A professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is part of an effort led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee that applies the power of supercomputers to screen compounds for effectiveness…
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UAH helps nation catch up in hypersonic research
When Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that his country’s “invulnerable” Avangard hypersonic nuclear missiles were ready to deploy, that focused attention at the United States Dept. of Defense on hypersonic development and testing. That research will have a large impact on…
Aerojet Rocketdyne to Develop Advanced Propulsion System for U.S. Navy’s Advanced Lightweight Torpedo
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Feb. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aerojet Rocketdyne has been awarded a $63.2 million Other Transaction Authority by the U.S. Navy to develop an advanced propulsion system for the MK 54 MOD 2 Advanced Lightweight Torpedo (ALWT). “We have…
HudsonAlpha to grow cotton in space
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) – The latest cotton project at The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology is out of this world! Researchers at the institute are planning to grow cotton in space to study how its genetic makeup is altered in a zero-gravity…