http://research.ua.edu/ en-us Research Magazine Online: Highlighting research at The University of Alabama. http://www.ua.edu/images/uabox.gifhttp://www.ua.edu15040 When you hear "baby blues," chances are you think of the kind that hit after the baby is born – but, as one University of Alabama researcher found, depression during pregnancy, or prenatal depression, is even more common and can lead to deficits in infant development. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:05:00 CDT http://research.ua.edu/archive2008/baby.htm "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" is advice from a popular 1970s song, but older women going through a relationship breakup may have health problems to go along with their broken hearts, a University of Alabama researcher has found. Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:05:00 CDT http://research.ua.edu/archive2008/breakingup.htm The following videos offer additional information and perspective on five of the key stories in the Spring 2008 Research Magazine. Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:05:00 CDT http://research.ua.edu/extra.html The powerful feeling music can provide is the impetus behind a new, commissioned piece of music from The University of Alabama to honor and remember victims of the devastating tornado that slammed through Enterprise, Ala., on March 1, 2007. Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:05:00 CDT http://research.ua.edu/archive2008/enterprise.htm Human hearing can only discern the location of a noise to a certain level–beyond that we have to rely on technology. Although having the ability to locate a sound source could be vital for emergency location after a disaster, traditional sensors are too cumbersome and difficult to use in such situations. Fri, 22 Jan 2008 14:05:00 CDT http://research.ua.edu/archive2008/hear.htm We’ve all been through them, either on the receiving or giving end. Each is equally painful in most cases. Fri, 15 Jan 2008 14:05:00 CDT http://research.ua.edu/archive2008/reviews.htm Access to the Vatican Secret Archives is a privilege granted to only a limited number of researchers each year. Dr. Anthony Clark, assistant professor of Chinese history at The University of Alabama, had access to the Secret Archives and the Pope’s private library in Vatican City last summer to research 14th through 17th century letters between European and Chinese monarchs. Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:05:00 CDT http://research.ua.edu/archive2008/vatican.htm If you were living 1,000 years ago, among your primary concerns would have been obtaining salt. Yep, sodium chloride... good ol' table salt. Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:05:00 CDT http://research.ua.edu/archive2007/salt.htm One species of cave crayfish, Orconectes a. australis – a relative of the above ground crustaceans sometimes called crawdads or mudbugs – is the focus of a project University of Alabama researchers hope to expand into a broad-based look into the relationships between caves and the organisms that live within them. Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:05:00 CDT http://research.ua.edu/archive2007/crayfish.htm One of the world’s most closely monitored experiments recently yielded its initial findings. The results, made public April 11, were made possible, in part, by three University of Alabama scientists who developed one of the primary sets of code used in key portions of the internationally-known effort’s computer analysis. Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:36:00 CDT http://research.ua.edu/archive2007/miniboone.htm Researchers at The University of Alabama are offering clues as to why some people appear to have a higher risk of developing Parkinson’s disease following exposure to a widely used chemical weed killer. Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:36:00 CDT http://research.ua.edu/archive2007/parkinson.htm From B-boying to Fuel Cells, Gaming to Cancer Medication, UA Undergraduates Further the Institution’s Mission Through Groundbreaking Research. Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:42:00 CDT http://research.ua.edu/archive2007/beat.htm The 2004 Sumatra tsunami that killed some 280,000 people along opposite shores of the Indian Ocean was one of the most devastating natural disasters in recent history. It may also prove to be a great teacher, says Dr. Timothy Masterlark, a University of Alabama geologist who was among the first to survey the origin of the massive, tsunami-triggering earthquake, deep beneath the Indian Ocean. Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:08:00 CDT http://research.ua.edu/archive2007/tsunami.htm Call it what you want - ubiquitous computing, pervasive computing, physical computing, tangible media – but patent applications now making their way through the approval process could mean big things for The University of Alabama and its M.B.A./M.S. dual degree program for Enterprise Consulting and the computer-based honors program. Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:29:00 CDT http://research.ua.edu/archive2007/innovation.htm 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. Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:39:00 CDT http://research.ua.edu/archive2007/super.htm