University of Alabama in Huntsville

How can we be more sure social media posts about coronavirus are accurate?

March 26, 2020 sarah Jonas Anxiety, CDC, Centers For Disease Control, Conspiracy Theories, Coronavirus, COVID-19, disinformation campaigns, politics and anxiety, Social Media, UAH, University of Alabama in Huntsville, WHO, World Health Organization

As COVID-19 has increasingly isolated us from each other, we’re relying more and more on social media for a sense of connection and as a source of information about the virus and it’s spread. But how can we be more confident that what we’re seeing is accurate?

Feature

UAH has significant role in LEAP, a mission selected for NASA flight review

March 23, 2020 sarah Jonas Black Hole, CSPAR, International Space Station (ISS), ISS, Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), NASA, Neutron Stars, Polarization, UAH, UAH Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research, University of Alabama in Huntsville

In collaboration with Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has a significant role in LEAP – the LargE Area burst Polarimeter – a mission that is one of four proposals approved by NASA for further review.

Feature

We’re dealing with COVID-19, but what’s a virus in the first place?

March 23, 2020 sarah Jonas Coronavirus, COVID-19, UAH, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Virus

Everybody knows by now that the United States and the world are in the grip of one of the dangerous coronaviruses called COVID-19, but what’s a virus and how can it make us feel ill? Why do our bodies react the way they do? Are viruses alive?

Feature

UAH joins supercomputing effort to find drugs effective against COVID-19

March 23, 2020 sarah Jonas Biotechnology, Computer Modeling, COVID-19, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Summit supercomputer, Supercomputer, UAH, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Virus

A professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is part of an effort led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee that applies the power of supercomputers to screen compounds for effectiveness against the pandemic COVID-19 virus.

Announcement

UAH professor gets CAREER grant for additive manufacturing materials research

March 19, 2020 sarah Jonas additive manufacturing, National Science Foundation, NSF, UAH, University of Alabama in Huntsville

Research to develop lightweight multifunctional metallic materials that can mimic structural properties in nature has won an assistant professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) a $540,000 National Science Foundation CAREER grant.

Research Results

Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.134 C per decade

March 3, 2020 sarah Jonas Climate Change, Global temperature report, global warming, NASA, NOAA, Satellite Data, UAH, University of Alabama in Huntsville

Global Temperature Report: February 2020

Feature

Continuous soil fertility monitor could benefit agriculture

February 26, 2020 sarah Jonas additive manufacturing, Agriculture, electrical and computer engineering, Fertilizer, Monitoring, UAH, University of Alabama in Huntsville

The ever-increasing price of fertilizers and environmental concerns about nutrient runoff make development of a rugged continuous electronic monitoring device to detect soil fertility a possible boon to agriculture in the United States and the United Kingdom (UK).

Feature

UAH helps nation catch up in hypersonic research

February 25, 2020 sarah Jonas defense industry, Department Of Defense, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, UAH, University of Alabama in Huntsville

The University of Alabama in Hunstville’s Aerophysics Research Center (ARC), operating on Redstone Arsenal, provides the government and commercial clients with a ready means of hypersonic scaled testing with its three, two-stage light gas gun systems.

Research Results

UAH research into developing artificial lymph nodes has immunotherapy implications

February 20, 2020 sarah Jonas Bioengineering, Cancer, hudsonalpha institute for biotechnology, immunoengineering, Immunotheapy, National Science Foundation (NSF), NSF, UAH, University of Alabama in Huntsville

Research into engineering artificial organs that mimic the functions of human lymph nodes at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has garnered one of its professors a $507,777 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award.

Feature

UAH’s Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research has central role in 2024 IMAP mission

February 10, 2020 sarah Jonas Big Data, Computer Modeling, Dr. Gary Zank, Heliosphere, magnetic properties, NASA, plasma, Solar Wind, UAH, University of Alabama in Huntsville

The Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) will be central to the modeling and data crunching that follow the scheduled launch of NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission in 2024.

Research Results

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

February 7, 2020 sarah Jonas Climate Change, Global temperature report, global warming, NASA, NOAA, Satellite Data, UAH, UAH Earth Systems Science Center, University of Alabama in Huntsville

Global Temperature Report: January 2020

Research Results

Undulating flight saves Monarchs energy, says UAH study with drone implications

February 7, 2020 sarah Jonas Drone, mechanical and aerospace engineering, UAH, University of Alabama in Huntsville

In a finding that could benefit drone design, award-winning research by a doctoral student at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) shows that the undulating flight paths of Monarch butterflies are actually more energy efficient than a straight-line path.

← Previous