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Coronavirus illustration.

Studying and searching for coronavirus in Tucson

Tracking the source of COVID-19 and looking for traces in Tucson.
CRISPR gene editing technology can help scientists fight diseases affecting plants.

Episode 221: How science can help feed the world

Using scientific tools to answer the challenge of feeding the world's population.
The use of large computer data sets is a fundamental part of modern research.

Episode 220: Understanding the positives and negatives of machine learning

The AI revolution comes with great promise, but also peril.
Little Colorado River in the White Mountains of Arizona

What the future holds for biodiversity on our planet

Biodiversity and ecosystems connect Earth's living and physical components.
UA psychology professor Arne Ekstrom (r.) guides student Mike Starrett on virtual reality treadmill.

Episode 219: Exploring virtual reality

There's more to VR than just gaming.
Photo from the Cassini spacecraft of Saturn's moon Enceladus, which scientists say could harbor extraterrestrial life.

Episode 218: How extraterrestrial life could affect us on Earth

How finding extraterrestrial life will change the way we live on Earth.
Representatives from UA, National Science Foundation, and the Navajo Nation with a UA-developed solar powered water purification system.

Episode 217: Problem-solving on the Navajo Nation.

Putting a focus on problem-solving on the Navajo Nation.
Researching the relationship between exercise, stress and the immune system.

Episode 216: Exercise, stress and the immune system

Researching the relationship between exercise, stress and the immune system.
UA physics professor John Rutherford is working on projects at the Large Hadron Collider in Europe

Episode 215: Conducting research on the cutting edge of particle physics.

The Large Hadron Collider in Europe helps scientists make discoveries basic to our understanding of the known universe.
Illustration shows collision between Earth and another body during the formation of the solar system 4-5 billion years ago.

Episode 214: The origin of our moon

What’s the origin story for Earth’s moon?
University of Arizona chemistry and biochemistry professor Craig Aspinwall.

Episode 213: Creating new tools to find out how cells in the human body work

New methods to observe important cellular functions.
Scientists are considering vertical farming as a sustainable and climate-smart way of growing crops.

Episode 212: Vertical farming

Certainly not your grandmother’s greenhouse!
Micrograph showing the changes of herpes simplex virus (HSV) Pap test.

Episode 211: Trying to understand a virus that infects most of us

Learning more about herpes viruses.
Earth-orbiting GRACE satellites work in tandem to acquire accurate surface data.

Episode 210: Using gravimetry from satellites to measure snowfall

How scientists use satellites in earth orbit to measure how much water we can use on the ground.
Biosphere 2, outside Oracle, AZ.

Episode 209: Researching climate change at Biosphere 2

Using Biosphere 2 to research climate change.
Titan consists mainly of plains (green), dunes (purple), and hummocks and mountains (orange).Hundreds of lakes and seas (blue) occupy its poles. Broken terrain (magenta), possibly like karst on Earth, occupies high latitudes. Craters are shown in red.

First full geologic map of Titan reveals moon of varied landscapes

An author says the findings call for a new mission to the large moon of Saturn.

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