Southern Research announced today that Young Chul Choi, an experienced environmental engineer, has joined the Birmingham-based organization to lead its Industrial Water Practice, which focuses on clean water technologies benefiting […]
With Prosperity Fund help, startup CHONEX aims to turn waste into profit
Southern Research’s Prosperity Fund is assisting an Alabama startup that sees one of nature’s great recyclers – the black soldier fly – as an instrument to convert chicken poop into […]
Prosperity Fund works to launch angel investor network for coal counties
The co-founder of Southern Research’s Prosperity Fund said the program to spark job creation and stimulate entrepreneurial activity in Alabama’s coal country is preparing to launch an important new initiative […]
Southern Research evaluates innovative NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE technologies
For more than a year, a Southern Research team has gotten a first-hand look at more than 20 technologies that aim to turn carbon dioxide emissions into valuable products as part […]
Alabama students explore science at STEM Spring Break Camp
Forget the beach or the mountains. One of the coolest places to be this Spring Break is the lab at Southern Research. About 80 Central Alabama students are expected to […]
Expanded ‘real-world STEM’ program targets student excitement
Southern Research’s expanded STEM education efforts are making a difference in classrooms across Alabama, and even more students are in line to benefit from the program in the coming weeks […]
Southern Research targets mutated protein to battle prostate cancer
Southern Research scientists are exploring how a mutated protein implicated in prostate cancer plays a role in the development of the disease and whether it holds a key to better […]
Prosperity Fund supports growth of Alabama bamboo industry
Could Alabama become home to a major new industry centered on bamboo farming and product manufacturing? Southern Research and its Prosperity Fund initiative are teaming up with Resource Fiber, a […]
Promising research could lead to new treatment for deadly brain cancer
Southern Research oncology researcher Dr. Bo Xu, M.D., Ph.D., says new research suggests combining an experimental enzyme blocker and a standard chemotherapy drug could improve treatments for patients with glioblastoma, […]
Prosperity Fund teams with UA students to assist Walker County timber industry
Southern Research’s Prosperity Fund is collaborating with students from the University of Alabama’s STEM Path to the MBA program to explore strategies to improve the fortunes of Walker County’s forest […]