Natural Bridge likely has the highest percentage of citizen participation in local government than any town in the state, with 25 percent of the town’s population being city officials. That said, realize that Natural Bridge is also the smallest incorporated town in the state, with an estimated 28 residents.
Imagine a world where maps no longer lay flat and lifeless on a desk, but instead appear in three-dimensional clarity while “floating” in the center of the room.
If anyone or anything ever needed a champion to take up its cause, it was the lowly chytrid. Not so long ago, the microscopic fungus was relatively unknown, unloved and, although it didn’t seem to impact the tiny organism’s psyche, generally regarded as unimportant. And this dismissive approach was coming from many mycologists, those botanists who specifically study fungi.
Dr. Bronwen Lichtenstein, University of Alabama assistant professor of criminal justice, is researching the health risks that women over the age of 35 take when they start dating after the breakup of a long-term relationship.
Many high school students look for summer jobs at the mall or community swimming pool, but 11 Tuscaloosa high school students will spend this summer in a University of Alabama laboratory working as interns researching nanoparticles.
After a solid showing in the first quarter, existing home sales in the state fell in April, down 5.3 percent from the previous month, according to the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center at The University of Alabama.
Thirteen years ago Dr. Marcus Brown, associate professor of computer science at The University of Alabama, and one of his now former graduate students were awarded a patent for their novel invention which identifies a person by how they type their name.
A group of scientists, including a University of Alabama oceanographer, who investigated multiple ships that were sunk by Hitler’s U-boat activities in the Gulf of Mexico during World War II were recently honored for their contribution to science.
Thirteen years ago Dr. Marcus Brown, associate professor of computer science at The University of Alabama, and one of his now former graduate students were awarded a patent for their novel invention which identifies a person by how they type their name.
There’s an almost audible buzz emitting from a basement level laboratory in The University of Alabama’s Biology Building. The five graduate and 10 undergraduate students who work there, alongside Drs. Guy and Kim Caldwell, UA biology professors, are pumped. So too are their aforementioned faculty mentors.