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Women In Climate Change: Mona Arora

UArizona is celebrating Women's History Month by highlighting some of the many women on campus who are working on climate change-related issues in hopes of creating a better future.

Women In Climate Change: Kirsten Engel

UArizona is celebrating Women's History Month by highlighting some of the many women on campus who are working on climate change-related issues in hopes of creating a better future.

Women In Climate Change: Beth Tellman

UArizona is celebrating Women's History Month by highlighting some of the many women on campus who are working on climate change-related issues in hopes of creating a better future.

Star-Sized Debris Cloud From Distant Collision Spotted By NASA Telescope

Major smashups between rocky bodies shaped our solar system. Observations of a similar crash give clues about how frequently these events occur around other stars.

Artificial Intelligence Improves Efficiency of Genome Editing

Researchers at the University of Zurich have developed a new tool that uses artificial intelligence to predict the efficacy of various genome editing repair options. Unintentional errors in the correction of DNA mutations of genetic diseases can thus be reduced.

Climate Change Threatens Lemurs on Madagascar

Mouse lemurs give birth to their offspring during the five-month rainy season and build up fat reserves to survive the dry season when food is scarce. But what happens when the rainy season becomes drier and the dry season warmer? Researchers at the German Primate Center - Leibniz Institute for Primate Research and the University of Zurich show that climate changes destabilize mouse lemur populations and increase the risk of extinction.

Fast-Melting Alpine Permafrost May Contribute To Rising Global Temperatures

Using lake sediment in the Tibetan Plateau, a team of researchers was able to show that permafrost at high elevations is more vulnerable than arctic permafrost under projected future climate conditions.

Scallop Eyes as Inspiration for New Microscope Objectives

Neuroscientists at the University of Zurich have developed innovative objectives for light microscopy by using mirrors to produce images. Their design finds correspondence in mirror telescopes used in astronomy on the one hand and the eyes of scallops on the other. The new objectives enable high-resolution imaging of tissues and organs in a much wider variety of immersion media than with conventional microscope lenses.

Misconceptions Put Women Off STEM Subjects

Young women seem to be less drawn to degrees in science or technology. But what is putting them off? A sociological study at UZH has revealed that outdated gender stereotypes – such as supposed differences in analytical thinking – play a major role.

Diversity Efforts Evolve At Uarizona Health Sciences Colleges

Diversity, equity and inclusion efforts have spread beyond the Colleges of Medicine as the other Health Sciences colleges address racism in health care.

New Class of Antibiotics to Fight Resistant Bacteria

Health professionals are in urgent need of new antibiotics to tackle resistant bacteria. Researchers at the University of Zurich and the company Spexis have now modified the chemical structure of naturally occurring peptides to develop antimicrobial molecules that bind to novel targets in the bacteria’s metabolism.

Undernourished Infants At Risk For Lung Restriction, Weaker Health As Adults

A UArizona Health Sciences-led study identified poor childhood nutrition and growth as risk factors for lung disease and weaker health as an adult.

Researchers Identify Brain Region Associated With Feeling Full After Eating

Understanding the neural circuitry that makes people feel full after a meal could help lead to better treatments for eating disorders and weight management.

Colleges Of Medicine Lead Initiatives Focused On Anti-Racism In Medicine

Solutions require complex, sustained efforts to move the mountain of historical racism in medicine and the systemic ways it may exhibit itself today.

Should You Get an Additional COVID-19 Bivalent Booster?

An additional bivalent booster offers extra protection for those at high risk of COVID-19-related hospitalization and death.

Small Fraction of Eligible Texas Clinicians Prescribing Lifesaving Medications for Opioid Use Disorder

Despite scientific evidence that the medication buprenorphine/naloxone (or Suboxone) effectively treats opioid use disorder (OUD)

Telehealth Enables 8 Texas Nurseries to Reduce Antibiotic Use in Newborns by 32%

Telehealth consultations with a pediatric infectious disease specialist at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio reduced the number of newborns receiving antibiotics by 32% in eight geographically distant nurseries that serve rural and medically underserved areas of South Texas, a study shows.

Robotic Kidney Cancer Surgery Shows Desirable Outcomes in Study

Kidney cancer is not always confined to the kidney. In advanced cases, this cancer invades the body’s biggest vein, the inferior vena cava (IVC), which carries blood out of the kidneys back to the heart.

Study Finds Large New Source Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Over a two-year period, researchers detected 1,200 methane "ultra-emitters."

It Takes A Special Kind Of Planet To Make A Moon

Generally thought to be the products of celestial bodies crashing into each other, moons around terrestrial planets may play important roles in shaping the conditions for life to emerge. For sizable moons to form successfully, the circumstances must be just right, according to a study published in Nature Communications.