Honeybees play a vital role in the agricultural industry
The next time you tuck into a salad, thank a honeybee.
Plants & Animals
Aug 29, 2014
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University of Arizona
How climate change will affect western groundwater
By 2050 climate change will increase the groundwater deficit even more for four economically important aquifers in the western U.S., reports a University of Arizona-led team of scientists.
Environment
Feb 17, 2016
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Physicists take new look at the atom
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Arizona physicists have discovered a new way to measure how single atoms interact with a surface. Their findings help develop nanotechnology and test new theories about the internal structure ...
General Physics
Jan 17, 2011
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Project Sage: Bringing Solar Power to the Masses (w/ Video)
Research at the UA could one day lead to photovoltaic materials thin enough, flexible enough and inexpensive enough to go not only on rooftops but in windows, outdoor awnings and even clothing.
Engineering
Jul 23, 2009
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Beyond Jupiter, researchers discover a 'cradle of comets'
Comets are known to have a temper. As they swoop in from the outer edges of our solar system, these icy bodies begin spewing gas and dust as they venture closer to the sun. Their luminous outbursts can result in spectacular ...
Astronomy
Oct 24, 2019
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OSIRIS-REx successfully stows sample of asteroid Bennu
NASA's University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission has successfully stowed the spacecraft's Sample Return Capsule and its abundant sample of asteroid Bennu. On Oct. 28, the mission team sent commands to the spacecraft, instructing ...
Space Exploration
Oct 30, 2020
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Complex brains evolved much earlier than previously thought, 520-million-year-old fossilized arthropod confirms
Complex brains evolved much earlier than previously thought, as evidenced by a 520-million year old fossilized arthropod with remarkably well-preserved brain structures. Representing the earliest specimen to show a brain, ...
Archaeology
Oct 10, 2012
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2
Engineering discovery brings invisibility closer to reality
Since the beginning of recorded time, humans have used materials found in nature to improve their lot. Since the turn of this century, scientists have studied metamaterials, artificial materials engineered to bend electromagnetic, ...
General Physics
Jan 26, 2015
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270
Recently discovered microbe is key player in climate change
As permafrost soils thaw under the influence of global warming, communities of soil microbes act as potent amplifiers of global climate change, an international study has shown.
Environment
Oct 22, 2014
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Pacific sea level predicts global temperature changes
The amount of sea level rise in the Pacific Ocean can be used to estimate future global surface temperatures, according to a new report led by University of Arizona geoscientists.
Earth Sciences
Aug 18, 2016
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