Image Hitachi Electron Microscopy Scholarship June 1, 2021 Congratulations to Abhinav Nishant and Laura Seifert, recipients of the Hitachi Electron Microscopy Scholarship for 2021/2022. Hitachi High Technologies established this award as part of their partnership with the University of Arizona in support of the Kuiper Materials Imaging and Characterization Facility. Read more
Image $2M Gift Advances UArizona Space Science Initiatives May 25, 2021 The gift will enable the purchase of a nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometer, an instrument the OSIRIS-REx analysis team will use to help find answers to fundamental questions about the origins of the solar system. Read more
Image Bennu in the sky, on the canvas and (soon) in Zoe Zeszut's hands May 17, 2021 Bennu is almost always on Zoe Zeszut's mind. Her career at the University has revolved around the OSIRIS-REx mission. Her hobbies have, too. Read more
Image Mysteries Behind Interstellar Buckyballs Finally Answered Nov. 13, 2019 Mimicking conditions thought to exist around dying stars, researchers discovered a mechanism that could explain why planetary nebulae are teeming with complex carbon molecules. Read more
Image The Origins of Buckyballs in Space Oct. 24, 2019 The spectroscopic fingerprints of buckyballs have been observed in space, but questions remain about how these large molecules form. Laboratory experiments have revealed a possible mechanism. Read more
Image Clues to the Processing of Dust around Stars Sept. 27, 2019 In the laboratory, a team of scientists supported in part by the NASA Astrobiology Program have studied simulated presolar grains to better understand how these materials are affected by heat and radiation in space. Read more
Image Ashes of a Dying Star Hold Clues about Solar System's Birth April 29, 2019 A dust grain forged in a stellar explosion predating our solar system reveals new insights about how stars end their lives and seed the universe with the building blocks of new stars and planets. Read more
Image UA Planetary Scientist Wins Bid to Study Moon Samples March 11, 2019 Incoming assistant professor Jessica Barnes will have the opportunity to study a previously unopened sample of a moon rock that was collected in the early 1970s during NASA's Apollo 17 mission. Read more
Image Laura Seifert Wins M&M Student Scholar Award Aug. 17, 2018 Congratulations to Laura Seifert for winning the 2018 MAS Student Scholar Award at the 2018 Microscopy Society of America Conference! Read more
