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A $3 million makeover of the Moundville Archaeological Park’s museum will allow display of its world-class Mississippian Indian artifacts in a manner befitting the site of one of the Top 100 tourist events in the United States and Canada.
The sale of existing single-family homes in Alabama declined by 11.1 percent in October to 4,831 units, according to the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center at The University of Alabama. Only January and February posted lower sales figures.
Twenty-eight flat-topped earthen mounds, covered in grass, rise from the ground at the outskirts of Moundville, the small Alabama town that owes its name to their presence. The area’s tranquility belies the bustling economic and ceremonial center this place, at one time the largest city north of Mexico, once was.
A team of researchers at The University of Alabama are planning to study the use of media messages during emergencies, as part of the Center for the Study of High Consequence Event Preparedness and Response funded by a $15 million, three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
There are no crystal balls visible upon entering Dr. William “Bill” Butler’s University of Alabama office. Yet, theoretical predictions this physicist made in a scientific paper published in 2001 have been verified experimentally and may be key in development of the next generation of computer memory and hard drives.
Persons with insomnia who depend on prescription sleeping pills may be eligible to receive a sleep disorders evaluation and insomnia treatment by participating in a research study conducted by The University of Alabama department of psychology and funded by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Drug Abuse.
And you thought Tuscaloosa, Ala., wasn’t an international travel destination. More than 1,000 fish carcasses from around the world – including China, Russia, Vietnam and Africa – are periodically arriving at The University of Alabama as part of a $3 million National Science Foundation-sponsored project scientists hope will ultimately reveal more about gene function in fish and, eventually, humans.
The holiday weeks, beginning with Thanksgiving, historically have been among the deadliest times to be on the road, and speed is a major factor according to a University of Alabama study.
BASF has set up a research partnership with The University of Alabama to study the dissolution and processing of cellulose through use of ionic liquids. Under this partnership, the company has licensed the exclusive use of various intellectual property rights.