Invented by a third-year resident at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson, the new drape offers an improved, more sterile environment during infant delivery.

The University of Arizona is on the rise among the top 100 worldwide and national universities granted U.S. utility Patents in 2024 according to the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

Inventor Mohamed ElKabbash has developed an advanced radiative cooling system for complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) chips with minimal change to the chip design. The technology is available for license.

Inventing is core to the university's commitment to pursuing solutions to grand challenges. The National Academy of Inventors has named Professor Jennifer Barton, Thomas R. Brown Distinguished Chair of Biomedical Engineering and Director of the BIO5 Institute; and Associate Professor Euan McLeod as Senior Members of its newest cohort of 162 honorees from across the nation.

A University of Arizona seed fund designed to help launch startups from the innovations of faculty, staff, students and alumni has surpassed its initial goal of $2 million after just a year of fundraising, and will now enter the phase of making investments.

"Forever chemicals" PFAS and PFOA have been proven to be detrimental to the environment and human health. Professor Jeong-Yool Yoon has developed a new, low-cost method for detecting these chemicals using smartphone technology, machine learning and the cloud.