A newly discovered protein that is crucial for egg production in mosquitoes opens a possibility for "mosquito birth control," an approach that might offer a way to reduce mosquito populations in areas of human disease transmission.
A team of UA researchers led by biomedical engineer Nan-kuei Chen is using a $2.1 million grant to improve MRI technologies for challenging patient populations.
Tree growth may decline as much as 75 percent, according to a new finding based on a treasure trove of about 20,000 unanalyzed tree cores discovered in a Utah laboratory.
The origin of stardust is more complicated than previously thought, according to new observations of a mysterious object 15,000 light-years from Earth.