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UA antibody testing, June 2020

UA researchers find longer-lasting immunity for COVID-19 patients

Oct 14, 2020 The discovery shows antibodies were still being produced months after infection.
OSIRIS-REx depicted in orbit around Bennu.

OSIRIS-REx closing in on asteroid sampling attempt

Oct 13, 2020 The UA-backed mission is one week away from its crucial maneuver.

UA COVID Watch app is now on 30,000 devices

Sep 28, 2020 Its effect on the coronavirus pandemic may never be known.
Close up of asteroid Bennu.

OSIRIS-REx mission enters home stretch

Sep 25, 2020 UA-backed spacecraft is less than a month away from its first asteroid sampling attempt.
University of Arizona students wearing masks on campus.

Learning about COVID-19: Science, false positives and vigilance

Sep 11, 2020 How changes in scientific advice reflect the learning curve of the pandemic.
The Amphi Foundation says it will provide free internet for students for at least six months.

Amphi Foundation funds Wi-Fi for students

Sep 4, 2020 Foundation, Cox, Comcast team up for free service.
Cracked mud flats appear on the surface of Quitobaquito pond on July 18, 2020.

Report highlights biodiversity loss at Quitobaquito during border wall construction

Sep 1, 2020 Borderland scientists say that with all the noise "neither the birds nor the bird watchers want to be at Quitobaquito right now."
Meinel Optical Sciences building at the University of Arizona

UA to lead Center for Quantum Networks

Aug 26, 2020 Harvard, Yale and MIT are also part of the five-year, NSF-funded research into quantum computing.
Exhibits at the 2017 SARSEF fair.

Science fair goes completely virtual for 2021

Aug 24, 2020 SARSEF plans to put 7,000 displays online.
This courtesy image shows an example notification of the Covid Watch Arizona app.

UA launches Covid Watch Arizona app

Aug 19, 2020 Developers hope to push it statewide soon.
The search for the cause of Alzheimer's has so far come up dry. Some researchers are now asking if germs play a role.

Living with Alzheimer's, during a pandemic.

Aug 18, 2020 Also on Arizona Spotlight: How a Tucson artist's meticulous style brings solace; and Part 2 of Youth Crossing Gender Borders, "Changing Expectations".
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft hovers above the asteroid Bennu during a rehearsal on August 11, 2020, months ahead of a planned mission to collect a sample of the asteroid from its surface.

Successful OSIRIS-REx rehearsal boosts optimism

Aug 14, 2020 The rehearsal put the spacecraft within 40 meters of the asteroid Bennu's surface.
Still image from the Aug. 11, second rehearsal of the OSIRIS-REx mission’s sample collection event at the asteroid Bennu.

OSIRIS-REx completes successful rehearsal above asteroid's surface

Aug 13, 2020 The mission is scheduled to collect a sample of material from the asteroid Bennu in October.
Pima County COVID-19 testing at the Kino Events Center, July 13.

Improving Arizona COVID-19 trends could drive testing declines, complacency

Aug 13, 2020 Experts say states need higher testing rates to gauge and improve COVID-19 responses.

Covid Watch app part of UA reentry plan

Aug 13, 2020 The smartphone app aids in contact tracing.
Tangled proteins in the Alzheimer's affected brain harm communication between nerve cells.

UA scientists investigate connection between Alzheimer's and Down syndrome

Aug 5, 2020 The team is developing new ways to look at protein interaction in the human brain.

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