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Firefighters monitor a preventive burn.

US Attempt to Improve Wildland Firefighter Shelters Fails

May 17, 2019 The effort to create an improved shelter to repel heat followed the deaths of 19 firefighters in Arizona in 2013.
Animal cognition researchers are discovering how dogs learn to recognize their owners while ignoring strangers.

Your Dog Can Recognize You. UA Researchers Want to Know How

May 13, 2019 Understanding the animal mind is a way for researchers to better understand human behavior.
A file image of a patient receiving a vaccine.

Researcher Working to Match Immunology With Stem Cells

May 9, 2019 Deepta Bhattacharya studies efficiency in the body's response to infections.
Dr. Mae C. Jemison during her 1992 mission as crew member on the space shuttle Endeavor.

Dr. Mae C. Jemison: "Living Deeply and Looking Up"

May 8, 2019 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Artists wish UA students good luck during finals week; Exploring Persian fairy tales and women in mythology; Adiba Nelson on the challenges of being a mom.
Waymo's depot in Chandler, Arizona.

Waymo, Lyft Team Up in Arizona to Offer Self-Driving Car Rides

May 8, 2019 The partnership will allow Lyft users in the Phoenix area to hail one of 10 self-driving Waymo cars.
This artist's rendering shows what Suskityrannus hazelae might have looked like.

Meet the T. Rex Cousin You Could Literally Look Down On

May 7, 2019 The 92-million-year-old relative of the so-called king of the dinosaurs only would have grown to about the size of a toddler.
Asteroid Itokawa is the much-battered remnant of a larger parent body. The samples provided by JAXA and studied by Jin and Bose came from the feature called the Muses Sea, which is the smooth area in the middle of Itokawa.

Asteroid Sample Helps Settle Which Scientific Theories Hold Water

May 7, 2019 Research at ASU suggests a family of common, silicon-rich asteroids could hold enough water to fill half the Earth's oceans.
InSight's domed Wind and Thermal Shield covers its seismometer. The image was taken on the 110th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The seismometer is called Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure, or SEIS.

NASA Announces First Detection of ‘Marsquake’

Apr 29, 2019 While scientists had picked up vibrations before, the recent detection was the first clearly coming from the planet.
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum's newest resident: an ocelot kitten.

Desert Museum Welcomes Ocelot Kitten

Apr 26, 2019 Pictures of the kitten were headlined "cuteness overload" on social media.
ASU undergraduate subjects, prompted by a randomly timed flash of light, tapped a sensor while receiving a tap from a human or machine on their other hand.

Who Touched It First? Most People Say, ‘I Did’

Apr 25, 2019 A researcher says the experiment in perception can help people be more understanding about others' perspective.
Alaskan tundra. A recent paper says preserving natural ecosystems, like tundra, is an important part of meeting climate goals.

Biodiversity Roadmap Calls For Conserving Ecosystems to Save the World

Apr 22, 2019 An author of the study says preservation is essential to meeting carbon goals and to stabilizing vital, interconnected systems.
Researchers are studying the the impact of elephant populations on grassland trees and vegetation.

UA Researchers Study Impact of Elephants on South African Landscapes

Apr 18, 2019 Elephant populations are prospering but causing problems for grassland tree and vegetation growth.
Hot gas swirls and outlines the black hole at the center of galaxy M87 under influence of gravity near its event horizon.

UA Astronomers Contribute to Historic Image of Black Hole

Apr 17, 2019 Faculty and student researchers worked on the method used to generate the groundbreaking picture.
Callao Cave (Luzon Island, Philippines), where the fossils of Homo luzonensis were discovered. This view is taken from the rear of the first chamber of the cave (where the fossils were found), in the direction of the second chamber.

ASU Expert: Too Soon to Call Philippine Remains New Homo Species

Apr 15, 2019 While the discovery of the remains is important, the declaration of a new species is problematic, says Bill Kimbel.
Climate change will mean hotter temperatures and likely longer periods of drought for the Southwest.

Effort Aims to Help Local Governments Understand and Apply Climate Data

Apr 11, 2019 The Science for Climate Action Network wants help cities and states adapt and respond to climate change.
Hot gas swirls and outlines the black hole at the center of galaxy M87 under influence of gravity near its event horizon.

Astronomers Reveal First Image of a Black Hole

Apr 10, 2019 The picture, assembled from data gathered by eight radio telescopes around the world, shows the hot, shadowy lip of a supermassive black hole

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