Archive for the ‘Physical/Natural Science’ Category 
Medical Marvels
At The University of Alabama, numerous researchers embark on the challenge to bioengineer systems, specifically in breast cancer detection, cancer treatment options and robotic prosthetics.
A Search Renewed: De Soto, Tascalusa Battle Site Remains Elusive
Almost 500 years after Hernando De Soto explored the Americas, University of Alabama researchers are reinvigorating efforts to break one of many links between fruitless searches and the Spanish conquistador.
Researchers Study Stream Ecology in the Arctic
A group of University of Alabama researchers regularly endure the Arctic's frigid conditions to learn more about the relationships between the area's free-flowing streams and the organisms that survive, even thrive, because of those streams.
Forecasting Solutions
A UA hydrogeologist, who developed a computer model that became the industry standard for predicting movement of groundwater contaminants, is part of a team focusing on the nation's most contaminated nuclear site.
Harnessing Energy
From chemists to physicists to engineers, researchers throughout The University of Alabama campus are working to develop systems designed to reduce harmful emissions, produce new ways to harness energy, improve efficiency and increase fuel flexibility.
A Launching Pad for Entrepreneurs
Similarities abound between Donald Trump and The University of Alabama's Dr. William "Bill" Gathings. No, maybe not the hair, but each has demonstrated an entrepreneurial spirit, and both are ardent promoters of a business-based competition with a reality TV show feel. Ok, so with Trump, it’s more than the feel of reality TV.
Discovering Diversity
When some people refer to "rural," you think of farmland just outside small-town Alabama. When John Clark refers to "rural," he's talking two days' travel from the nearest road.
Growing Where None Dare Grow Before
While many of us are concentrating on beating the heat as temperatures near triple digits, a University of Alabama botanist is focused on helping plants better withstand the cold.
Catch and Release
A drought-interrupting rain showers a trio of anglers, but they remain undeterred from their task – despite the weather and a complete lack of interest in catching fish.
Science of the Small Brings Giant Hope
Think, for a second, about the size of a red blood cell. Now, imagine anything that’s about 7,000 times smaller. That would be a nanometer. It’s also representative of the world in which a host of University of Alabama researchers are involved.
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- Identification of Protein Activator Provides Drug Lead for UA Movement Disorder Researchers
March 10, 2010 - UA Engineering Professor Receives Prestigious CUTC Award
March 8, 2010 - State’s January New Construction Results Described as ‘Mixed’ in UA Center Report
March 5, 2010 - Geoscientist Named UA Burnum Winner
March 2, 2010 - First Alabama Real Estate Confidence Index Available Via UA Web Site
February 26, 2010 - More Research News