Companies considering downsizing as a strategy for surviving the current economic recession should know one thing about the experience that many companies had with downsizing: It didn't work. Cutting payroll without a plan to improve productivity and efficiency dooms many companies.
Half of the globe has warmed at least one half of one degree Fahrenheit (0.3 C) in the past 30 years, while half of that -- a full quarter of the globe -- warmed at least one full degree Fahrenheit (0.6 C).
A 199-year-old economic theory may provide the theoretical framework needed to "” for the first time "” effectively align strategic personnel policies with organization and management strategies, according to new research from The University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville use data gathered by microwave sounding units on NOAA and NASA satellites to get accurate temperature readings for almost all regions of the Earth.
The election of Barack Obama confirmed that polling data for this year's Presidential election was correct and helped dispel the notion that racial bias would play a role in the Obama-McCain matchup, according to a researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Ernst Stuhlinger, a world-renowned space scientist, will be recognized for his unique contributions to aerospace scientific and technological advancements with a symposium at The University of Alabama in Huntsville.
The University of Alabama in Huntsville is helping the U.S. Army to create a single modern, unified enterprise planning and management system for all of the Army's acquisition, supply chain and logistics operations.
Houssam Toutanji, a professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville, wants to demonstrate a concept of creating concrete structures on the lunar surface without water. Astronauts can turn to a new type of waterless concrete that uses lunar soil as the aggregate and sulfur as a binding agent.
When Dr. Claudio Morales, a mathematics professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville, presents his findings on the Leray-Schauder condition to a mathematics conference later this month, it will be the culmination of work that started more than 30 years ago.
The La Nina Pacific Ocean cooling event continues to weaken, according to Dr. John Christy, director of the Earth System Science Center at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. Temperatures in the tropics were cooler than seasonal norms for the 12th straight month.
Research by material scientists may lead to the ability to extract water from the Moon and Mars by shooting microwave beams into their surface. Scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville and NASA are researching the use of microwaves to replenish water on space missions or as a rocket fuel supply.
A pair of university research scientists have devised what they describe as a very simple, but surprisingly effective means to predict the outcome of the U.S. Presidential election "” median statistics.
Officials with The University of Alabama in Huntsville and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Inc. have signed an agreement to forge a stronger research partnership. The company will put a team of researchers on the campus to collaborate with the university's research faculty.
Shrinking regions of cooler than normal temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean during July suggest the La Niña cooling event is fading.
Scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville have developed a new computer program to provide short-term warnings for "pop up" thunderstorms. The system has been used in North Alabama for several years, but is now finding use in other parts of the U.S. and the world.
A La Nina Pacific Ocean cooling event continues to drive tropical and global temperatures: Globally, June 2008 was the coolest June since 1999.
When researchers observe natural changes in clouds and temperature, they have assumed that temperature change caused the clouds to change, and not the other way around. This can lead to overestimates of how sensitive Earth's climate is to greenhouse gas emissions.
Global average temperatures and temperatures in the tropics continued to fall in May, driven by a La Nina Pacific Ocean cooling event. Monthly global temperature report shows the Tropics recorded the fifth coolest month; while the Earth is the coolest in eight years.
Scientists at UAHuntsville helped design (and will lead the ground team keeping track of) NASA's new GLAST Burst Monitor, an instrument scheduled to be rocketed into orbit next month to help astrophysicists learn more about the star crushing (or merging?) explosions that create gamma ray bursts.
The La Nina Pacific Ocean cooling event continues to push temperatures in the tropics downward, with the tropical troposphere chilling for the second consecutive month to its coolest temperature since the La Nina of 1989.
Debris dropped by hot-air balloons may give scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville data needed to improve tornado warnings. The payloads dropped by the balloons were similar to the types of debris thrown into the air by tornados that touch the ground.
Long-time nursing dean at The University of Alabama in Huntsville Dr. Fay Raines will lead the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, the group that serves as the national voice for baccalaureate and higher-degree nursing education in the U.S.
A professor from the University of California-San Diego has been chosen provost and executive vice president of academic affairs for The University of Alabama in Huntsville.
The La Nina cooling of the tropical atmosphere continued in March, 2008, with temperatures in the tropics falling to their coldest seasonally-adjusted temperature (-0.49 C below the 20-year average for March) since the La Nina of March 1989.
Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville have developed a wide-angle camera that will be able to provide security forces with the ability to monitor large areas through high-resolution images taken from a satellite or an airborne craft.
One cool year does not erase decades of climate data, nor does it more than minimally change the long-term climate trend, according to one of the world's foremost global climate scientists. Long-term climate change is just that "” long term "” and 12 months of data are little more than a blip on the screen.
An unexpected radar image of airborne debris from last week's tornado that killed four people in Alabama might help scientists develop better tools for warning the public when and where strong tornadoes are on the ground.
Scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville are developing computer models to identify trends in the behavior of terrorists. They hope this improved intelligence will reduce the threats to American military forces.
It's been a half century since America entered the space age. The basic propulsion concepts will be the same as we begin the next half century of space exploration. However, there have been technological strides that make current propulsion systems superior to those early rocket engines.
Within five to seven years fast growing trees and grasses might become economically viable alternatives to corn as a source of renewable fuel ethanol, reducing the need for pollutants that now cause a massive "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico.
America's first voyage into space took place when the 30-pound Explorer I satellite was lifted into orbit on January 31, 1958. That launch forever changed America's idea of space and that seminal event would also forever alter the course of The University of Alabama in Huntsville.
A new study comparing the output of 22 leading global climate models with actual climate data finds the models do an unsatisfactory job of mimicking climate change in key parts of the atmosphere. This research raises new concerns about the reliability of models used to forecast global warming.
A recent Newsweek magazine cover story on global warming contained significant errors and used outdated scientific material in its representation of global climate data collected by satellites.
Consistent research data shows that involvement in extracurricular activities helps in lowering the high school dropout rate, raises grades and gives students better odds of graduating from high school and attending college.
A new laboratory at The University of Alabama in Huntsville will determine the durability of the equipment used by American soldiers. The Highly Accelerated Life Testing chamber can produce environments that accelerate the life cycle of various parts through extreme environments.
A new way of looking at a previously abandoned mathematical model might help astronomers study and accurately identify an exotic clan of gravitational waves.
EADS' has added to its support of advanced aerospace research at U.S. universities with $200,000 in funding. The grants are for $100,000 each for The University of Alabama in Huntsville and Georgia Tech. The company's grant for UA-Huntsville supports evaluations for the next generation of high-power airborne electronics.
Dr. David Williams, vice provost for research at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, has been named president of The University of Alabama in Huntsville following a nationwide search that included more than 200 applicants.
A powerful gamma ray source built to help the U.S. Army calibrate radiation safety equipment might also help scientists decipher a debilitating disease. UAH researchers are searching for clues that might lead to new therapies for Huntington's disease.
A team of scientists and engineers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) are conducting research that could one day save humanity from asteroids threatening Earth. UAH Laser Science and Engineering Group, headed by Dr. Richard Fork, is conducting research into characterizing and deflecting asteroids that may endanger Earth.
A challenge in propulsion is increasing the lifetime of the thruster, which must run continuously for years during a mission. The plasmoid thruster potentially has a much longer lifetime because the plasma forms inductively, meaning that the plasma is not in contact with thruster components.
Using materials that flash when struck by certain types of radiation, sensors developed in a new laboratory at The University of Alabama in Huntsville might help doctors treat cancer, customs agents scan for dirty bombs, and scientists study the furthest reaches of the universe.
Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville have developed unmanned aerial and ground vehicles, but the real innovation is how these vehicles can work together with an information network to provide real-time data to first responders and emergency personnel.
Giant waves of air rippling through the atmosphere might spin up or intensify tornadoes when they interact with powerful thunderstorms.
The apparent absence of shadows where shadows were expected to be is raising new questions about the faint glow of microwave radiation once hailed as proof that the universe was created by a "Big Bang."
The genetic code of a fungus that forms a beneficial symbiosis with trees, and inhabits one of the most ecologically and commercially important microbial niches in North American and Eurasian forests, has been deciphered by an international consortium of institutions that includes The University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Scientists face the challenge of how to make data useful and easy to access. That was the genesis of DISCOVER "” the Distributed Information Services for Climate and Ocean products and Visualizations for Earth Research.
Coastal residents could gain a better understanding of the destructive nature of severe weather as a result of research at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. UAH research scientists are developing an information system to provide forecasting of waves and storm surges with real-time measurements of winds, waves and currents.
Cooling rain that precedes some hurricanes as they come on shore may cause those storms to rapidly weaken as they move inland, but that same cooling rain might also cause shallow warm and cold "fronts" within a hurricane system, making it more likely to spin off tornadoes as the storm weakens.
A new way of analyzing data from weather satellites may soon help pilots avoid flying through rain or turbulence from convective thunderstorms, according to a scientist at The University of Alabama in Huntsville.
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