Microscope can see atoms in 3-D
Birmingham News – Oct. 2
The University of Alabama is breaking in a new microscope that journeys down to individual atoms in startling 3-D. UA's Local Electrode Atom Probe allows analysis of just about anything in the realm where things are measured in nanometers. The high-end probe could give UA an advantage in recruiting faculty and students interested in the dash for nanotechnology research. The closest probe of its kind is at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee…

Education briefs
Birmingham News – Oct. 2
University of Alabama homecoming activities include the bonfire and Homecoming Pep Rally on Friday on the UA Quad. The Homecoming Parade will start in downtown Tuscaloosa at 9 a.m. on Saturday. The game is 2 p.m. against the Houston Cougars…

Diabetes defense?
Natural Health Magazine – September 2007
…so type 2 diabetics need less insulin to metabolize glucose, says John Vincent, Ph.D., a chemistry professor at the University of Alabama…Vincent has found evidence of DNA damage in fruit flies exposed to chromium picolinate, but not in those exposed to chromium chloride…

Alabama’s super duper dilemma
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 2
…“It means less attention," University of Alabama political science professor William Stewart said last week. “It certainly isn’t turning out to be generating the interest we thought it would in terms of candidates going after delegate votes, because they’re all packed in together….

Paint the Town Red
UA students paint the town red to kick-off homecoming week at the Capstone.
WCFT-ABC 33/40, Birmingham -- Oct. 1
WVUA 7, Tuscaloosa -- Oct. 1