TUCSON, Arizona, May 4 (TNSRes) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * A new decadal survey from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recommends NASA fully support NEO Surveyor, a space-based survey designed to discover and measure asteroids and comets that could pose an impact hazard to Earth. Amy Mainzer, a professor of planetary sciences, leads the effort. * * * An asteroid defense mission led by a University of Arizona planetary sci  more

TUCSON, Arizona, May 4 -- Tucson Electric Power issued the following news release: The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and Tucson Electric Power (TEP) have become the newest participants in the Western Energy Imbalance Market (WEIM), with both utilities formally joining today. "We are honored to welcome the Bonneville Power Administration and Tucson Electric Power to the Western Energy Imbalance Market," said California Independent System Operator (ISO) President and CEO Elliot Mainzer.   more

TUCSON, Arizona, May 4 (TNSRes) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * The Arizona COVID-19 Genomics Union, which includes UArizona, positions the state to play a role in the planned U.S. Pathogen Genomics Centers of Excellence. * * * A massive effort to track the COVID-19 pandemic in Arizona over the past two years has resulted in the genomic sequencing of more than 100,000 samples of the COVID-19 virus by the Arizona COVID-19 Genomics Union, or ACGU. The ACG  more

TUCSON, Arizona, May 4 (TNSJou) -- The University of Arizona's Health Science issued the following news release: The body's system for maintaining infection-fighting cells deteriorates faster near the skin than deeper in the body, according to a new study. It is well established that older adults are more susceptible to infection and their immune systems less capable of generating a strong immune response. Now, a new University of Arizona Health Sciences-led paper explains why, which could lea  more