Research

Using high-performance techniques, UA researcher Adam Buntzman has led an effort to harness supercomputers to create the first map of the human immune system.

Desi Rodriguez-Lonebear researches indigenous demography and champions data sovereignty for Native Americans, exemplifying the UA's international, dual Ph.D. program.

Katerina Aifantis, who became the Netherlands' youngest-ever recipient of a doctorate in applied physics at age 21, is investigating how metallic solids break down at the atomic level.

Sergio Salguero writes about his work in Helena Morrison's lab, which is helping to improve our understanding of why women's risk for stroke increases after menopause.

How does natural selection result in evolutionary change? It's one of biology's vexing questions, and UA researchers have worked on how genetic information gets translated into traits.

Some residents of the city of Bisbee, Arizona, 90 miles southeast of Tucson, have concerns about the bugs, whose bite can trigger an allergic reaction and also transmit disease. UA researchers are working with local health officials, and here is what they have found. With UANews video.

UA graduate student researcher Michael Gibson-Light found a change in the monetary practices of inmates. The shift, he says, is because of a decline in funding of prison services.

Scientific studies are frequently the basis for news stories that seem too good to be true ("Chocolate makes you smarter"). How should a discerning audience separate fact from fiction? Kimberly Andrews Espy, the UA's senior vice president for research, advises on what to look for.

Tech Launch Arizona has completed its third full year of operation, surpassing all of its established performance metrics. For fiscal 2016, the UA's commercialization arm reported 250 invention disclosures, 278 patents filed and 14 startup companies. Tech Parks Arizona also had a banner year.