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Research Archives 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Sweitzer eyes vision research to help family - 10/8/2005 |
| Wilhite takes virtual agents on summer tour - 9/6/2005 |
| UAH research provides leading edge resources for America’s armed forces - 8/17/2005 |
| California group's answer to climate puzzler improves the accuracy of global climate data yes - 8/11/2005 |
| New look at microwave background may cast doubts on big bang theory yes - 8/2/2005 |
| NASA/Marshall extends contract with NSSTC, research universities - 7/6/2005 |
| Bigger ‘birthmarks’ in the sky may deflate theory of cosmic inflation - 4/18/2005 |
| UAH study suggests NASA look into nano-'open systems' - 4/9/2005 |
| CharGer helps modelers 'see' abstract concepts More than six years and 45,000 lines of computer code after he started playing with a little graphics "applet," Dr. Harry Delugach has CharGer — a program that is being used to create conceptual models across the UAH campus and around the world. - 4/8/2005 |
| UAH scientist nears goal of solar storm prediction A series of massive solar ejections in late October and early November 2003 forced astronauts aboard the International Space Station to retreat to the more heavily shielded Russian module, and made airline traffic divert from normal flight paths over the North Pole. - 3/14/2005 |
| UAH research: Thermal management key to survival for long-term space endeavors One of the risks facing astronauts on a lengthy excursion into space would be a tremendous amount of heat generated by the spacecraft from a variety of sources, including a major source of heat such as that produced by a nuclear generator, power plant or rocket engine. - 3/7/2005 |
| Biologists look for genetic 'drift' in small, isolated Cape Cod fish It was about 6,000 B.C., give or take a few centuries. Glaciers and snow that had covered North America from the Arctic to the Ohio River were melting. Sea level was rising - a lot. - 3/5/2005 |
| CMOST finds 'performance-based logistics' best practices - 3/5/2005 |
| Excursions to Moon, Mars revolves around propulsion As Clark Hawk sees it, discussing a mission to Mars begins and ends with propulsion. There is not much need to discuss traveling to the Red Planet if there is no energy behind a spacecraft pushing it along the 130-million-mile journey. - 2/28/2005 |
| UAH research targets astronauts’ bone loss on lengthy space flights The math is pretty stark: An astronaut loses more than 1 percent of his or her bone mass for every month spent in space. About 1 percent of the spine. More than 2 percent of some hip bones. - 2/21/2005 |
| Materials to build concrete structures exist in abundance on the lunar surface High rise structures on the lunar surface? Well, maybe not skyscrapers, but the possibility exists that concrete structures could be built by astronauts using material indigenous to the moon. - 2/14/2005 |
| UAH researchers use video games to develop Air Force training tools Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville are teaming with a Huntsville-based software developer and the Air Force to enhance commercial software programs with the ultimate goal of improving the training of fighter pilots and soldiers. - 1/13/2005 |
| UAH selected research partner in NASA’s Project Prometheus The University of Alabama in Huntsville is part of a research team conducting research into critical issues for electric propulsion in support of NASA's Vision for Space Exploration. - 12/13/2004 |
UAH researchers create novel approach for universal diagnostic disease detection  Krishnan Chittur was sitting in the emergency room anxiously awaiting news about his infant daughter, Athena, born six weeks before she was expected. As with all premature babies, the doctors ran a multitude of tests as a precaution. A radiologist viewed dark spots in Athena’s lungs while viewing an X-ray and suspected pneumonia, common for premature babies. - 11/1/2004 |
| One wee hop for a laser 'craft' might also be a giant leap In rocket travel, half a millimeter hardly qualifies as a measurable distance. But the half-millimeter hop of a tiny plastic “craft” in a UAH lab this summer might turn out to be a giant leap in the history of rockets. - 10/1/2004 |
| UAH storm research team gets an eyeful of hurricane Ivan A team of UAH scientists got deeper into hurricane Ivan than they expected to, but were philosophical about it after the fact. - 10/1/2004 |
| UAH gets NIH grant to study nasty bugs With funding through a grant from the National Institutes of Health, scientists in UAH's College of Science will soon be looking for a natural plant extract to combat a family of parasites that kills thousands of people in Africa and Latin America every year. - 9/1/2004 |
| UAH research could lead to less noise for airplane takeoffs, landings Airplanes fly over Kader Frendi's home in Madison frequently, and the roaring of the craft's approach to the airport serves as a reminder of research he is conducting at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. Frendi is searching for ways to reduce noise associated with the takeoff and landing of aircraft. He has been investigating the science of noise generation and noise reduction during most of his academic career. - 8/23/2004 |
| Nonconformity advertising best way to reach teens, says UAH professor Teens spend $105.1 billion on day-to-day expenditures, and roughly $53.8 billion on food and their families. They also influence $278.1 billion in parental purchases. This is a powerful segment that will continue to grow, according to Dr. Yequing Bao, assistant professor of international business at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. - 8/11/2004 |
UAH scientists investigate next generation of processing systems  As sensors become more active and produce increasing amounts of data, real-time processing and exploitation of this data on the sensor platforms themselves becomes increasingly important, according to researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. - 6/18/2004 |
| 'Dancing' ice crystals precede lightning A new weather radar technology that will let scientists see when ice crystals inside thunderstorms align may help forecasters predict lightning and do a better job of estimating rainfall. - 6/1/2004 |
| Psychology study tests mental “work bench” Current research at The University of Alabama in Huntsville may shed new light on how the human brain works. - 5/12/2004 |
| UAH psychology researcher looks at true vs. false memories When we think back on past events, whether they occurred last week, last month,or last year, not all of the details we recall may be accurate. One researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville is finding that whether these resurrected details of a past event are true or false, our feelings about their accuracy may be the same. - 4/27/2004 |
| Gravity Probe B team watches launch after 40 years of work After almost 40 years of work, delay and anticipation, Dr. Rudolf Decher seemed more relieved than excited after watching the successful launch of the rocket that carried the Gravity Probe B experiment into space. - 4/26/2004 |
| UAH nanotechnology research could provide alerts against bioterrorist attacks UAH researchers are investigating the use of micro-sized devices to assist in these types of developments, according to Nordin, who also serves as director of the university’s Nano and Micro Devices Center. - 4/26/2004 |
| Temperature data from balloons corroborates satellite data (again) A new study using temperature data collected by weather balloons in the Southern Hemisphere reaffirms (again) the reliability of global atmospheric climate data gathered by NOAA satellites and processed at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). - 4/12/2004 |
| Two S&P indexes are bad Benchmarks - UAH research A flaw in the method used to calculate the Standard & Poor’s/Barra, Inc. growth and value stock indexes means those indexes and others like them shouldn’t be used to benchmark the performance of value and growth investment portfolios. - 3/1/2004 |
| Innovation index will track Alabama’s high-tech economy Innovation can be the single most important factor in Alabama’s economic growth during the 21st century, according to state officials and economic development experts. - 2/16/2004 |
| What does black mean? UAH professor examines racial classification - 2/16/2004 |
| Political marketing is key to winning results, according to UAH professor Whether you’re a novice campaigner, a first-time candidate, or an incumbent, not having a professional political marketing strategy can make or break your run for public office. - 1/26/2004 |
| Former ATK Thiokol president named NSSTC executive director Retired aerospace executive Gerald W. Smith has been named executive director of the National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC), according to Dr. Ron Greenwood, director of the Alabama Space Science and Technology Alliance. - 1/6/2004 |
| UAH superconductor discovery
makes 'Top 10' most cited list The story announcing UAH's discovery of the first 'high temperature' superconductor is the second most cited paper ever published by the prestigious scientific journal, "Physical Review Letters." - 1/1/2004 |
| UAH research makes "Top 100" list An "unfuzzy" look at the universe put two UAH physics faculty into Discover magazine's list of the top 100 science stories of 2003. - 1/1/2004 |
| UAH ozone research tops Eurekalert list
of 2003's most popular science stories A rare piece of good news about the Earth's beleaguered ozone layer attracted more readers than any other story posted in 2003 to EurekAlert!, a science news Web site operated by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). - 1/1/2004 |
| 2002 will be the second warmest of last 24 years With December temperatures being influenced by an El Nino Pacific Ocean warming event, 2002 will go into the record books as the second warmest year of the past 24. - 12/13/2003 |
| 25 years of satellite data show 'global warming' of only 0.34 degrees Earth's atmosphere has warmed about 0.34 degrees Fahrenheit (0.19 Celsius) in the past quarter century, according to climate data collected by NOAA satellites and processed by two scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). - 12/8/2003 |
| Essays feature Latin American women's testimonial writing Until the 20th century, years of war, revolution, and oppressive situations in Latin America have been recorded through the writings of its people – namely men. - 11/24/2003 |
| David Berkowitz named director of UAH business research center Dr. David Berkowitz has been named director of UAH's Center for the Management of Science and Technology. - 10/7/2003 |
| Steelcase saves space, inventory costs
using advice from ATN-UAH workshop Steelcase Inc., one of Limestone County's leading manufacturing employers, is a more efficient operation today. - 10/1/2003 |
| Diamond wafers may help high-power laser stay cool An outer space grid of solar-powered lasers beaming energy to satellites or even down to Earth might be a step closer to reality using a proposed new laser system that would marry diamond and sapphire wafers. - 9/25/2003 |
| UAH wins $1.9 million NSF grant
to find faster weather analysis tools A $1.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation will help computer scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) develop tools that might lead to faster and more accurate forecasts of dangerous weather events. - 9/25/2003 |
| UAH professor examines difficult task of rebuilding Iraq Although defeating Saddam's military forces proved easier than many predicted, putting Iraq on the road to a stable-and hopefully democratic-government has proven more difficult than expected. - 9/4/2003 |
| Powerful, mysterious cosmic explosion appears in nine-year-old 'orphan' data It might have been one of the most powerful cosmic explosions since the Big Bang, but the evidence that it happened languished unexamined for more than nine years. - 8/20/2003 |
| UAH team of students design advanced tactical missile for Army Sarah Paul has her sights set on exploring Mars. The Red Planet has always been something of a fascination for the engineering student from Virginia. However, at the moment, the U.S. Army is getting the benefit of her skills and education. - 8/4/2003 |
| Destruction of ozone layer is slowing after worldwide ban on CFC release The rate at which ozone is being destroyed in the upper stratosphere is slowing, as is the rate at which ozone-destroying chlorine in that layer of the atmosphere is increasing. - 7/29/2003 |
| New satellite's data shows solar flares 20 million degrees hotter than expected For scientists who study solar flares, the hottest spots in the solar system just got substantially hotter. - 6/16/2003 |
| Tauchen's software 'teaches' ears With a hundred instruments thundering simultaneously the conductor stops the orchestra in mid galop, points her baton at a back row woodwind and chides, "That was supposed to be a dominant fifth, not a minor third." - 6/2/2003 |
| Knupp's team goes north for a 7-week storm chase A team of UAH faculty, research staff and students is in the Midwest with the mobile weather lab they hope to drive into the paths of the largest thunderstorm systems on Earth. - 5/29/2003 |
| Rogers to help NASA manage knowledge Every day, NASA's squadrons of satellites, thousands of engineers and scientists, and a host of affiliated university and corporate researchers create terabytes of new knowledge in a dizzying array of topics. - 5/29/2003 |
| UAH creates modeling, simulation center;
impact will be felt in government, industry An engineer may be curious how a new weapons system may perform on the battlefield. Or, a scientist wants to see how a newly created prescription drug may be absorbed into the bloodstream. - 5/16/2003 |
| Comparing satellite & balloon climate data corroborates slower rate of global warming A detailed comparison of atmospheric temperature data gathered by satellites with widely-used data gathered by weather balloons corroborates both the accura - 5/1/2003 |
| Small business center sets $680 million record for contracts awarded to area businesses in '02 Despite a depressed economy, small businesses in North Alabama won a record $680 million in federal contracts in 2002 with assistance from the Northeast Alabama Regional Small Business Development Center. - 4/30/2003 |
| UAH student's Space Grant fellowship supports his polyester 'bug' research A graduate student at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) who is studying bacteria that produce a polyester useful in medical procedures is one of 55 students receiving fellowships and scholarships - 4/23/2003 |
| UAH eminent scholar's information warfare research makes 'top 50' list A University of Alabama in Huntsville eminent scholar's research into information warfare has been chosen as one of the top 50 business and management research articles out of more than 20,000 published in 2002. - 4/22/2003 |
| UAH wins NSF grant to study Central Valley climate trends Global warming might not be to blame for nighttime temperatures in California's Central Valley heating up more than four degrees Fahrenheit over the past 70 years, according to a scientist at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). - 4/14/2003 |
| UAH sixth among universities in NASA-sponsored research The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has moved up sharply among the nation's top universities in NASA-sponsored research, according to figures from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. - 3/3/2003 |
| UAH leads development Alabama's aerospace companies pull together to create association Alabama's largest aerospace and defense companies have joined forces to create the Alabama Aerospace Industry Association, officials announced today. - 2/24/2003 |
| Does sharp image of distant galaxy shred the fabric of space and time? The sharp image of a galaxy halfway across the universe might shred modern theories about the structures of time and space, and change the way astrophysicists view the "Big Bang." - 2/6/2003 |
| UAH aerophysics contract with U.S. Army gets extension The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has been awarded an extension of the Aerophysics Test Program by the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command. - 2/4/2003 |
| Scientists will discuss mysterious source of x-ray 'glow' from clusters of galaxies Astrophysicists from around the world meet this week at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) - 12/9/2002 |
| Scientists will discuss x-ray 'glow' from galaxy clusters' missing mass Astrophysicists searching for mysterious unseen matter believed to hold together the largest cosmic structures in the universe will discuss the clues that they have uncovered. - 12/4/2002 |
| North Alabama getting new weather extremes North Alabama is about to get hotter, drier, colder and wetter. - 12/2/2002 |
| X-ray glow from clusters of galaxies
confirms evidence of missing matter The spectral glow of an oxygen isotope from three clusters of galaxies might be proof that hot gases there account for a large fraction of the previously unseen matter in the universe. - 12/2/2002 |
| The Romanian way: 'Go slow' policy helps & hinders making the move to free markets A "go slow" attitude toward building a free market economy helped Romania avoid many of the problems plaguing other former Soviet-bloc countries. - 9/17/2002 |
| McNider, Branhorst to share NSSTC duties Dr. Dick McNider has been appointed interim executive director of the National Space Science & Technology Center, and Dr. Henry Brandhorst was named the center’s associate director - 8/13/2002 |
| UAH researchers find partner for radiation mapping system The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and Advanced Integrated Management Services Inc., have signed an agreement to develop and complete the Automated Large Area Radiation Mapper (ALARM). - 8/8/2002 |
| New process speeds genetic research A process that cuts the time needed to find the structure of a human protein from as much as a year to as little as one month has been developed by scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and the University of Granada in Spain. - 7/1/2002 |
| University gets $950,000; UAH to conduct research to improve aviation safety The University of Alabama in Huntsville has received $950,000 from NASA's Langley Research Center to upgrade a laboratory on campus to research methods to improve aviation safety, university officials announced today. - 6/10/2002 |
| UAH scientists develop system to map areas hit by 'dirty' bomb Gary Maddux arrived at his Redstone Arsenal office early on Sept. 11, 2001. He was scheduled to give a briefing that morning at 8 o'clock. - 5/21/2002 |
| State automotive industry employs 27,000 workers Alabama's rapidly growing automotive industry, with thousands of jobs still to come, already accounts for 26,954 direct jobs and a $1.3 billion annual payroll, according to a study released today by the Alabama Automotive Manufacturers Association. - 5/10/2002 |
| UAH team joins international study of why, where and how storms form It is a hot, humid summer afternoon in North Alabama. - 5/6/2002 |
| Study finds challenge in answering 'easy' question: Was it ever hotter? When was the hottest summer? - 5/1/2002 |
| NASA fellowship will help UAH student
study lack of lightning inside hurricanes If powerful wind and heavy rain are usually linked with storms that produce lightning, why is there so little lightning associated with the most powerful storms on Earth? - 4/23/2002 |
| Time fluctuations might render moot some cosmic calculations Coupling two well known but previously uncombined scientific concepts might render moot certain prevailing assumptions used in studying the physics of fast moving particles and the universe in which they move. - 3/20/2002 |
| Unexpected explosion makes Pakhomov wait 10, 20 . a whole 50 microseconds Dr. Andrew Pakhomov isn't kidding when he says 50 millionths of a second can seem like "an eternity" in his lab at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). - 3/5/2002 |
| UAH leads team to construct new, reusable launch vehicle Roaring into the upper reaches of the stratosphere at faster than five times the speed of sound. - 2/25/2002 |
| Christy says state climatologists' group calls for 'common sense' climate policy The association of state climatologists is correct in saying that Earth's climate is going to change - 2/11/2002 |
| UAH professor nervous but excited as he waits for the launch of HESSI Dr. Gordon Emslie is trying to maintain an even strain as he waits for the scheduled Feb. 5 launch of a satellite project he has been working on for about 15 years -- the High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (HESSI). - 2/1/2002 |
| UAH helps military adapt to new environment From muzzle-loading rifles and wooden ships to satellite surveillance and nuclear subs, the U.S. military has always adapted to a changing world. - 1/24/2002 |
| UAH helps the U.S. Army put an AACE up its sleeve The College of Administrative Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is using its unique skills to help the U.S. Army deal with what could become a shortage of people with technical helicopter expertise. - 1/23/2002 |
| Wilhite watches societies rise and economies fall A culture is growing inside Dr. Al Wilhite's corner office. It isn't the kind you find on a petri dish (or in the back of the refrigerator). - 1/22/2002 |
| Biometrics technology may solve America's most pressing security needs, claims UAH professor Reza Adhami leans back in his chair and poses a question: What are two of the biggest headlines of the past year? He doesn't hesitate for an answer. - 1/22/2002 |
| Shriver looks at proteins' magnetic personalities Dr. John Shriver couldn't wait. A new state-of-the-art, top-of-the-line nuclear magnetic resonance laboratory would be up and running at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) by March 2002, but Shriver couldn't wait. - 1/17/2002 |
| UAH professor developing exercise to help offset memory loss in seniors Declining memory is one of several telltale signs of aging, and a constant source of embarrassment and frustration for the elderly - especially when it comes to remembering people's names. - 1/15/2002 |
| Study finds historic climate data is as reliable as college football BCS Most scientific measurements claim the definitive precision of a football score. No one, after all, disputes the length of a centimeter, the mass of a gram, or how many points a touchdown is worth. - 1/14/2002 |
| 2001 was slightly warmer than 'average' The 2001 calendar year was slightly warmer than "average," according to global climate data gathered by instruments aboard NOAA satellites. - 1/7/2002 |
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