Research

A new study conducted by UA planetary scientists suggests volcanoes may have been recently boiling deep below the surface of the Red Planet.

A team of ecologists used lidar technology to scan the leaf canopy of an Amazon forest and found that trees responded to drought in some surprising ways.

UA psychology professor David Sbarra and his collaborators propose an explanation for why we are so drawn to our smartphones, even when they take us out of the moment in our close relationships.

A research team at the UA Sarver Heart Center investigated whether metformin, a common diabetes drug, could be an effective treatment for a type of heart failure that affects nearly half of all heart failure patients.

Consumers are more likely to purchase products that have lower ratings but more reviews than products with higher ratings but few reviews, researchers found.

The University of Arizona Applied Research Corp. will focus the UA's research strengths in several diverse areas on solving national security issues.

Roberta Diaz Brinton received a $5.9 million grant to study the role of gender in Alzheimer’s disease and develop precision medicine interventions to prevent — and potentially reverse — the course of the disease in both women and men.

Larger dogs have better short-term memory and self-control than smaller breeds, according to research led by UA anthropology graduate student Daniel Horschler with the UA's Arizona Canine Cognition Center.

The ice fields of southwest Greenland are becoming sensitive to the North Atlantic Oscillation and will become a major contributor to sea level rise as global warming progresses.