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HUNTSVILLE – The University of Alabama in Huntsville is heading up a statewide effort to fund, develop and commercialize plasma research and the high-tech workforce it requires. The effort is […]

Tuberville lands key Ag panel post

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville has been named to head a Senate Agriculture subcommittee that is crucial to issues facing North Alabama, including farming, rural broadband and research by […]

FBI lab, SeqLL to study use of body fluids for ID

BILLERICA, Mass. – The FBI’s Laboratory Division in Huntsville and the agency’s Quantico, Va., office signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with SeqLL, it was announced. The pact […]

UAH grad student helps discover black hole

A physics graduate student at the University of Alabama in Huntsville is the lead author of a paper in The Astrophysical Journal describing the discovery of an intermediate-size black hole buried in gas […]

HUNTSVILLE – During summer and early fall, the Southeast can experience a few hot weeks without rain, causing what is known as a “flash drought.” This phenomenon can destroy crops […]

Shelby's final vote brings $20.7B to North Alabama

WASHINGTON – An era came to an end Thursday in the halls of Congress. U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa) cast his final vote – in support of the comprehensive appropriations […]

Marshall-led InSight Mars lander mission ends

WASHINGTON — All good things come to an end, even on Mars. To that end, NASA’s InSight mission has ended after more than four years of collecting unique science on […]

HUNTSVILLE — Sixty years ago today, the state of Alabama took a momentous step forward in being a major player for space age opportunities with the establishment of a research […]

HUNTSVILLE – Manufacturers using plasma processes in semiconductor production and materials processing will have a new tool developed by the University of Alabama in Huntsville and CFD Research Corp. “The […]

HUNTSVILLE – Although the West has experienced major ups and downs in annual precipitation patterns, the amount of rainfall has been generally stable over the past 130 years, according to […]

HUNTSVILLE — Discovery Life Sciences has announced the launch of its proteomic services division. With the announcement, the HudsonAlpha-based company is accepting samples from pharmaceutical and biotech companies, government, and […]

NASA testing RS-25 engines for Artemis missions

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. — With Artemis I in the books, NASA is back at the test stands. The space agency said it will begin a series of hot fire […]

HUNTSVILLE – Low-intensity ultrasound therapies may one day rebuild stronger knees following injury or surgery, thanks to research by Dr. Anu Subramanian at the University of Alabama in Huntsville that’s […]

NASA: Artemis inaugural launch 'simply eye-watering'

HUNTSVILLE — The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket performed with precision, meeting or exceeding all expectations during its debut launch last month on Artemis I, NASA said. The world’s most […]

HUNTSVILLE – A bit of laboratory serendipity led University of Alabama in Huntsville researchers to a simple mechanical way to generate electricity to operate electronic devices. Triboelectric nanogenerators use multiple […]

HOUSTON – The Orion spacecraft continued on the Artemis I mission Tuesday, entering its seventh day. The spacecraft fired all three thruster types with the first using the large orbital […]

HUNTSVILLE — NASA has awarded a contract modification to SpaceX for its Starship landing system to meet agency requirements for human exploration of the moon under Artemis. With this addition, […]

'An incredible sight:' Orion on its way to the moon

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Following the launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world, the Orion spacecraft is on its way to the […]

HUNTSVILLE — The idea that if you build it, people will come, is not exclusive to Iowa cornfields. It is also true of North Alabama cotton fields. As Cummings Research […]

HUNTSVILLE – Historic records dating back to the 1990s of NASA’s P-3 aircraft flights over the Arctic and Antarctic circles were recently found and digitized by two employees of the […]

HUNTSVILLE – While performing recent drone search and rescue work in the wake of Hurricane Ian in Florida, a team that included a University of Alabama in Huntsville researcher spotted […]

HUNTSVILLE – Precision is the keyword to predicting and tracking weather, and now a new partnership between Baron Weather Services and the global Esri Partner Network, will not only advance […]

Neutron star behavior 'a head scratcher' for Marshall researchers

HUNTSVILLE — In February, NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) observed its first accreting neutron star: Hercules X-1, more than 21,000 light years from Earth. Now a new study based […]

HUNTSVILLE — The Rocket City is a hub of research and innovation for the nation – be it defense, space or commercial. So, it’s only fitting that Auburn University decided […]