TUCSON, Arizona, Feb. 18 -- The Astrophysical Journal, a research journal from the American Astronomical Society that says it is devoted to recent developments, discoveries and theories in astronomy and astrophysics, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 20, 2022 edition: * Circumstellar Interaction Powers the Light Curves of Luminous Rapidly Evolving Optical Transients * Conditions for Direct Black Hole Seed Collapse near a Radio-loud Quasar 1 Gyr after the Big Bang   more

TUCSON, Arizona, Feb. 18 (TNSRes) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release on Feb. 17, 2022: The University of Arizona Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to continue a borderlands research, education and storytelling program. The "Fronteridades: Nurturing Collaborative Intersections in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands" program aims to broaden understanding and inclusivity in portrayals of the border by  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Feb. 18 (TNSRes) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson have developed a new way to provide earlier diagnosis of lung disease. The method involves analyzing metabolites, small molecules that are produced through cellular metabolic reactions. When normal cells transform into diseased cells, their metabolic processes change, and thus their metabolites also change. Many diseases have a  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Feb. 18 (TNSOps) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release on Feb. 17, 2022: When the ultimate endgame for your life's work involves eradicating diabetes or eliminating the world's health disparities, it can be tough to know whether any given day in the office, classroom or lab was a success. For Kelly Palmer, an assistant professor in the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, knowing she's part of a larger cause keeps her   more