University of Arizona researcher Zac Guido talks about helping communities cope with extreme weather, sea-level rise and other climate impacts.

Episode 374: Building resilience against climate change

Environmental engineering scientist Kim Ogden says guayule is a low-maintenance substitute for typical rubber trees, and can be grown in Arizona for making car tires and other manufactured goods.

Episode 373: Growing a new source for rubber products

Researchers have found non-white Hispanics live longer and have better health outcomes than people from other ethnic and cultural groups. University of Arizona psychologist John Ruiz talks about his lab’s investigation into this phenomenon.

Episode 372: Solving the Hispanic Health Paradox

University of Arizona astronomy professor Kaitlin Kratter discusses multiple star systems and how they can affect planetary formation.

Episode 371: Exploring solar systems with more than one sun

University of Arizona researcher Manisha Shrestha explains how she and her colleagues are studying a supernova that triggered the biggest gamma ray burst ever recorded.

Episode 370: Making new discoveries about gamma ray bursts

University of Arizona College of Medicine professor John Galgiani discusses the research to find a vaccine for valley fever.

Episode 368: The growing concern about valley fever

University of Arizona communication researcher Chris Segrin explains why social disconnection is turning into a public health crisis.

Episode 367: How social isolation can lead to health issues

Professor Sharon Megdal with the UA Water Resource Research Center talks about getting indigenous peoples involved and how their knowledge can be transferred to cities coping with water concerns.

Episode 366: Underrepresented groups in the debate over water resources

UA neuroscientist Roberta Brinton talks about her lab's work examining how estrogen plays a role in the development of Alzheimer's in both women and men.

Episode 365: Decoding the mystery of Alzheimer's disease

Arizona Science explores the latest scientific research and technological innovations taking place in Southern Arizona and at the University of Arizona. Catch Arizona Science each Friday during Science Friday on NPR 89.1.

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University of Arizona Environmental scientist Laura Meredith and her team are taking advantage of the closed-environment tropical rain forest in UA’s Biosphere 2 to study aspects of climate change.  They are observing how the balance of carbon, water, and other nutrients in the forest ecosystem reacts to a changing environment.

Episode 209: Researching climate change at Biosphere 2

A team of genomic researchers is uncovering where and how the coronavirus emerged in Arizona. University of Arizona evolutionary biologist Mike Worobey says the group traced the state's COVID-19 clusters back to a number of entry points in late February and early March, and concluded the virus came to Arizona from the United States and from Europe.

Episode 228: Tracking the coronavirus in Arizona

University of Arizona computer scientist Carlos Scheidegger is studying how we interpret huge data sets that allow computers to improve our lives. But he warns there are perils along with the promise that machine learning brings to society. Scheidegger will be a featured speaker at the College of Science's annual public lecture series Tuesday, Feb. 25.

Episode 220: Understanding the positives and negatives of machine learning

University of Arizona engineering students and faculty are investigating food, energy, and water security issues affecting Native Americans.

Episode 217: Problem-solving on the Navajo Nation

The University of Arizona optical sciences professor Kelly Simmons-Potter is researching ways to make fiber optic materials tougher than the environment that surrounds them. She's studying fiber optic samples that were sent into earth orbit and back, to find out how resilient fiber materials must be to survive the harshest conditions imaginable.

Episode 207: Fiber optics for the toughest environments

Federal and state governments are wrestling with the idea of restarting businesses and restoring economies after weeks of precautions due to the coronavirus outbreak. University of Arizona virologist Felicia Goodrum is tracking the data from research on COVID-19, and she says monitoring the rate of new infections and the amount of immunity in the population is crucial to any decision-making.

Episode 229: How do we emerge from COVID-19 lockdown?

University of Arizona chemistry and biochemistry professor Craig Aspinwall is investigating the signaling pathways inside our cells.  He is using novel methods for measuring molecules to make “mini-movies” of chemistry at work in important cellular functions. Prof. Aspinwall says the new measurement platforms he's developing can enable a more detailed picture of how normal cells work and how diseases evolve.

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

Antibodies are key components in our body's defense against the coronavirus. University of Arizona immunobiologist Deepta Bhattacharya researches the way the human body defeats infections. He's studying how our immune system tracks down pathogens and triggers the response needed to counteract disease.

Episode 231: Why antibodies are crucial in the fight against COVID-19

Technology used to detect life on other worlds is improving and researchers could be less than ten years away from making a discovery that will change biological science forever. University of Arizona Distinguished Professor of Astronomy Chris Impey talks about the likelihood of finding microbes in our ongoing search for life on other worlds. He is one of the presenters in this year's College of Science public lecture series on the U of A campus in February.

Episode 218: How extraterrestrial life could affect us on Earth

As our global population grows, we must find ways to increase the production of food crops, even in the face of climate change’s complex effects on farming.  University of Arizona Agricultural and Biological Engineering professor Joel Cuello is developing vertical farming methods that make efficient use of water and do not use soil or pesticides or depend on weather.

Episode 212: Vertical farming

University of Arizona Ecology and Evolutionary Biology professor Renee Duckworth has found birds' maternal stress can be important for offspring during development. Her work investigates parallels from birds to other species including humans.

Episode 223: What birds can teach us about stress

Studies show groundwater adjusts to climate and stabilizes the soil which plants need to survive.

Episode 226: How groundwater can help global warming

Shortness of breath is a key symptom of COVID-19. University of Arizona professor of medicine Sairam Parthasarathy has adapted a respirator device to ease the shortage of ventilators that the COVID-19 pandemic could create. The machine can also reduce the risk of infection for doctors and nurses treating coronavirus patients.

Episode 230: Helping coronavirus patients breathe easier

University of Arizona professor Bill McCallum wants to create a world where learners know, use and enjoy mathematics. He’s worked in both mathematics research and education and was one of the lead writers for the Common Core Standards in Mathematics. He offers guidance to K-12 educators about how to build a solid foundation in the subject for their students.

Episode 204: Helping teachers keep math interesting

Biodiversity and ecosystems connect Earth's living and physical components. But from lowland tropical forests to alpine wetlands, the biosphere is changing fast. Ahead of his presentation at this year's University of Arizona College of Science lecture series, UA Ecology and Evolutionary Biology professor Brian Enquist talks about the future of the biosphere and how much time we have left to promote a sustainable earth.

Episode 219: What the future holds for biodiversity on our planet

Scientists working on the University of Arizona-backed OSIRIS-REx mission are looking for an area to sample soil from the asteroid Bennu, but the surface has turned out to be rougher than expected. Close up photos of the object show it is covered with boulders. Planetary scientist Josh Emery says that will pose a challenge for the OSIRIS-REx mission planning team. Josh Emery joined the OSIRIS-REx team this year from the University of Tennessee. He spoke with Tim Swindle of the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Lab.

Episode 167: OSIRIS-REx and the Search for a Sample Site on Bennu

University of Arizona researcher Matt Goode describes his work understanding the legendary reptile

Episode 224: Tracking one of the world’s most dangerous snakes

University of Arizona researcher Leah Fabiano Smith is working on an issue critical for Arizona educators.

Episode 225: Facing the challenge of diagnosing speech disorders

University of Arizona biology professor Brian Enquist is investigating how changes in global temperature will affect our forests. His study group is connecting with other researchers around the world to make detailed measurements of trees and soils to predict the impact of climate change on the Earth's ecosystems.

Episode 203: Predicting forests response to climate change

Researchers say the future relationship between humans and computers will collaborative instead a one-sided, programmed conversation.  University of Arizona information scientist Clay Morrison is building learning machines based on natural interaction between man and machine.

Episode 202: Exploring the interaction between man and machine

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