University of Alabama in Huntsville

Wetlands, crops can mitigate storm damage to coastal cities, study led by UAH finds

December 13, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Agriculture, coastal storms, Computer Modeling, Hurricanes, UAH, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Wetlands

Coastal cities can be spared some wind destruction from intensifying hurricanes or tropical storm systems if they have functional wetland ecosystems and agricultural croplands in the area, according to new computer modeling.

Research Results

First Parker Solar Probe scientific papers publish in Nature

December 4, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR), NASA, Parker Solar Probe, Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons (SWEAP), SWEAP, UAH, University of Alabama in Huntsville

The first published science from the Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons (SWEAP) instruments aboard NASA’s Parker Solar Probe (PSP) poses a major challenge to our understanding of the dynamics of the near-sun solar wind.

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UAH will be first Alabama university to offer H4D cybersecurity course

November 19, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Cybersecurity, Department Of Defense, National Security, UAH, University of Alabama in Huntsville

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) will be the first in the state to offer the Hacking for Defense (H4D) cybersecurity class beginning in spring semester 2020.

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UAH modeling the spacecraft for NASA’s nuclear thermal propulsion idea

November 13, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments mechanical and aerospace engineering, Modeling, NASA, nuclear thermal propulsion, Spacecraft, UAH, University of Alabama in Huntsville

NASA has a research grant with The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to model how a spacecraft might be engineered to work with nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP), en route to an eventual test flight.

Announcement

UAH part of Parker Solar Probe team receiving NASA Silver Achievement Medal

November 11, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments NASA, UAH, University of Alabama in Huntsville

The Parker Solar Probe (PSP) Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons (SWEAP) team at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is part of the entire PSP team that will receive the NASA Silver Achievement Medal on Nov. 12.

Research Results

Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.13 C per decade

November 6, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Climate Change, global warming, NASA, NOAA, Satellite Data, UAH, University of Alabama in Huntsville

Global Temperature Report: October 2019

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App to improve lives of older adults is set for first major user tests

October 9, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Cognition, Exercise, Senior Citizens, UAH, UAH College of Nursing, University of Alabama in Huntsville

Developed at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) through a collaboration that began in 2015, the app is called mPACT, for mobile Physical Activity Training.

Research Results

Discovery of an endangered species in a well-known cave raises questions

September 19, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Biology, UAH, University of Alabama in Huntsville

How did the Alabama cave shrimp get into two distinct cave systems that don’t share a watershed?