TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Biosphere 2 has always been associated with space and space exploration. The facility is now home to a new University of Arizona program called CHaSE, which stands for Center ...

The venture, privately funded to start, is now run by the University of Arizona. And today, scientists there are quietly plugging away at research... ORACLE, Ariz. — Plopped in the Sonoran Desert, ...

Long plagued by logistical problems and dogged by controversy, the troubled Biosphere 2, under new management, is attempting to revitalize one of the most criticized aspects of the program--the ...

Human space exploration helps to address important questions about unknown aspects of the universe and the ability to sustain life on other planets. At the University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2, the ...

If you’re younger than age 35 and reside outside the Southwest, it’s unlikely you’ve heard of Biosphere 2. The 3.14-acre complex that was a major news story in the late 1980s and early 1990s has since ...

The University of Arizona Center for Innovation has a new startup incubator at Biosphere 2 that focuses on renewable energy and sustainable tech companies. University ...

ORACLE, Ariz. — Plopped in the Sonoran Desert, just outside Tucson, Ariz., sits a massive, multilevel greenhouse that's probably best known as the inspiration for a Pauly Shore movie. A slick, stepped ...