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UrduThe Alabama Space Grant Consortium’s statewide, university student-built cube satellite project is shifting gears to ABEX, the Alabama Burst Energetics eXplorer, after its drive to be the first student-built Cubesat to leave low Earth orbit (LEO) was derailed when NASA dropped secondary payloads from the Artemis II flight.
Tag: University of Alabama in Huntsville
$600,000 grant funds new UAH study probing influence of trees’ organic compounds on rain
In order for it to get cloudy or rain, first moisture has to condense around particulate matter in the air called aerosols, and volatile organic compounds made by trees can be precursors to the kinds of tiny particles that eventually make clouds and rain.
Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.14 C per decade
Global Temperature Report: August 2021
UAH second university in Southeast to have specialized atmospheric spectrometer
In the spring, the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science will become the home base for a new instrument designed to help scientists study aerosols in the atmosphere.
UAH’s Baudry Lab part of half-million-dollar efforts to target COVID with drug therapies
Two different strategies to discover and perfect pharmaceuticals active against the COVID-19 virus have attracted a half million dollars in research funding to support five institutions, including the Baudry Lab at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH).
Paper on climate model’s warming bias co-authored by UAH’s Dr. Christy is top download
A research paper that found a significant warming bias globally in the newest climate models has been cited by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) as among the top 10% most downloaded in 2020 from its journal Earth and Space Science.
Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.14 C per decade
Global Temperature Report: June 2021
(New Reference Base, 1991-2020)
When the James Webb telescope launches, 25 years of UAH R&D involvement will soar
After a scheduled November launch, when NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) achieves orbit and unfurls the 18 gold-coated beryllium segments of its 6.5-meter primary mirror, over two decades of crucial UAH partnership in the project will also blossom.
‘Lonely cloud’ bigger than Milky Way found in a galaxy ‘no-man’s land’ by UAH physics team
A scientifically mysterious, isolated cloud bigger than the Milky Way has been found by a research team at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) in a “no-man’s land” for galaxies.
UAH-led space weather prediction research could be critical to Space Force Command
Research to improve space weather predictions by Dr. Nikolai Pogorelov at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, will boost abilities crucial to the success of the defense mission of the Space Force Command that’s set to be located in Huntsville, Ala.
UAH doctoral student to study possible early biological hazardous chemical warning in France
A University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) doctoral student in biotechnology will travel to France under a Chateaubriand Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics & Biology-Health to help research a possible biological early warning system for hazardous chemicals.
Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.14 C per decade
Global Temperature Report: May 2021
(New Reference Base, 1991-2020)
Online product recommendation improvement earns UAH doctoral student best paper
A doctoral student’s research at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to improve the application of artificial intelligence to better understand online user product preferences won the best research paper award at the recent virtual Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Southeast Conference.
Urban heat islands affect tree canopy temperatures and health, UAH study says
New research recently published in Scientific Reports on tree canopy temperatures in New York City by a University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) doctoral student offers new insights for urban forestry management.
Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.14 C per decade
Global Temperature Report: April 2021
(New Reference Base, 1991-2020)
NSF awards UAH’s Dr. Niemiller $1.029 million for groundwater biodiversity study
A proposal to conduct the first comprehensive assessment of groundwater biodiversity in the central and eastern United States has earned a University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) assistant professor of biological science a five-year, $1.029 million National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award.
33 UAH inventors receive award plaques for 21 patents at virtual ceremony
Thirty-three inventors from two colleges, six departments and three research centers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, received award plaques for 21 patents at a virtual ceremony on Friday, April 16.
UAH’s Dr. Liu earns NSF award for research to make wireless devices more efficient, secure
Research to harness commonplace errors in wireless devices to make them usable and provide for better security and efficiency has won a University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering a five-year, $500,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award.
Older adults use social media to compensate for fewer in-person interactions, UAH study says
A lack of in-person interactions is a primary driver for older people to use social media, according to a first of its kind study of older users by a researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System.
Global composite temperature -0.01 C (-0.02 °F) below seasonal average
Global Temperature Report: March 2021
(New Reference Base, 1991-2020)
Flagging coronavirus misinformation tweets changes user behaviors, UAH research shows
When Twitter flags tweets containing coronavirus misinformation, that really does affect the degree of validity most people ascribe to those messages, says new research based on a novel branching survey by three professors at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System.
Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.14 C per decade
Global Temperature Report: February 2021
(New Reference Base, 1991-2020)
CEOs should develop an ambivalent mindset in crises, says UAH professor’s research
When their companies face crises like disruptive changes, the way chief executive officers (CEOs) perceive or interpret the crises matter for their companies’ adaptation to the changes, according to research by a University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) associate professor of marketing.
UAH solar physicist proposes new mechanism for how electrons work in solar flares
A new mechanism to explain how electrons work in solar flares has been proposed by a University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) solar physicist using a theoretical model of particle acceleration.
Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.14 C per decade
Global Temperature Report: January 2021
with New Reference Base, 1991-2020
Ironing out supply chain kinks key to faster COVID vaccine rollout, expert says
Kinks in new production and distribution supply chains are why COVID-19 vaccines approved for use in the United States have been sluggish finding their way into people’s arms, says an expert in logistics and supply chains at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System.
DoD grant for new equipment boosts UAH’s hypersonics fuel research
Scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, plan to research new fuels for hypersonic vehicles once chromatography/mass spectroscopy equipment arrives later this year at the Propulsion Research Center (PRC).
UAH scientists are part of first discovery of giant neutron star flare outside Milky Way
The first-time discovery of a giant flare from a neutron star that’s outside Earth’s galactic neighborhood is the subject of a new research paper in the journal Nature that has four co-authors from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System.
UAH researchers developing glass fiber drinking water monitor with EPA grant
A novel sensor network using glass fibers to safeguard drinking water supplies is being developed under a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant in a cross-campus collaboration at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System.
Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.14 C per decade
Global Temperature Report: December 2020
Are we alone in the universe? UAH’s Dr. Gary Zank doesn’t think so
Are we alone in the universe? Research by Dr. Gary Zank at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, and collaborators from UAH and other institutions has helped to inform the search for planets that could harbor life.
Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.14 °C (+0.25 °F) per decade
Global Temperature Report: November 2020
Promising lab results in quest to find naturally occurring anti-COVID therapies
So far, 35 of 125 naturally occurring compounds identified computationally at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to have potential against COVID-19 have shown efficacy in ongoing first-batch testing at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Regional Biocontainment Laboratory (UTHSC RBL) that’s the next step in the process to becoming a drug.
UAH helps develop air quality monitoring application for Thailand
Thailand will get help mitigating air pollution from a new satellite data application co-developed by The University of Alabama (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System.
Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.14 °C (+0.25 °F) per decade
Global Temperature Report: October 2020
New research solves Parker Solar Probe’s solar switchbacks surprise
In newly published research, scientists have for the first time modeled the nature of solar switchbacks – the large and long-duration isolated velocity spikes in the solar wind that surprised researchers when data arrived from the Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons (SWEAP) instruments aboard NASA’s Parker Solar Probe (PSP).
Latent customer needs can be discovered and knowable, says UAH professor
Companies can discover customer needs that are unknown to customers themselves through learning from their own market experiences and observing the market experiences of collaborators and competitors, says a research paper by a professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH).
New atomic layer deposition process invented by UAH researchers
A new way to deposit thin layers of atoms as a coating onto a substrate material at near room temperatures has been invented at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System. Thin film deposition is used in microelectronics manufacturing.
Rapid disease pathogen identification a step closer following successful UAH startup demonstration
Soon it could only take an hour to find out what pathogen is making you ill, following the successful demonstration of the world’s first multi-pathogen identification using non-amplified RNA detection by GeneCapture, a company cofounded by researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH).
Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.14 °C (+0.25 °F) per decade
Global Temperature Report: September 2020
Rotating Detonation Engine test-fired for first time at UAH’s Johnson Research Center
A Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE) has been test-fired for the first time at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System. RDEs are a tantalizing engineering concept that could be transformative for rocket propulsion
UAH gets $600,000 to create more accurate analysis of soil moisture
A $600,000 grant to create a more accurate analysis of soil moisture for drought depiction, agricultural assessments and flood potential has been awarded to the interim dean of the College of Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.14 C per decade
Global Temperature Report: July 2020
UAH leads $3.2 million solar software model effort to aid in space weather predictions
The National Science Foundation (NSF) and NASA have awarded $3.2 million over three years to development of open-source solar atmosphere and inner heliosphere software models useful to predict space weather, a project led by The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) with a UAH professor as principal investigator.
UAH professors get $500,000 NSF grant to better protect privacy of solid-state drive data
The National Science Foundation has awarded a pair of professors at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, a nearly $500,000, three-year grant to develop a better way to wipe data from the solid-state drives (SSDs).
DOE-funded UAH directed plasma research may advance pulsed fusion propulsion systems
A professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has been awarded a one-year, $98,930 grant by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for plasma research that could advance pulsed fusion propulsion for spacecraft.
Support for telehealth and mobile health monitoring rises since COVID, study says
Support for telehealth and mobile health monitoring has risen among healthcare workers and consumers since the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study. Dr. Emil Jovanov, a pioneer in the wearable health monitoring field from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), participated and was a coauthor.
NASA awards its Exceptional Public Achievement Medal to UAH’s Michael Briggs
NASA has awarded its Exceptional Public Achievement Medal for sustained performance that embodies multiple contributions on NASA projects, programs or initiatives to Dr. Michael S. Briggs, an assistant director of the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.14 C per decade
Global Temperature Report: July 2020
UAH gets $1.1 million grant as lead in research on safe use of drones in disasters
The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) will receive $1.1 million of the $3.3 million in research, education and training grants awarded to universities that comprise the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE).