“Can you hear me now?” OK, that may not be exactly what The University of Alabama’s Dr. Marcia Hay-McCutcheon asks patients at the new Hear Here Alabama project, but it’s pretty close. Hay-McCutcheon, UA associate professor of communicative disorders, will lead the project as she drives a mobile hearing center—a large, motorcoach-like vehicle—into areas of West Alabama to test, at no cost, patients’ hearing.
Can’t get your child to eat his or her fruits or vegetables? University of Alabama research indicates gardening could change that.
We enjoy bright sunny days at The University of Alabama. In fact, we’re conducting leading edge research that will harness solar energy to power everything from personal electronics to manufacturing plants. Innovative solutions like this often come from taking advantage of what’s all around you. Innovation is one reason why The University of Alabama is
A psychology professor at The University of Alabama hopes to determine the most reliable and valid measurements of imagination in young children and test whether imaginative play can improve cognitive function.
In a collaborative effort with the Tennessee Valley Authority, The University of Alabama’s Office of Archaeological Research has begun a rehabilitation project on collections that were gathered 80 years ago with artifacts that span a 13,000-year time period.
Electronics giant TDK Corp. and The University of Alabama have signed a two-pronged research agreement to address challenges associated with the growing electric-energy movement and the miniaturization of electronics.
A University of Alabama researcher recently received an award for research that looked at the connection between a married couple’s communication patterns and their financial wellness.
Some people enjoy tracking spring’s first robin. Others … well … they get their buzz from focusing on smaller winged creatures.
Middle-school student Aiden Taylor recently discovered a baseball-sized neck vertebra from an elasmosaur during the Alabama Museum of Natural History’s middle school Museum Expedition.
A team of University of Alabama students that is part of a national competition to design an advanced, energy-efficient vehicle was recognized as the “Team to Watch” after completing the first year of the four-year competition, one of several honors for the EcoCAR 3 team.