Research

January’s Winter Storm Increased Chances of Deadly Crashes in State’s Rural Areas, According to UA CAPS

Not surprisingly, vehicle crashes increased during the winter storm the last week of January in Alabama, but the iced roads shifted the risk of fatal crashes to rural roads away from the clogged roadways in the state’s urban metro areas, according to an analysis of crash data by researchers at The University of Alabama.

Back to Her Roots

Back to Her Roots

A University of Alabama researcher travels back to her hometown seeking to give rural, Southern, black women a stronger voice in scholarly research.

UA 3D Printing Lab Opens New Window into Cancer Research

The first 3D print of a G-quadruplex DNA sequence and its molecular structure was recently created at The University of Alabama in the UA 3D Printing Lab, allowing researchers a potentially valuable new tool in the fight against cancer.

Stimulate My Brain

Stimulate My Brain

UA researchers test low-current stimulation’s impact on math scores.

No Mountain Too Low

No Mountain Too Low

Using earthquake signals from around the world, a UA geologist images an ice-covered mountain range.

UA Researcher Wins National Grant to Produce Children’s Health App

Dr. Kim Bissell received a grant from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication to create a smart app for children’s nutrition tracking.

UA Professor Finds Link Between Drinking Patterns, Alcohol ‘Cues’

The motivations for one to drink alcohol and patterns of future drinking can be related to the attentional narrowing – or zeroing-in – one has to a photograph of an alcoholic beverage, according to a psychology professor at The University of Alabama.

Three Teams with UA Ties Set for Business Start-up Competition

Three companies affiliated with The University of Alabama are set to compete in a state-wide Alabama Launchpad Start-Up Competition.

Reprogrammed Protein Shows Neurologic Disease Treatment Promise, UA Research Shows

A protein naturally found only in single-cell organisms can, when reprogrammed in a laboratory, correct within animal models a hallmark trait associated with multiple neurodegenerative diseases, according to a paper co-authored by University of Alabama researchers and publishing today in the journal Cell.

‘The Myth of Martyrdom’

‘The Myth of Martyrdom’

One frequently uses explosive devices, the other bullets. But, suicide terrorists and mass shooters share similarities, according to a University of Alabama criminal justice expert.