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Cyberattacks threaten large companies, but computer security is an important issue for anyone who owns a computer or smartphone.

UA computer engineers developing 'immune system' to guard against cyberattacks

Oct 1, 2019 The team is creating defenses similar to the human body's fight against disease.
A building northwest of Willcox was damaged by an EF-1 tornado on Sept. 23, 2019.

No mere dust devil: Tornado near Willcox a rarity for Arizona

Sep 24, 2019 The tornado reached speeds of 90-100 mph and injured two people.
A keyboard on a desk.

More data needed to bridge digital divide, expand high-speed internet

Sep 23, 2019 About 18% of Arizonans are thought to be underserved by the number of available internet providers.
Image of the brain created from data generated by functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI).

Diné College, UA to train future neuroscientists

Sep 20, 2019 Native Americans are one of the most underrepresented groups in biomedical sciences, according to the NIH.

ICE buys gear to pull data from mobile devices

Sep 19, 2019 The $28.2 million contract is with a company that says it can unlock Apple and high-end Android devices.
Young girls in attendance at the greenhouse reopening event.

Tumamoc Desert Lab revives century-old greenhouse

Sep 18, 2019 The plant collection is designed to expand public understanding of desert plants and where they originated.
Organic marijuana grown near Amado, Arizona.

UA symposium to focus on medical marijuana

Sep 18, 2019 Speakers will present science-based research on medicinal uses of cannabis.
An assassin bug. UA researchers examined dietary habits from species ranging from insects to humans.

UA scientists track animal evolution based on diet

Sep 13, 2019 Study indicates first creatures ate meat, not plants.
Verónica Reyes-Escudero examines photos from the de la Torre family collection at UA Special Collections.

UA Special Collections: Preserving the Stories

Sep 11, 2019 Also on Arizona Spotlight: The TUSD's ongoing debate about expanding sex education; Is there any hope left for the 2019 monsoon?; and has Arizona's "stupid motorist law" increased flash flood safety?
The 4,000-square-foot Center for Innovation at Oro Valley is expected to open summer 2020.

UA breaks ground on center that will help turn bioscience research into business

Sep 10, 2019 The facility will provide business training and lab space to entrepreneurs in the life sciences.
Historic image of a black hole by Event Horizon Telescope.

Black hole imaging group wins prestigious prize

Sep 9, 2019 The Event Horizon Telescope team, which has 36 members from the UA, has been recognized for its scientific achievement.
Tosi Adegbija, center, listens as UA students discuss computer engineering proposals.

UA professor looking to make your smartphone more efficient

Aug 30, 2019 Tosi Adegbija is studying ways to reduce junk data that clogs memory storage hardware.
Three tiny satellites deployed from the International Space Station. Scientists warn satellites are becoming smaller and harder to track from Earth.

Scientist warns of tons of orbiting space junk, with more on the way

Aug 28, 2019 The debris is a byproduct of things we take for granted in our way life, Al Anzaldua says.
UA professor Michael Marty, center, with two students in his biochemistry lab.

Tiny molecules can make a big impact in the battle against disease

Aug 22, 2019 UA research into anti-microbial peptides could help develop therapeutic drugs.
Americans receive more than 4 billion robocalls a month.

Arizona attorney general signs nationwide anti-robocall agreement

Aug 22, 2019 The voluntary pact with 12 major phone companies has no deadlines or enforcement mechanism.
The Hubble Space Telescope took this image of Abell 370, a galaxy cluster 4 billion light-years from Earth. Several hundred galaxies are tied together by gravity. The arcs of blue light are distorted images of galaxies far behind the cluster.

UA scientists build virtual universe to study galaxy formation

Aug 20, 2019 Computer models offer a way to capture some of the complexity of how stars form in galaxies and why they stop forming.

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