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Released: 4-May-2016 11:05 AM EDT
Second Strongest Shock Wave Found in Merging Galaxy Clusters
University of Alabama Huntsville

A physics doctoral student at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has discovered the second-strongest merger shock in clusters of galaxies ever observed.

Released: 2-May-2016 9:05 AM EDT
Tracking Climate Change? Use the Daily Highs
University of Alabama Huntsville

Scientists using long-term surface temperature data to track climate change caused by greenhouse gases would be best served using only daily high temperature readings without the nighttime lows, according to new research.

Released: 27-Apr-2016 4:05 PM EDT
UAH Tornado Research May Resultin New Early Warning System
University of Alabama Huntsville

A new tornado early warning system could result from research at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) that’s being conducted with the help of General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and supported by $50,000 in seed funding.

Released: 11-Apr-2016 5:05 PM EDT
New, Fast Solar Wind PropulsionSystem Is Aim of NASA, UAH Study
University of Alabama Huntsville

Scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) are set to use computer models to investigate NASA tests to develop an engineering tool to design missions using a new type of long-distance space propulsion.

29-Mar-2016 2:05 PM EDT
Doctoral Student’s Research Enhances Cybersecurity via Rapid Address Change
University of Alabama Huntsville

Research enhancing cybersecurity by changing a networked device’s IP address repeatedly at a very fast pace has won recognition for a computer engineering doctoral student at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH).

22-Mar-2016 9:00 AM EDT
Moon Might Have Flopped Over Like Toy Top, Research Says
University of Alabama Huntsville

Could the moon once have flopped over on its side like a child’s top? Yes, says a University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) scientist in Nature magazine, after he and collaborators discovered water deposits that may indicate its poles have shifted.

29-Feb-2016 9:05 AM EST
Dynamic Cyber Warning Software Looks Promising
University of Alabama Huntsville

University of Alabama in Huntsville researchers are seeing potential in a software application that could effectively warn users when they are about to give away sensitive personal information online.

Released: 23-Feb-2016 9:05 AM EST
U.S. Official Sees “Growth and Energy”in UAH Technology Incubator
University of Alabama Huntsville

Officials at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) on Monday briefed U.S. Dept. of Commerce Assistant Secretary for Economic Development Jay Williams about progress on a coming technology business incubator at the university.

Released: 16-Feb-2016 9:05 AM EST
In a U.S. First, UAH Team MeasuresLightning-Produced Ozone with Lidar
University of Alabama Huntsville

Scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) have used UAH’s Rocket-city Ozone (O3) Quality Evaluation in the Troposphere (RO3QET) Lidar to measure ozone produced by lightning in the United States.

Released: 11-Feb-2016 10:30 AM EST
Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years After Einstein’s Prediction
University of Alabama Huntsville

For the first time, scientists have observed ripples in the fabric of spacetime called gravitational waves, arriving at the Earth from a cataclysmic event in the distant universe. A UAH researcher was at the center of action.

27-Jan-2016 9:30 AM EST
Scientist Creates AI Algorithm to Monitor Machinery Health
University of Alabama Huntsville

An artificial intelligence algorithm created by University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) principal research scientist Dr. Rodrigo Teixeira greatly increases accuracy in diagnosing the health of complex mechanical systems.

Released: 18-Dec-2015 1:05 PM EST
UN Climate Change Goal? We’re There Now
University of Alabama Huntsville

37-Year Global Temperature Report: 12/1978 through 11/2015

Released: 10-Dec-2015 4:05 PM EST
UAH Propulsion Research CenterPart of $50 Million NASA Contract
University of Alabama Huntsville

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is part of a team awarded a five-year NASA research contract valued at up to $50 million to develop, demonstrate and verify an advanced propulsion system.

Released: 10-Nov-2015 12:05 PM EST
New Washer Can Accurately Measure a Bolt’s Clamping Force
University of Alabama Huntsville

A piezoelectric load-sensing washer being developed by a professor and a recent graduate at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) provides a more accurate way to measure the clamping force exerted by the bolt it is on.

Released: 4-Nov-2015 2:05 PM EST
Big Demand for Undergraduate’sPaper on Disease Detection Device
University of Alabama Huntsville

A UAH undergraduate's paper is a top 10 download at ScienceDirect. The paper details efforts to develop a supersensitive nanodevice that can detect cancers and other diseases at an extremely early stage.

Released: 14-Oct-2015 2:05 PM EDT
UAH Building $2 Million Wind Tunnel
University of Alabama Huntsville

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) will soon be home to a new $2 million wind tunnel system championed by the university’s eminent scholar in propulsion, Dr. Phillip Ligrani.

23-Sep-2015 2:05 PM EDT
UAH Joins LSC Group That May Create a New Field of Science
University of Alabama Huntsville

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is now part of potentially groundbreaking experiments to detect and discover gravitational waves, a detection that could alter our physical understanding of the universe.

Released: 9-Sep-2015 4:05 PM EDT
Space Mission Will Explore Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes
University of Alabama Huntsville

University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) researchers are heading into space in 2018 to measure and better understand terrestrial gamma ray flashes (TGFs) that originate from thunderstorms.

31-Aug-2015 3:00 PM EDT
UAH Researchers Plan Conferenceto Probe Agricultural Sustainability
University of Alabama Huntsville

Planning for more sustainable U.S. agriculture will be the topic of an Oct. 21-23 workshop in Boulder, Colo., by researchers from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

Released: 19-Aug-2015 9:05 AM EDT
New Internet Search Engine’s CreatorsLaunch Kickstarter Funding Campaign
University of Alabama Huntsville

The developers of an educational Internet search engine that they say could eventually revolutionize the search function have launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund further refinements.

Released: 6-Aug-2015 9:05 AM EDT
Researchers Developing Architecture to Build Cybersecurity Into Systems
University of Alabama Huntsville

A lightweight virtualization architecture that can be used to build cybersecurity into systems used in the so-called Internet of Things is being developed by a research team at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH).

Released: 8-Jul-2015 10:05 AM EDT
UAH Student’s Research Could Hastenthe Dawn of Hybrid Rocket Engines
University of Alabama Huntsville

Hybrid rocket fuel research by a University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) mechanical engineering doctoral student could hasten the day when a simpler, safer hybrid engine propels space missions.

Released: 7-Jul-2015 8:05 AM EDT
In the Tropics, 2nd Warmest Month Since 2010
University of Alabama Huntsville

UPDATED: Global Temperature Report: June 2015

Released: 8-Jun-2015 12:05 PM EDT
UAH Professor’s Laser Space Energy System Generates a Patent
University of Alabama Huntsville

A space-based system that relies on lasers to generate and deliver energy to spacecraft has won a University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) professor a U.S. patent and could become a first-line defense against asteroids on a collision course with Earth.

Released: 2-Jun-2015 9:05 AM EDT
International Scientific Honor Goes to UAH’s CSPAR Director
University of Alabama Huntsville

Dr. Gary Zank, director of The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) and chairman of the Dept. of Space Science (SPA) is being recognized internationally for scientific achievements.

26-May-2015 4:35 PM EDT
Unlocking innovation with Blackmon’s Rules
University of Alabama Huntsville

Ask mechanical and aerospace engineering students at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and you’ll find plenty who can quote from at least part of something known as Blackmon’s Rules, a list of best practices for encouraging innovation.

Released: 26-May-2015 1:05 PM EDT
UAH Astrophysicist Provides New Fluid Dynamics Insights
University of Alabama Huntsville

New calculations by a theoretical astrophysicist at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) provide tools that open a door to exploring the history of events in astrophysical flows and in plasma fusion devices.

Released: 26-May-2015 9:05 AM EDT
UAH Scientists Join Study of Thunderstorms at Night
University of Alabama Huntsville

A team of 18 scientists and students from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) will spend the next six weeks in Kansas in the Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN) program, a research campaign to study nighttime storms.

Released: 8-May-2015 3:05 PM EDT
UAH Is Key Player in FAA Centerof Excellence for Unmanned Systems
University of Alabama Huntsville

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is part of a team selected to conduct research as part of the new FAA Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Center of Excellence announced today.

Released: 6-May-2015 9:00 AM EDT
Research on Fusion Engine That CouldBe a Mars Hot Rod Is AIAA Best Paper
University of Alabama Huntsville

You could call a fusion engine a space travel hot rod. A 2014 paper that reports on developments in pulsed fusion propulsion that could rapidly propel U.S. manned flights to Mars has been named an AIAA Best Paper.

24-Apr-2015 11:05 AM EDT
Computer Cooling System Could Save U.S. $6.3 Billion in Electricity a Year
University of Alabama Huntsville

A patented passive cooling system for computer processors invented at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) could save U.S. consumers more than $6.3 billion per year in energy costs.

7-Apr-2015 12:05 PM EDT
Commercially Viable Proposals Win UAH Innovation Awards
University of Alabama Huntsville

Three commercially viable proposals that resulted from research at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) have been awarded over $43,000 from the Charger Innovation Fund (CIF).

Released: 6-Apr-2015 1:05 PM EDT
Solar Expert Gets National Academyof Sciences Committee Chair Nod
University of Alabama Huntsville

The founder of The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research has been named U.S. national representative / coordinating group chair of the Scientific Committee on Solar Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP) by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.

Released: 6-Apr-2015 1:05 PM EDT
UAH a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense
University of Alabama Huntsville

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has been designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Research (CAE - R) through academic year 2021.

Released: 3-Apr-2015 9:05 AM EDT
UAH Seeks New Insights to Study Lightning
University of Alabama Huntsville

UAH’s Dr. Philip Bitzer will spend the next two years studying 17 years of data from NASA’s Lightning Imaging Sensor, and breaking lightning flashes into their smallest pieces.

Released: 23-Mar-2015 10:05 AM EDT
Ultra-Thin Silicon Films Create Vibrant Optical Colors
University of Alabama Huntsville

A new technology, which creates a rainbow of optical colors with ultra-thin layers of silicon, has been recently demonstrated by a research group at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH).

Released: 16-Mar-2015 4:05 PM EDT
Morning Is the Time for Powerful Lightning
University of Alabama Huntsville

Wherever you are, if it's 8 a.m. it’s time for the kids to be in school, time perhaps for a second cup of coffee, and time for the most powerful lightning strokes of the day. Not the largest number of lightning flashes, just the most powerful.



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