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Tue, 06/03/2014 - 10:40
Bringing a Spacecraft Back From the Dead Cool... requires enthusiasm and a radio telescope last used by a James Bond villain
Tue, 06/03/2014 - 10:40
More than 25 years ago, an abandoned NASA spacecraft fulfilled its mission, fell silent, and has since been hurtling around the sun, somewhere between the orbits of Earth and Mars. Now, a University of Arizona engineering student is trying to wake…
Sensors May Keep Hospitalized Patients From Falling Daily collection of more than two gigabytes of patient data are plotted against an algorithm to estimate risk
Tue, 05/06/2014 - 18:04
To keep hospitalized patients safer, University of Arizona (UA) researchers are working on new technology that involves a small, wearable sensor that measures a patient’s activity, heart rate, wakefulness, and other biometrics—data that can predict…
Tucson Becomes a Smarter City Water-supply research will help the desert city operate more efficiently using less energy
Wed, 01/23/2013 - 10:38

IBM recently awarded a Smarter Cities Challenge Grant to the city of Tucson, Arizona, and Tucson Water, which will work on technology with the University of Arizona’s (UA) College of Engineering to improve water reliability. Tucson was…
Fifty Observatories Worldwide Unite to Capture Single Image of Black Hole First-ever photograph of invisible object
Mon, 01/23/2012 - 12:06
Astronomers, physicists, and scientists from related fields across the world convened in Tucson, Arizona on Jan. 18, 2012, to discuss an endeavor that only a few years ago would have been regarded as nothing less than outrageous. The conference is…
Superlaminate Developed to Shore Up Failing Pipelines Prefabricated fiber-reinforced polymers add strength and meet specs
Thu, 09/15/2011 - 12:57
A University of Arizona (UA) engineering professor may have a solution to a U.S. infrastructure problem that’s growing deadlier each year. The National Gas Technology Institute (GTI) recently published a test report approving a new technology…