Fly Like This
University of Alabama researchers look to nature, including the design of butterfly wings, for flight inspiration.
Research
Sleepy Students Emphasize Studies, Social Activity to Detriment of Health, According to UA Study
College students are typically more sleep deprived than the rest of us and often ignore the health benefits of adequate slumber, said a University of Alabama researcher who studies the topic.
UA Administrator Elected Chair of Federal Demonstration Partnership
Members of a national initiative designed to reduce administrative burdens associated with federal research grants and contracts elected a University of Alabama administrator as its chair in results announced last week.
UA Start-Up Brings Health Device Concept to Friday’s Launchpad Competition
A University of Alabama start-up company developing a low-cost device for checking both muscle health and nerve cells will compete Friday in a business competition.
Shrimp, 30,000 Volts Help UA Start-up Land $1.5 Million for Uranium Extraction
The U.S. Department of Energy selected a University of Alabama start-up company for an approximate $1.5 million award to refine an alternative material to potentially extract uranium from the ocean.
UA Graduate Student to Attend National Research Symposium
Ashley Jolly, a University of Alabama doctoral student studying organic chemistry, is one of approximately 75 graduate students who will present their research at a national research symposium this month.
UA Archaeologists Discover Piece of Plantation Life
The University of Alabama’s Office of Archaeological Research and the UA Alabama Museum of Natural History’s Expedition 36 campers recovered multiple artifacts from early plantation life during a recent dig in Perry County.
A Lighter Landing
Advances in military aircraft technology since World War II are astounding, but updates to the temporary, portable materials on which those craft sometimes land have not kept pace. Researchers at The University of Alabama and the Army Corps of Engineers seek to modernize those runways.
UA, Muscogee (Creek) Nation Partnership Hopes to Shed Light on Past
The University of Alabama and the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Cultural Preservation Office are teaming up in an effort to find evidence that links prehistoric Muscogee people within different geographic regions.
UA Journalism Professor Wins National Top Dissertation Award
Dr. Scott Parrott’s dissertation on disparagement humor, completed at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, was named the best mass communication dissertation in the United States for 2014.