As the world waits for vaccines against COVID-19, testing wastewater can give communities and smaller locales, such as school districts, valuable signals about infections trends.
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Over one-third of America’s COVID-19 deaths have been nursing home residents. Employee policies, particularly for low-paid aides, have sharply raised the risk.
New mathematical technique enables astronomers to predict the whereabouts of missing worlds around nearby stars.
Ethnic studies were born out of resistance. Now, the courses often face resistance themselves – from white students. Is making these classes mandatory the way to go? A scholar weighs in.
The scariest beast in the universe has an insatiable appetite and shreds its victims.
Scientists in the UK and Germany discovered a new doorway that the COVID-19 virus uses to infect human cells. This reveals new therapeutic possibilities for blocking the virus.
An optical sensor that can detect individual molecules promises early detection of diseases and environmental contamination.
OSIRIS-REx will touch down on asteroid Bennu, collect a sample of the dust and begin its journey back to Earth, where scientists will study it, hoping to learn secrets of the solar system's origin.
The SARS-CoV-2 virus usually infects the body via the ACE2 protein. But there is another entry point that allows the virus to infect the nervous system and block pain perception.
Si bien los meses de confinamiento por el COVID-19 han frenado muchas actividades, hay algunas que aún podemos realizar sin salir de casa.
The Trump administration is trying to roll back a regulation that requires showerheads to conserve water and saves owners an average of $70 and nearly 3,000 gallons of water yearly per showerhead.
COVID-19 may have messed up school and shut down a lot of entertainment venues. But you can still brighten things up by doing a little stargazing at night, an astronomer says.
Demands to remove, or preserve, the statues polarize communities, rather than building a shared future.
Political conventions used to pick presidential nominees in private. Now the public picks the nominee and then the party has a big party at the convention, writes a scholar of US elections.
When lockdowns went into effect earlier this year, interest in massive online open courses, or MOOCs, began to surge. An expert expects the interest to continue.
College entrance exams haven't always been the most fair. But will getting rid of them lead to more diversity on campus?
Although many Black churches have an aging hierarchy, other factors such as racial and economic disparities place barriers to going online.
Rap songs from Public Enemy and Ludacris have been heard at marches over the killing of George Floyd. But the history of Black American music as a form of protest dates back to the 19th century.
With COVID-19 cases rising in more than half of the states, the next two weeks are critical for stopping a spike in cases. An epidemiologist reminds us to get back to the basics now.
Scholars who study policing explain what they have found that could help reduce police prejudice and violence.
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Research Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, University of Arizona
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Professor, School of Government & Public Policy, University of Arizona
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Professor of Virology, University of Arizona
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University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
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Associate Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona
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Professor of Practice for Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and Senior Vice President for Research & Innovation, University of Arizona
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Director, Center for University Education Scholarship, and Associate Reserach Professor of Mathematics, University of Arizona
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Graduate Student in Astronomy, University of Arizona
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Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Optical Sciences, University of Arizona
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Instructional Professional of Communication, Arizona State University; Research Instructor of Bioethics and Medical Humanism, University of Arizona
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Associate Professor of Education, University of Arizona
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Professor of Pharmacology, University of Arizona
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Regents Professor and Morris K. Udall Professor of Law & Public Policy, University of Arizona
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Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Immigrant Workers' Rights Clinic, UA James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona
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Professor of Health Law and Director, Health Law & Policy Program, University of Arizona
