoenix to Bake Ice-Rich Soil Next Week | July 2, 2008
Scientists will carefully select and deliver the sample because it could be the last one baked. | Science and Technology
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