Virtual Reality Brings Flat Images Into 3-D Focus for UA Geology Students
Imagine a world where maps no longer lay flat and lifeless on a desk, but instead appear in three-dimensional clarity while “floating” in the center of the room.
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If A Frog Had Pockets
If anyone or anything ever needed a champion to take up its cause, it was the lowly chytrid. Not so long ago, the microscopic fungus was relatively unknown, unloved and, although it didn’t seem to impact the tiny organism’s psyche, generally regarded as unimportant. And this dismissive approach was coming from many mycologists, those botanists who specifically study fungi.
UA Professor Researches Women’s Health Risks When Dating
Dr. Bronwen Lichtenstein, University of Alabama assistant professor of criminal justice, is researching the health risks that women over the age of 35 take when they start dating after the breakup of a long-term relationship.
Not the Typical Summer Job: High School Students Intern in UA Labs
Many high school students look for summer jobs at the mall or community swimming pool, but 11 Tuscaloosa high school students will spend this summer in a University of Alabama laboratory working as interns researching nanoparticles.
Housing Market Sending More Mixed Signals, According to UA’s Real Estate Research and Education Center
After a solid showing in the first quarter, existing home sales in the state fell in April, down 5.3 percent from the previous month, according to the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center at The University of Alabama.
Invention IDs Computer Users by Typing Patterns, UA Scientists’ Discovery Pays Off 13 Years Later
Thirteen years ago Dr. Marcus Brown, associate professor of computer science at The University of Alabama, and one of his now former graduate students were awarded a patent for their novel invention which identifies a person by how they type their name.
UA Oceanographer Among World War II Shipwreck Researchers Honored by U.S. Department of Interior
A group of scientists, including a University of Alabama oceanographer, who investigated multiple ships that were sunk by Hitler’s U-boat activities in the Gulf of Mexico during World War II were recently honored for their contribution to science.
Who Am I?
Thirteen years ago Dr. Marcus Brown, associate professor of computer science at The University of Alabama, and one of his now former graduate students were awarded a patent for their novel invention which identifies a person by how they type their name.
Pipeline to Potential Parkinson’s Breakthrough Runs Through UA Lab
There’s an almost audible buzz emitting from a basement level laboratory in The University of Alabama’s Biology Building. The five graduate and 10 undergraduate students who work there, alongside Drs. Guy and Kim Caldwell, UA biology professors, are pumped. So too are their aforementioned faculty mentors.
Rising Oil Pinches Pockets, Signifies Boon for UA Grads in Petroleum-Based Field
Paying nearly $3 per gallon of gas is not something Jamal Obid enjoys, but this University of Alabama student also knows the price spike plays a role in the legendary boon to bust swings of the oil industry. And that swing is headed in the best direction for those who, like Obid, are poised to graduate and enter their chosen profession…oil exploration.