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Tech Schools Don't Want to Be Overlooked for Teacher Raises

Jan 17, 2017 Some uncertainty lingers after years of budget strain.
A drone at Hack Arizona 2016.

'Hack Arizona' to Draw Hundreds of Young Innovators

Jan 12, 2017 36-hour event will attract students and sponsors.
Dwarf planet Ceres overlaid with the concentration of hydrogen determined from data acquired by the gamma ray and neutron detector (GRaND) instrument aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft.

Dwarf Planet Ceres Up To 30 Percent Water, Study Says

Jan 10, 2017 The findings provide clues to how the dwarf planet was formed.
Earth and Moon seen from Mars in November 2016

UA Camera Catches Glimpse of Earth, Moon from Mars

Jan 10, 2017 Scientists took images while calibrating space instrument.
Drops and ripples of water.

Oro Valley Student's Science Project Chosen for Competition

Jan 9, 2017 Amanda Minke's lead-reducing water filter among 300 student projects competing.
Artist's concept of the Psyche spacecraft, a proposed mission for NASA's Discovery program that would conduct a direct exploration of an object thought to be a stripped planetary core.

ASU Wins NASA Funding for Two Space Missions

Jan 5, 2017 One will go to asteroid, another involves objects orbiting Jupiter.
An Atlas V rocket with the OSIRIS-REx spaceraft atop, lifts off from Kennedy Space Center Sept. 8, 2016.

Year-End: Space Missions Topped Arizona Science News

Dec 29, 2016 Science reporter Sara Hammond looks back at discovery and destinations.
Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute.

ASU Completes Largest-Ever Study of microRNA

Dec 29, 2016 The previously little-understood miRNAs are likely major players in gene expression.
Artist rendition of OSIRIS-REx's main engine firing.

OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Mission Fires Engine in Space

Dec 28, 2016 Deep-space maneuver directs the UA-led spacecraft back toward Earth
The camera aboard NASA's Juno mission caught this picture of a 'white storm' at Jupiter in December 2016.

Tucson Scientist Wants Public Help on Jupiter Photos

Dec 28, 2016 Amateurs, professionals involved in selecting sites for Juno Cam documentation.
The Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory launches from McMurdo Scientific Station in the Antarctic.

UA Astronomers Study Milky Way via Balloon over South Pole

Dec 27, 2016 Scientists looking for clues to origins of universe in 'interstellar medium.'

Supercomputer Helps Neurological Institute Identify Elusive ALS Patterns

Dec 16, 2016 Barrow turned to IBM's Watson to process data about the neuromuscular disease.

The Art of Paying Attention: Great Horned Owls

Dec 15, 2016 Author & wildlife illustrator Beth Surdut tracks some of nature's most accomplished masters of camouflage in Tucson.
Company CEO Jim Cantrell said a Vector rocket is small enough to fit on the back of a commercial truck.

Land Lease in Place, Vector Looks to Future in Tucson

Dec 14, 2016 A company executive said plans are to build a factory in 2017, then start hiring staff.
Scanning electron microscope images of two samples from El Tatio, Chile: (b) (scale bar = 20 micrometers) shows silica-encrusted microbial filaments and sheaths, and spindle-shaped diatoms (arrows); (d) (scale bar = 50 micrometers) shows silicified sheaths of Calothrix, a type of blue-green algae.

Chilean Desert Dust Deepens Case for Life on Mars

Dec 14, 2016 Though not proof, it's strong cause to return to explore Martian soil.

Tucsonan Helps Gather African-American Genealogies

Dec 13, 2016 Volunteer was among thousands who worked on Civil War-era records for database.

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