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Scientists are considering vertical farming as a sustainable and climate-smart way of growing crops.

Episode 212: Vertical farming

Dec 13, 2019 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

Dec 6, 2019 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

Nov 27, 2019 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

Nov 22, 2019 Using Biosphere 2 to research climate change.
Episode 208: Osiris-Rex sampling sites advance to the final four.

Episode 208: Osiris-Rex sampling sites advance to the final four.

Nov 15, 2019 Planners for the University of Arizona-led Osiris-Rex mission are getting closer to choosing a sampling site
The International Space Station photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking.

Episode 207: Fiber optics for the toughest environments

Nov 8, 2019 Making fiber optics ready for the harshest environments.
Natural gas fracking well

Episode 206: The cost of energy indepedence

Nov 1, 2019 Examining the complications behind extracting oil and gas from underneath the Earth's surface.
Cacao tree fruit.

Episode 205: Fighting for the future of chocolate

Oct 24, 2019 How plant viruses affect the availability of the foods we eat.
University of Arizona professor Bill McCallum wants to create a world where learners know, use and enjoy mathematics

Episode 204: Helping teachers keep math interesting

Oct 17, 2019 A University of Arizona professor wants to help learners know, use and enjoy mathematics.
University of Arizona biology professor Brian Enquist is investigating how changes in global temperature will affect our forests.

Episode 203: Predicting how forests will respond to climate change

Oct 10, 2019 Investigating how changes in global temperature will affect our forest.
University of Arizona information scientist Clay Morrison is building learning machines.

Episode 202: Exploring the interaction between man and machine

Oct 3, 2019 Exploring our connection with computers
University of Arizona biomedical engineer Kaveh Laksari.

Episode 201: Detecting danger from traumatic brain injuries

Sep 26, 2019 A University of Arizona biomedical engineer is promoting the use of sensors in mouth guard to detect sports concussions.
Landscape of the Pliocene Period, from Cyclopedia Universal History by John Clark Ridpath from 1895.

Episode 200: Climate change clues from prehistoric times

Sep 19, 2019 Prehistoric temperature data can help us predict the impact of climate change.
In the photo: Assassin bug. UA researchers examined dietary habits from species ranging from insects to humans to build evolutionary family tree.

Episode 199: A history of eating

Sep 13, 2019 Looking back in time to determine what created our dietary habits.
Groundwater monitoring at a well.

Episode 198: Groundwater and climate change

Sep 6, 2019 Using computer models to predict the effect of climate change on groundwater in the West.
Tosi Adegbija (third from left) and his team are researching new ways to improve efficiency in smartphones.

Episode 197: Researching smartphone efficiency

Aug 30, 2019 Exploring ways to make smartphones run more efficiently.

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