Research

Alabama Housing Affordability Index for 4th Quarter ’09 Shows Big Increase, According to UA Center

The fourth quarter 2009 Alabama Housing Affordability Index rose to 211.2, an increase of more than 25 points over the third quarter of 2009, according to the Alabama Center for Real Estate at The University of Alabama.

Expert in Youth Anxiety to Speak at UA

Dr. Philip C. Kendall, director of the Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic at Temple University, will be the guest speaker for the annual Michael Dinoff Memorial Lecture on The University of Alabama campus.

Emission & Power Solutions Announces Collaboration with UA

Emission & Power Solutions, Plc (Frankfurt Exchange Ticker Symbol: EPI), a clean tech company that licenses, acquires, develops, deploys, and transfers technologies dedicated to improving fuel economy while also reducing environmentally harmful exhaust emissions, announced today that it has licensed the patent pending Vapor Emissions System developed by Dr. Marcus Ashford at The University of Alabama.

UA Engineering Professor Selected for GENI Research Team

Dr. Xiaoyan Hong, an associate professor of computer science at The University of Alabama, has been selected for one of 33 academic and industry teams to be funded by the National Science Foundation to advance research in network science and engineering in an effort known as GENI.

UA Undergraduates Invited to Enter Research and Creative Activity Conference

Undergraduate students of all majors are invited to attend The University of Alabama’s annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference scheduled for April 15 at the Bryant Conference Center. To participate, undergraduate students must register their project by submitting an application form and abstract describing their project by March 8.

Paying Attention to ADHD

A University of Alabama physician co-chairs an effort to write national guidelines for treating ADHD on college campuses.

On the Cover, In the Mirror

A University of Alabama journalism professor studies the relationship of media and anti-fat bias and weight stigmatization in children.

UA Astronomer on Team Detecting Cosmic ‘Dark Energy’ in Galaxies Nearest Earth

An international team of astronomers, including a University of Alabama researcher, have detected effects of “dark energy” within the Local Group of galaxies containing our own Milky Way Galaxy.

Massive Black Hole Implicated in Stellar Destruction, UA Astronomer’s Research Finds

New results from research led by a University of Alabama astronomer suggest that a dense stellar remnant has been ripped apart by a black hole a thousand times as massive as the sun.

Soil Microorganisms’ Role Cited as a Missing Factor in Climate Change Equation, According to Paper Co-Authored by UA Scientist

Those seeking to understand and predict climate change can now use an additional tool to calculate carbon dioxide exchanges on land, according to a scientific journal article co-authored by a University of Alabama researcher and publishing this week.