A process that bonds the stuff from which bones are made onto the surface of artificial bone and joint implants may give longer life to as many as 600,000 implants a year.
Relatively small U.S. companies probably should not invest the money that is needed to develop industrial products which are technically superior and have superior performance.
A small gold oven sent to Russia's MIR space station may give scientists valuable insights into diffusive transport in liquids, a fundamental physical process that is so little understood that there are a half dozen conflicting theories about how the process actually works.
A slightly cooler than normal December ended a slightly cooler than normal year. December's Global Temperature Report includes a special advisory relating to a new analysis of satellite data.
Image-guided software developed at The University of Alabama in Huntsville may help doctors better diagnose cancer and plan surgery by allowing the more effective use of information collected from computerized axial tomography (CAT) scanned images.
Giant balloons floating around the Antarctic helped UAH scientists gather what may be the first evidence of specific sources of cosmis rays, especially the cosmic rays which carry the most energy
Global warming notwithstanding, the average temperature in Alabama has dropped by almost two degrees Fahrenheit over the past 65 years, according to a new analysis of daily temperature reports from about 50 spots around the state.
Fourteen of the most widely used global climate models, which are used by scientists to predict global climate change and by policy makers to formulate appropriate environmental policy, were less prescient than expected in a major test designed to determine their accuracy in predicting global warming or cooling.
The biggest winners in an investment market may be playing the game according to their own rules, rather the "rational" economic rules followed by most investors.
Rushing radically innovative new products to market with a minimum of "polish" may give large U.S. companies a competitive edge over their Japanese counterparts in emerging or "high uncertainty" markets, according to research at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. This "radical" recommendation comes from a seven-year study of 104 new electronics products developed in the U.S. and Japan.
Technology transfer may have found its way from "Star Trek's" starship Enterprise to Earth. Many Star Trek fans are familiar with clear "data cubes" frequently seen on the television program and used by the crew to access information. A researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville believes the Enterprise's technology isn't so futuristic. Using holographic technology, a similar data storage device could hold a tremendous amount of data and provide rapid access.
Using $1.29 acrylic boxes from a dime store and simple electronics, undergraduate students and their lab instructor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville are doing cutting edge research into sonoluminesence, a little understood phenomenon sometimes referred to as "a star in a jar."
The Northern Hemisphere's coldest month in more than 18 years may in part be due to a persistent low pressure system over the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, according to Dr. John Christy, an associate professor of atmospheric science in the Earth System Science Laboratory at The University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Background information relating to the accuracy and reliability of global climate monitoring by microwave sounding units aboard NOAA satellites has been posted on the UAH web site. The address is: http://www.atmos.uah.edu./essl/msu/background.html
With a global average temperature that was three-tenths of a degree Celsius warmer than seasonal norms, 2005 tied with 2002 as the second warmest year in the past 27, according to data gathered by NOAA satellites and processed at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
Giant waves of air rippling through the atmosphere might spin up or intensify tornadoes when they interact with powerful thunderstorms.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
A new way of looking at a previously abandoned mathematical model might help astronomers study and accurately identify an exotic clan of gravitational waves.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A La Nina Pacific Ocean cooling event continues to drive tropical and global temperatures: Globally, June 2008 was the coolest June since 1999.
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