National Academy of Sciences picks CSPAR founder for group chair Apr 06, 2015 The founder and retired director of the UAH Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research has been named the U.S. national representative/coordinating group chair of the Scientific Committee on Solar Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP) by the U.S. Natio... UAH seeks new insights to study lightning Apr 03, 2015 Can old data provide new insights about lightning and the physics of severe weather? A scientist at UAH thinks it can. Supported by a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, UAH's Dr. Philip Bitzer will spend the next two ye... Alabama Science & Engineering Fair returns to UAH for 20th anniversary Apr 02, 2015 Students still want to know how various household chemicals affect plant growth, or whether video games make them and their friends smarter. These and about 200 other student experiments will be on display Friday, April 3, when the Alabama Sci... Ultra-thin silicon films create vibrant optical colors Mar 23, 2015 A new technology, which creates a rainbow of optical colors with ultra-thin layers of silicon, has been recently demonstrated by a research group at UAH. ... Morning is the time for powerful lightning Mar 17, 2015 Wherever you are, if it's 8 a.m. it's time for the kids to be in school, time perhaps for a second cup of coffee, and time for the most powerful lightning strokes of the day. ... Blast From the Past – Opening a Rocketry Time Capsule Mar 19, 2015 UAH's Propulsion Research Center is preparing for its 25th anniversary next year, and the experimental roots of its faculty run even deeper. In 1956, 16-year-old Jimmy Blackmon did a very unusual thing for that time. He built a rocket from scratch ... UAH, CCI sponsor Be The Match® drives in memory of Leslie Vallely Mar 10, 2015 To those who have been lucky enough to find one, a bone marrow match has been compared to winning the lottery. The statistics of finding a match break down like this: every four minutes in the U.S., someone is diagnosed with a blood cancer, that's ... UAH’s “Let’s Pretend” hospital celebrates 30 years Mar 10, 2015 Let's Pretend Hospital is a first grade field trip like no other. The unique education program began 30 years ago by the UAH College of Nursing and Huntsville Hospital to help reduce the fear and anxiety that may accompany a hospital visit or a tr... Award-winning researcher Robert Swap visits UAH as part of the Distinguished Speaker Series Mar 02, 2015 Award-winning educator and researcher, Dr. Robert J. Swap, will be the guest speaker for UAH Distinguished Speaker Series on Tuesday, March 3. ... Interest in weather more than just academic for UAH earth system science student Feb 11, 2015 Adam Clayton doesn't have the luxury of sleeping in late. Instead, he rises early each morning to tweet the weather forecast to his hundreds of followers. "You have to make a commitment to be up, especially if there's something big going on," says ... 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61