Science and Technology

More Than 600 Arizona Teenagers to Participate in Competition | April 22, 2009
UANews | The statewide MESA Day 2009 Design Competition will be held on the UA campus on Saturday.  | General News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
UA Skyline to See Dramatic New Additions of Solar Panels | April 22, 2009
UANews | Photovoltaic electricity panels, solar water heating units or a combination of both will be installed in May in a partnership with APS Energy Services to bring renewable energy to the UA campus. | Campus News | General News | Science and Technology
Career Day to be Held for Youth | April 21, 2009
UANews | The UA Science and Technology Park is hosting the GenNext Career Day, which is meant to inform youth about ways that the math and science skills they are learning now can help them in careers as adults. | Campus News | Science and Technology
UA to Make Major Announcement on Expanding Campus Solar Energy | April 21, 2009
UANews | APS Energy Services, UA to announce a partnership to bring solar energy to the University campus in the midst of day-long campus celebrations of Earth Day. | General News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
Life Books names Biosphere 2 "Man-Made Wonder" | April 21, 2009
UANews | The UA's Biosphere 2 made the list, alongside other structures that include the Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House and the Hubble Space Telescope. | Campus News | Science and Technology
UA Team a Winner in National Sustainability Competition | April 21, 2009
UANews | A team of UA graduates earned $75,000 for their sustainable aquaculture system during the National Sustainable Design Expo in Washington, D.C. | General News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
Science Foundation Arizona Launches Solar Initiatives Totaling $4 Million | April 20, 2009
UANews | UA, Arizona State University and industry have joined in five new projects that focus on solar energy breakthroughs. | General News | Science and Technology
Batty About Bats | April 20, 2009
UANews | The UA, the Arizona Department of Health Services and the Arizona Game and Fish Department are collaborating to educate the public on rabies exposure prevention and bat conservation. | Health | Science and Technology
Golf Classic Raises Funds for ALS Research | April 20, 2009
UANews | The Jim Himelic Memorial Golf Classic will be held Friday to raise money for Lou Gehrig's disease research.  | General News | Health | Science and Technology | Sports
UA Student Named Goldwater Scholar | April 17, 2009
UANews | Arshed Al-Obeidi, a UA Honors College student, has been named a Goldwater Scholar by the federally endowed Goldwater Foundation named after the former U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater, a UA alumnus. | General News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
Megadroughts in Sub-Saharan Africa Normal for the Region | April 16, 2009
UANews | Global warming may intensify the age-old pattern of recurring severe droughts. | General News | Science and Technology
UA Team Competes in National Design Competition | April 16, 2009
UANews | UA graduate student Kyle VanderLugt and his University colleagues are traveling to Washington, D.C. this weekend to compete in the P3 Award competition. | Campus News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
Acclaimed Photographer to Speak on Art, Climate Change | April 16, 2009
UANews | David Buckland, who is known around the world for his work in the Arctic, will give a public lecture at the UA this month. | General News | Science and Technology
Warp Power May Soon Add Extra Life to Your Cell Phone and iPod Batteries | April 14, 2009
UANews | Engineering professor Roman Lysecky has been awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation to develop high-performance customizable computer chips. | Science and Technology
Biosphere 2 Experiment Shows How Fast Heat Could Kill Drought-Stressed Pine | April 13, 2009
UANews | More frequent widespread piñon pine die-offs can be predicted because of higher temperature alone, without factoring in worsening drought, insect attack or other climate change effects. | Science and Technology
Science Cafe to Cover Cancer and Genetics | April 10, 2009
UANews | The April 19 Science Caféwill feature two UA cancer specialists who will talk about DNA and its link to cancer. | Health | Science and Technology
Major Earth Day Celebration at UA on April 22 | April 10, 2009
UANews | The UA, joined by the city of Tucson, Pima County and local businesses, will host one of the biggest Earth Day celebrations ever held on campus. | Campus News | General News | Science and Technology
Arizona Public Media to Broadcast '400 Years of the Telescope' Friday | April 9, 2009
UANews | The hour-long documentary celebrating four centuries of astral discoveries will air on KUAT6 and HD at 10 p.m. April 10. | General News | Science and Technology
Astronomer Erick Young Named Director of 'SOFIA' Airborne Observatory | April 8, 2009
UANews | NASA said that Young's appointment marks a major milestone for the airborne observatory. | Science and Technology
Potential Planets Around Cool Stars Could Have Alien Chemistry | April 7, 2009
UANews | If planets exist around cool, low mass stars, they could be chemically different from planets in our solar system. | Science and Technology
Tree-Ring Lab Director Testifies on Impacts of Climate Change on National Parks | April 7, 2009
UANews | Dendrochonologist Thomas Swetnam told members of Congress that place-based scientists can be an important part of managing climate change in America's national parks. | Science and Technology
Engineering Professor Appointed as First 1885 Society Presidential Chair | April 6, 2009
UANews | Hermann F. Fasel, a UA professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering since 1982, heads the Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
UA Camera Helps Capture Spitzer Image That Celebrates IYA2009 | April 3, 2009
UANews | UA astronomers used their camera on NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to help take a new portrait of Galaxy M33 in infrared light. | Science and Technology
Wound Shape is Supreme in Healing Process | April 2, 2009
UANews | Researchers at The University of Arizona are predicting healing based on the shape of wounds. | General News | Health | Science and Technology
Biosphere 2 Will Celebrate Earth Day With Music, Art and Science | March 31, 2009
UANews | The UA's Biosphere 2 will combine music and art with science, technology and business at its first Earth Day Festival. | Arts and Humanities | General News | Science and Technology
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