A high-tech version of a basic principle used 8,000 years ago in reducing unwanted materials is at the heart of an effort by University of Alabama scientists to lessen the Gulf oil spill’s impact on fragile coastal marshes.
If you brushed your teeth this morning, poured dressing on your salad at lunch, or licked the cold sweetness of ice cream from your lips this afternoon, you’ve likely had a close encounter with algae.
At a two-day meeting of the British Cabinet in late 1862, the most powerful men in the United Kingdom were on the brink of intervening in the Civil War raging in America.
Shells from mollusks presented to the dead during ancient funeral ceremonies are keys to helping a University of Alabama geologist gauge ocean movements near the Peruvian coast from as much as 13,000 years ago.
Inside the cafeteria at Tuscaloosa Magnet School, Sarah Barry is building a dance with eight students. She is among dozens of University of Alabama faculty and students working with the elementary school students in an ongoing enrichment program.
Weeds win over basketball in this lot in a low-income neighborhood surveyed by UA’s John Bolland and college interns.
A University of Alabama physician co-chairs an effort to write national guidelines for treating ADHD on college campuses.
University of Alabama-developed software enhances highway safety for law enforcement officers and other motorists while increasing administrative efficiency.
A University of Alabama educator has spent more than a decade researching the use of humor in the classroom.
A University of Alabama researcher examines boardroom disputes and their impact on the stock market.