Research

Area Students Participate in UA Chemistry Research Program

The department of chemistry at The University of Alabama recently hosted the Research Experience for Undergraduates program, funded by the National Science Foundation, under the direction of Dr. John Vincent, UA professor of chemistry, and Dr. Stephen Woski, UA associate professor of chemistry.

Alabama Housing Affordability Declines as Economy Enters Second Half of Year, According to UA Real Estate Center

The Alabama Housing Affordability Index for the second quarter was 147.4, down from 165.0 in the first quarter of 2006, a 10.67 percent decline, according to figures released by the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce.

UA Astronomers to Navigate Telescopes Atop Mountains in Arizona, Chile Without Leaving Campus

University of Alabama astronomers and their students will soon regularly point and focus two mountaintop-based telescopes, including one in the southern hemisphere, without leaving campus.

UA Professor Researches Lake Source Heat Pumps

How do you handle the Alabama summer heat? Some residents of the Lake Tuscaloosa area have discovered an atypical way to stay cool during the summer, while saving money in the process.

UA Research Airplane Flying in Illinois Sky in Climate Change Study

Understanding the role of crops on the carbon and water cycles is a critical component of global climate change research as water and carbon dioxide are major components in greenhouse gas production. For years, a variety of research aimed at understanding aspects of global climate change has been performed within the corn and soybean fields of Champaign County Illinois.

A Dangerous Short-Cut

While most research on young athletes and their use of sports supplements focuses on the product, University of Alabama professor Mike Perko goes in a completely different direction—what got the athletes interested in them in the first place?

University Transportation Center Awarded DOT Grant

The University Transportation Center for Alabama, headquartered at The University of Alabama, was recently chosen by the U.S. Department of Transportation as one of 20 transportation research centers to receive grant funding.

Alabama Housing Market Remains Strong Despite Sign of National Slowdown, According to UA Real Estate Center

Existing home prices in Alabama reached a record in May of $160,720, according to the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center at The University of Alabama.

UA Engineering Researchers Instrumental in Alabama Traffic Safety Summit

Two University of Alabama College of Engineering researchers have been instrumental in planning “Safe Home Alabama,” a traffic safety summit focused on Alabama’s strategic highway safety plan. The summit will be June 29 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Montgomery.

Protector of Dopamine Neurons Identified, UA Parkinson’s Researchers on Team Publishing Discovery in Science

Scientists reveal a function of a human protein in today’s issue of Science Express, and this new understanding could later prove key in preventing Parkinson’s disease, according to a University of Alabama professor who co-authored the study.