Tweaking Therapy for Disadvantaged Patients Improves Chronic Pain

Tweaking Therapy for Disadvantaged Patients Improves Chronic Pain

Adapting cognitive behavioral therapy and group pain education for disadvantaged patients improved their chronic pain, according to a study led by psychologists at The University of Alabama.

Researcher: Amazon HQ2 Search Signals Shift in Site Selection Process

Researcher: Amazon HQ2 Search Signals Shift in Site Selection Process

In a recently published white paper, a researcher at The University of Alabama examines the process Amazon used to narrow its large field of contenders for its second headquarters and its implications for other corporate relocations.

Growing in Size

Growing in Size

Recent advances in understanding genes in the Burmese python have led a UA biologist to focus on deciphering how the snake grows its insides after a meal, which could potentially lead to treatments of intestinal diseases.

Studying Arms Race between Bacteria, Viruses Brings CAREER Award

Studying Arms Race between Bacteria, Viruses Brings CAREER Award

Researchers at The University of Alabama hope to better understand how bacteria and viruses battle each other and, in the process, devise new strategies to combat antibiotic resistant infections.

UA Granted Patent for Sideline Privacy Tent

UA Granted Patent for Sideline Privacy Tent

The University of Alabama was recently awarded a patent for a medical privacy tent developed by engineering students and Crimson Tide Athletics, firmly protecting the tent’s unique capability to easily expand or collapse on the sideline of a football field.

Professor Creates New Materials for Gas Separations

Professor Creates New Materials for Gas Separations

In response to future energy challenges, chemical engineers at The University of Alabama are creating new materials to more efficiently separate gases related to energy processes.

Spot On

Spot On

As cars have gotten sleeker and lighter over the decades, nostalgia about cars of yesteryear often romanticize their sturdiness – huge boxes of steel ready to take on any impact. It is a memory often not rooted in the reality of the safety of today’s vehicles.

Universities Initiate Economic Development Program for Executives

Universities Initiate Economic Development Program for Executives

Led by The University of Alabama, four universities have united to form a new advanced economic development leadership executive education program.

Partnership Brings UA, Pakistan Researchers Together

Partnership Brings UA, Pakistan Researchers Together

A professor at The University of Alabama is part of an international team performing geological research in northeast Pakistan aiming to understand where possible oil and gas deposits reside beneath the surface.