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Permafrost, a thick subsurface layer of soil located in polar regions and frozen year-round, is thawing under the effect of a changing climate. UA researchers are working with others around the world to understand the effects.
Hsinchun Chen, professor of management information systems at the UA, explains some simple ways to increase security and decrease your chances of being hacked.
A study examining patterns of historical temperatures for 276 U.S. national parks found earlier springs driven by climate change in three out of every four parks, with more than half of the parks experiencing extreme early onsets of spring.
Grasslands and grass crops, covering much of the world's land area and providing half of the calories humans consume, may be unable to respond fast enough, UA ecologists say.
UA College of Engineering and College of Medicine researchers are developing and testing a computerized device to train medical students in laparoscopic surgery better than a human surgeon could.
The "proud parents" of the UA's mission team talk about their excitement after a flawless launch sequence, their jitters prior to powering up the spacecraft's instruments for the first time in space, and what it takes to talk to a robotic probe hurtling around the sun millions of miles away.
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.
With the UA at its core, Tucson represents a vibrant community for exploring interactions between the arts and the environment. In that context, the Environment and Humanities Network was established to build multidisciplinary initiatives that tackle environmental challenges.
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.
The Research Insights in Semiarid Ecosystems Symposium continues a legacy of student engagement and research collaborations based on 114 years of data from the Santa Rita Experimental Range, and 64 years of research on the Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed.