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Catalysts of Change' is Theme of Arizona Science Lecture Series

Jan. 27, 2020

University of Arizona experts will focus on climate, space, artificial intelligence and genetic engineering – four topics that continue to change the world and influence the way people will live in the future.

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The argument for plastic straws

Jan. 27, 2020

Lots of colorful plastic straws with flexible bodies stuck together in a glass. Some of them are sticking out. In the background there are some more thrown around on the table.

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UBRP Conference showcases undergraduates' biology research

Jan. 27, 2020

Over 100 University of Arizona undergraduate researchers presented their work at the 31st annual Undergraduate Biology Research Program Conference in the Environmental and Natural Resources 2 building on Saturday, Jan. 25. This conference served as a public showcase of the work UBRP students completed during their time in the program.

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The Strange Tale of Biosphere 2 Gets a Fitting Showcase in "Spaceship Earth"

Jan. 25, 2020

Documentary filmmaker Matt Wolf on his latest, a deep dive into an ecological utopia gone wrong.

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Image of vines growing inside Biosphere 2 with sky in the background

UA Researcher Working To Cut Off Citrus Disease Before It Spreads To Arizona Crops

Jan. 20, 2020

There is an outbreak that’s killing California’s citrus trees. Earlier this month, that state’s orange growers expanded a quarantine zone to cover more than 1,000 square miles of infected land in four counties. 

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What to do when pests become homewreckers

Jan. 9, 2020

With adversaries including termites and carpenter ants, learn how to look out for invasions and go on the offensive

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Studying Drought In An Enclosed Rainforest

Dec. 20, 2019

The world's hottest rainforest isn't the Amazon. It's not even in the tropics. It's kept under glass in the desert of Southern Arizona.

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The Future of Farming Takes Root

March 21, 2018

Sustainable agriculture is quickly becoming the wave of the future as global leaders grapple with the question of how to feed a world population approaching 10 billion. At the UA, researchers are looking up for answers, in the form of vertical farming.

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Science Says: Jack Frost nipping at your nose ever later

Oct. 27, 2017

Across the United States, the year’s first freeze has been arriving further and further into the calendar, according to more than a century of measurements from weather stations nationwide.

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