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A legacy of collaboration between university researchers and tribal communities has fueled investments aimed at creating solutions with and for Native Americans in Arizona and beyond.

Fusion, the process that powers the sun, is moving from theory to reality. Horst Hahn, special advisor to the senior vice president in the Office of Research & Partnerships, describes the process of controlled fusion and the powerful applications of this emerging technology.

A research team led by the U of A found that the brain of the extinct creature Jianfengia is very similar to that of living crustaceans, placing it in the ancestry of insects and crustaceans, not spiders and their relatives, as had been previously assumed.

Using a cutting-edge optics system developed at the University of Arizona, researchers have gotten a glimpse of what our solar system likely looked like during its infancy.

The small mammals eat vegetation, create burrows and clear ground. How do those habits impact the spread of wildfires?

The university opens the 2025-26 academic year on solid financial footing, and with a campuswide focus on student success, research that shapes the future, and engagement with communities.

Three new papers reveal yet more secrets from samples collected by the University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission from asteroid Bennu.