BASF and The University of Alabama today formalized BASF’s exclusive licensing of patents covering the use of ionic liquids to dissolve, regenerate and process cellulose as well as an arrangement for continuing research by UA for BASF concerning the use of ionic liquids with cellulose.
Shiny, black magnetic films, about the size of a penny and made by University of Alabama researchers, are central to a discovery of how to conduct resistance-free electricity in a manner previously thought impossible.
The Alabama Housing Affordability Index was 153.0 for the fourth quarter of 2005, according to the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center at The University of Alabama. This represents a decline of 5.7 percentage points from the third quarter.
As gas prices hover near the $3 a gallon mark, drivers are tempted to try and squeeze every inch of travel possible from each drop of gasoline.
Despite concerns to the contrary, 2005 was another record year for housing in Alabama and the U.S., according to the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center at The University of Alabama.
February is Black History Month, and Alabama has a lot to celebrate. In addition to the black notables and celebrities the state has produced, Alabama’s day-to-day African Americans have had a positive effect on the state in many ways.
Researchers from UA and Arizona State University are studying the digestive systems of Gila monsters as part of research that may affect the treatment of diabetes.
Existing home sales fell again in November for the fifth consecutive month after peaking in June 2005, according to the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center at The University of Alabama. Home prices also have been trending down since August, suggesting the housing market slowed during the last half of the year.
“Pennsylvanian Footprints in the Black Warrior Basin of Alabama” is a new book that outlines the discovery, documentation, classification and interpretation of rare fossil animal tracks discovered in a surface coal mine near Jasper.
The world has a drug problem. It’s not limited to the one you may be thinking of, and scientists are starting to look for solutions to it in places you might not imagine – places like the surfaces of volcanoes lying almost a mile beneath the ocean’s surface.