The Earlier the Better

The Earlier the Better

Findings from UA research suggest earlier interventions and ones designed to address developing social skills are more likely to be successful in helping address youth aggression and peer victimization in children.

UA Professors Help in Discovery of Potential Cosmic Ray Source

UA Professors Help in Discovery of Potential Cosmic Ray Source

Three professors at The University of Alabama are part of an international team of scientists who found evidence of the source of tiny cosmic particles, known as neutrinos, a discovery that opens the door to using these particles to observe the universe.

Microscopic Battle

Microscopic Battle

Though 1,000 times smaller than a human hair’s width, Andhra, and other viruses like her, could prove vital as researchers seek new approaches in fighting antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Winning the Water Quality Game

Winning the Water Quality Game

The Alabama Water Institute can use the Watershed Game to teach people around campus and Tuscaloosa how to win water quality battles in real life.

A man looks out over the water from a small boat.

Nutrient Packed

Researchers from The University of Alabama are studying excess nutrients in and around Mobile Bay, attempting to increase our understanding of the problem, a necessary step to raise awareness and improve solutions.

UA Student Team Selected for Magnetic Antenna Contest

UA Student Team Selected for Magnetic Antenna Contest

For the second consecutive year, a team of engineering students at The University of Alabama is one of six selected as finalists in an international contest to design an antenna system to sound wireless channels and locate radio signals.

With Project, Physics Professor ‘Pushing the Limit of Our Understanding’

With Project, Physics Professor ‘Pushing the Limit of Our Understanding’

Work led by a University of Alabama physics professor will help grasp behavior of emerging materials while unstable that could lead to more efficient and controllable uses for energy and information processing applications.

Disease Afflicting Frogs Becoming Deadlier

Disease Afflicting Frogs Becoming Deadlier

A disease-inducing fungus in amphibians worldwide could become deadlier as different genetic variations emerge, according to research led by The University of Alabama.

UA Astronomer Helps Discover Elusive Black Hole

UA Astronomer Helps Discover Elusive Black Hole

An astronomer at The University of Alabama is part of an international team of researchers who found a mid-sized black hole, a cosmic oddity in observations of the universe.

Thompson Named University Research Professor

Thompson Named University Research Professor

UA’s Board of Trustees named Dr. Gregory B. Thompson, professor in the department of metallurgical and materials engineering, a University Research Professor earlier this month.