MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Oct. 10 -- The Alabama Department of Commerce posted the following news: A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with deep Alabama roots lifted off from Cape Canaveral days ago on a milestone mission that sets the stage for ULA rockets to deploy satellites for an ambitious Amazon broad network. The Atlas V 501 rocket blasting off last Friday launched the Protoflight mission for Amazon's Project Kuiper, a low Earth orbit satellite network that will provide fast, affordable   more

AUBURN, Alabama, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- Auburn University's College of Engineering issued the following news: What if contrast agents used in magnetic resonance angiographies (MRAs) were toxic-free? What if these injected nanoparticles provided clinicians with enhanced, more comprehensive imaging compared to currently used gadolinium-based contrast agents? They can. The National Science Foundation (NSF) thought so much of the concept that it awarded four Auburn University scientists a two-year, $  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- Auburn University Montgomery campus issued the following news release: Auburn University at Montgomery's Civil Rights and Civic Virtue Society (CRCV) has named eight outstanding faculty members to the 2023-2024 class of Faculty Fellows Community of Practice. Faculty members selected as fellows will each receive a stipend to spend one academic year pursuing pedagogical or curricular development projects. Fellows will present their findings at the Civil R  more

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, Oct. 11 -- Adtran, a provider of networking and communications equipment, issued the following news release: Adtran today announced that CSquared is using its FSP 3000 open optical transport technology to bring high-speed broadband services to Togo. The deployment is another stride forward in CSquared's mission to provide fast and reliable connectivity across Africa. The digitalization of Togo, made possible through CSquared's utilization of Adtran's open and scalable fiber  more

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, Oct. 10 -- Northrop Grumman issued the following news release: Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) defended the National Capital Region against simulated cruise missile and compromised aircraft in a series of recent demonstrations, an evolution of technical capabilities for the system. As the cornerstone of the U.S. Army's efforts to modernize air and missile defense, IBCS now has shown its data-centric extensibility to take o  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Oct. 11 -- Samford University issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2023: Samford University has received a grant of $1.2 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish The Spirit and Power Project, a new preaching initiative which will involve the university's Beeson Divinity School and other parts of campus. Lilly Endowment, which currently funds Beeson's Robert Smith Jr. Preaching Institute, is funding the grant through its Compelling Preaching Initiative, w  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Oct. 11 -- The Alabama Department of Commerce posted the following news on Oct. 10, 2023: Stella Source, a software development company whose products help those in the metal distribution and fabrication industry operate more efficiently, announced plans today to expand its presence in Birmingham with 50 new full-time employees, more than double its current headcount in the Magic City. To accommodate growth, Stella Source plans to relocate from Birmingham's Innovation Depo  more

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- The University of Alabama issued the following news round up: * * * CELEBRATE 'THE FUTURE IS CRIMSON' WITH UA'S HOMECOMING LINEUP (https://news.ua.edu/2023/10/celebrate-the-future-is-crimson-with-uas-homecoming-lineup/) -- Get ready to turn up the crimson pride as The University of Alabama kicks off homecoming week festivities Monday, Oct. 9, in the lead-up to the Crimson Tide taking on the Arkansas Razorbacks in Bryant-Denny Stadium. This year's theme  more

FLORENCE, Alabama, Oct. 11 -- The University of North Alabama issued the following news release: The University of North Alabama has recently been awarded more than $2 million in state and federal grants to support student services and workforce development. The U.S. Department of Education awarded UNA the highly competitive TRIO Student Services grant of $1.3 million, and the Alabama Governor's Office of Volunteer Services awarded UNA a 2023 AmeriCorps State Planning Grant in the amount of $99  more