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Arizona has its first COVID-19 test that uses saliva. More than 6,000 people have already been tested using the test, ASU scientists say.

ASU researchers develop cheaper, faster saliva test for COVID-19

Jul 7, 2020 Saliva tests may be even more accurate than nasal tests, the director of ASU's Biodesign Institute says.
Rain clouds near Tubac, July 2019.

Monsoon in Southern Arizona officially starts this week

Jun 15, 2020 It is monsoon awareness week.
The Bighorn Fire burns in the Pusch Ridge Wilderness near Oro Valley on Saturday, June 6, 2020. The fire was caused by lightning on the evening of June 5, 2020.

Drone flights cost firefighters time in north Tucson mountain blaze

Jun 9, 2020 Drone operators could face prison time and fines if they are caught interfering with airborne crews.
This border screen system installed in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument was being replaced in 2020 with a 30-foot-high bollard border wall because Border Patrol officials said it was being cut through. Now the new border wall is also being breached.

Border Patrol turns to private industry for ideas to stop border wall breaches

Jun 4, 2020 The agency is asking contractors for ideas to "leapfrog current technology."
Tucson candlelight vigil for George Floyd, held at the Dunbar Center on June 1st, 2020.

Adiba Nelson asks “What will it take for America to understand the pain of Black women?”

Jun 3, 2020 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Preserving the hidden history of one of Tucson's oldest Black communities; SpaceX launches a new era in space travel; and - was Speedway Boulevard ever really the ugliest street in America?
2019's Hurricane Dorian.

UA hurricane forecasters map summer season

May 28, 2020 The team has predicted 10 hurricanes for the North Atlantic, and drier summer for Southern Arizona.

Arizona sues Google over location tracking practices

May 28, 2020 The state says the tech giant illegally collected location data.
In his book "At the Center of All Beauty: Solitude and the Creative Life", Fenton Johnson uncovers what role did solitude play in the lives of famous writers, thinkers and artists.

"At the Center of All Beauty": Author Fenton Johnson on the connection between solitude and creativity

May 27, 2020 Also on Arizona Spotlight: How a DNA test revealed a sensitive family secret; and essays from two young women about the changes the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to their lives.
Banner Health workers seal a collection kit at a drive-thru testing site, in this undated still image from video. Banner says the testing is by <a href="https://www.bannerhealth.com/patients/patient-resources/covid-19" target="_blank">appointment only</a>.

New model lays out different possibilities for COVID-19 in Arizona

May 22, 2020 How people will behave remains a great unknown for those trying to model the spread of the virus.
Hubble space telescope.

Hubble space telescope marks 30 years of exploration

Apr 24, 2020 The space science landmark received help from the University of Arizona.
Image shows the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft approaching the asteroid Bennu in an April 14 rehearsal of the sample collection.

OSIRIS-REx passes milestone by rehearsing approach to asteroid

Apr 16, 2020 The first major rehearsal had the added challenge of COVID-19, which meant the mission's team could not be together for the test.
Madison is a 17-year old high school student with passion for bird watching.

Spring is NOT cancelled: backyard scientists contribute to "Nature's Notebook".

Apr 16, 2020 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Being a UA senior in a year without Commencement; how the Campus Pantry is increasing food security for students and staff; and a public health student fights COVID-19 misinformation on behalf of her family in Puerto Rico.
A team at Arizona State University is developing a device to sanitize masks with UV light for reuse during the pandemic.

ASU team building 'UV BBQ' to sanitize masks

Apr 14, 2020 The device uses UVC light to kill the novel coronavirus on multiple masks in a matter of minutes.
NASA astronauts (from left), Fred Haise, Jim Lovell and Jack Swigert aboard the U. S. aircraft carrier Iwo Jima April 17, 1970.

Tucsonan recalls historic Apollo 13 rescue mission

Apr 13, 2020 Space scientist helped NASA plot the astronauts' emergency route home.
A ventilator prototype designed by Dr. Slepian's team at the University of Arizona.

Basketballs and drills: UA scientists designing innovative ventilator prototypes

Apr 7, 2020 A cross-disciplinary group is working to supplement the supply of life-saving health equipment diminished by the pandemic.
L-R researchers Connor Stahl, Sachin Chaudhary M. D., and Christopher Morton prepare to test 3D printed respirator mask at the University of Arizona

UA team developing 3D-printed masks to protect doctors against coronavirus

Mar 31, 2020 The team is responding to an anticipated shortage of masks at Banner University Medical Center.

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