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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.
UA professor Michael Marty, center, with two students in his biochemistry lab.

Episode 196: Molecules and the battle against bacteria

Aug 23, 2019 Discovering how anti-microbial molecules fight infectious disease
This NASA model shows carbon dioxide blanketing our atmosphere. INSET: Hoshin Gupta

Episode 195: Earth science and the art of crunching numbers

Aug 16, 2019 Meeting increasing data analysis challenges in Earth science research
PKC-delta neurons (green) are activated by the inflammatory signal in the oval region of the bed nucleus of stria terminalis (ovBNST). Activated cells are shown in red.

Episode 194: Researching eating disorders with lab mice

Aug 9, 2019 Using laboratory mice to understand eating and emotional behavior.
Farmers planting crops in a conservation agriculture project in East Africa.

Episode 193: Going global with farming methods

Aug 2, 2019 The challenges in transplanting a popular farming method around the globe.
University of Arizona astrobiologist Betül Kacar.

Episode 192: Seeking knowledge through the use of synthetic biology

Jul 25, 2019 Making new things from existing biological forms.
Hartmann from 1961 at the Lunar and Planetary Lab

Episode 191: Memories of the first moon landing

Jul 18, 2019 Memories from the first moon landing, 50 years after Apollo 11.
New University of Arizona research could help industry reduce manufacturing costs for material structures in nano-scale.

Episode 190: A better way to build small

Jul 12, 2019 Developing a new method to build tiny devices for medicine and electronics.
Chinese tree ring researcher Huiming Song collects a core sample from a tree in central China.

Episode 189: Tree ring research tracks the history of the Asian monsoon

Jul 3, 2019 Tree ring science helps University of Arizona researchers look at Asian rainfall trends over four centuries in the past.
New University of Arizona sleep research suggests children with Down syndrome who experience poor sleep may have a harder time learning to communicate.

Episode 188: Sleep, memory, language, and Down syndrome

Jun 28, 2019 New research suggests a link between poor sleep and difficulty learning to communicate in children with Down syndrome.
A University of Arizona professor is studying chemicals in our water and is researching methods to eliminate them.

Episode 187: New ways to eliminate dangerous chemicals

Jun 20, 2019 Developing new methods to eliminate dangerous chemicals from the environment.
Studying how metaphors enhance our daily speech.

Episode 186: How metaphors make language more colorful

Jun 14, 2019 Using metaphor to add context to language.
That was one massive volcanic burst and now just the lips of the volcano rise above sea level. The white parts along the ridge lines are cliff-hugging buildings.

Episode 185: Dating a volcanic eruption using tree rings

Jun 6, 2019 Using tree rings to date an ancient volcanic eruption in the Mediterranean.
Researching new methods to recover brain tissue lost after a stroke.

Episode 184: Stroke and the Immune System

May 30, 2019 Revealing how stroke affects our body's immune system.
Relocating rattlesnakes such as this one can sometimes create new problems.

Episode 183: When Wildlife and Development Clash

May 23, 2019 What really happens when urban development clashes with Arizona wildlife?

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