UA Professor Wins Award for International Hydrogeology Research
Dr. Chunmiao Zheng, professor of geological sciences at The University of Alabama, has been named as the 2013 recipient of the O.E Meinzer Award by the Geological Society of America.
Dr. Chunmiao Zheng, professor of geological sciences at The University of Alabama, has been named as the 2013 recipient of the O.E Meinzer Award by the Geological Society of America.
University of Alabama scientists have discovered the fossilized remains of a large marine reptile that once ruled the open seas 80 million years ago.
A University of Alabama start-up company developing technology to charge cell phones, and other portable devices, wirelessly advanced today to the finale of a state-wide business competition.
Dr. Carl A. Pinkert has been named vice president for research at The University of Alabama. Pinkert comes to UA from Auburn University where he has served as associate vice president for research since 2009. The appointment is effective Nov. 1.
The Center for Advanced Public Safety, or CAPS, at The University of Alabama will host a weather research workshop July 10 to present and evaluate research and applications aimed at enhancing the severe weather warning process.
Cell phones that charge wirelessly, orthopedic implants that safely degrade inside the body, and a social network designed to connect those in the construction industry: these are the central concepts behind three University of Alabama start-up companies competing July 12 in a statewide business competition.
University of Alabama archaeologists are getting a glimpse of what life in Tuscaloosa might have been like more than 180 years ago. From bottles and porcelain pieces to soil and flotation samples taken from privies, or outhouses, the analysts are discovering many “stories” of Tuscaloosa’s past.
Global earthquakes help a University of Alabama geologist image a mostly ice-buried mountain range in Antarctica.
The autoXLR8R “TechTour,” a 13-week program to visit several of the region’s top automotive research institutions to refine autoXLR8R’s technologies and work with world-renowned engineers and entrepreneurs, will bring its program to Tuscaloosa and The University of Alabama June 24 and 25.
Some of the lightest of creatures are helping scientists better understand the genetics behind weight gain. Dr. Laura Reed, a University of Alabama geneticist, is studying the maggots of fruit