Southern Research announced today that Robert Amaro, a mechanical engineer with expertise in metallurgy and solid modeling, will spearhead an expansion of the organization’s activities in additive manufacturing, a technology […]
Southern Research moving ‘green chemistry’ team to new Birmingham lab
Southern Research announced today that it has moved a team of scientists working to develop promising clean-energy technologies from North Carolina to a new state-of-the-art laboratory it is opening on […]
Southern Research investigates novel flu vaccine approach
The 2017-18 influenza season was brutal, with nearly 49 million Americans sickened by the flu and almost 1 million of them ending up in the hospital. The death toll was […]
STEM Day provides students with close-up look at science careers
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – More than 100 students from across Alabama went behind the scenes at Southern Research on Thursday in an event designed to spark their interest in STEM-related careers. […]
Southern Research’s inaugural Change Campaign advances key research programs
Founded in 1941 as a non-profit organization dedicated to improving lives throughout Alabama and beyond, Birmingham-based Southern Research and its scientists and engineers have made significant contributions to multiple fields […]
Southern Research tests parts 3-D printed in space for NASA
Could 3-D printers transform the International Space Station into a manufacturing hub and one day function as the heart of an on-demand machine shop in space that enables NASA to […]
DOE funding advances project to turn captured CO2 into key chemicals
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected Southern Research for an award of up to $1.5 million to advance technology for carbon dioxide (CO2) utilization. The DOE award, now […]
Southern Research completes $13 million renovation of Frederick facility
FREDERICK, Maryland – Southern Research marked the completion of a $13 million renovation project at its Frederick Infectious Disease Research Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony today attended by local leaders, […]
Prosperity Fund works to help Jasper aviation firm take off
JASPER, Alabama — Business at Sanders Aviation, which operates a flight training center at the Walker County Airport-Bevill Field, is poised to climb to new altitudes amid high hopes for […]
Southern Research, NICE team to repurpose used EV batteries as energy storage systems
Southern Research and the National Institute of Clean and Low-Carbon Energy (NICE) are collaborating on a project to transform retired electric vehicle batteries into energy storage systems for offices and […]