Kiwifruit is a high-value specialty crop with great potential to work for Alabama commercial fruit producers or even small-scale cultivation.
September 09, 2025
Auburn University is reaching for the stars again with the announcement of the hiring of Derek Tournear, former director of the Space Development Agency, as its inaugural director of space innovation.
September 08, 2025
The partnership will help restore streams, reduce runoff and add features at Hickory Dickory Park to protect local waterways and enhance residents’ quality of life.
September 05, 2025
The National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) at Auburn University is celebrating 25 years of its world-renowned Test Track, a groundbreaking resource that has transformed asphalt pavement research.
September 02, 2025
Right in the heart of central Alabama, research is conducted throughout the year to find ways to protect one of the state’s most precious commodities — peaches.
August 28, 2025
Jill Sower studies the people, places and policies of the Gulf Coast oyster farming industry.
August 28, 2025
The buzz at Auburn's Bee Center isn’t just about harvesting honey for the AU-BEES program. It’s also about groundbreaking research, immersive student experiences and impactful community outreach.
August 25, 2025
The National Science Foundation has awarded Siyuan Dai in materials engineering a grant to explore ways of fusing light and matter that are literally opening new dimensions in nano-optics.
August 25, 2025
While giraffes are the tallest land animals in the world, health challenges often begin at ground level. Imagine carrying 2,500 pounds of body weight on four feet the approximate size of dinner plates. Veterinary Medicine's Ray Wilhite is part of a new collaborative study that may lead to improved hoof health and longer lifespans for the graceful giants in zoos and other managed environments.
August 19, 2025
Researchers in Auburn’s Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts are studying the incredible potential of biochar to clean water, fuel vehicles and help farmers.
August 05, 2025
Researchers at Auburn University recently developed new methods for safely using poultry processing wastewater for food-grade hydroponic crop production.
August 05, 2025
COSAM doctoral student Raissa Santos de Lima Rosa is interning at the Simons Foundation, studying collagen’s physical properties while gaining hands-on experience in collaborative, cross-disciplinary science.
August 04, 2025
Auburn University researchers are utilizing the ever-changing technology of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance and streamline their work.
August 01, 2025
Turner Construction Company hosted university administrators and city of Huntsville officials at a topping off ceremony for the new 50,000-square-foot addition to the Auburn University Applied Research Institute (AUARI) in Cummings Research Park.
July 29, 2025
A fierce battle is being waged between cotton and polyester, with polyester edging ahead as the most widely used fiber in the world, for now. In fact, synthetic materials account for more than half of today’s overall market share.
July 29, 2025
With support from the ACS Petroleum Research Fund, COSAM researchers are uncovering how tar-like petroleum molecules called asphaltenes could power future breakthroughs in electronics and energy storage.
July 28, 2025
When Engineering's Pengyu Chen received a prestigious national award, recognizing outstanding potential in research and education five years ago, the confidence was well-placed. His research on sensors that quickly and accurately detect several immune system signals at once in a single drop of blood continues to draw national attention.
July 24, 2025
Auburn University and the City of Orange Beach broke ground on its latest collaboration — the Gulf Coast Engineering Research Station — which will serves as a permanent hub for studying coastal environments and communities.
July 24, 2025
Pharmacy's Kim Garza is using virtual reality to transform how people learn, whether they’re patients facing a new diagnosis or students preparing for a career in pharmacy.
July 23, 2025
The week-long, enriching summer science experience brings high-achieving high schoolers to campus to explore advanced science topics with College of Sciences and Mathematics faculty members.
July 21, 2025
Jay Ramapuram is just the second Auburn faculty member to be elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering's College of Fellows, a distinguished group of only the top 2% of medical and biological engineers worldwide.
July 16, 2025
Asim Ali, director of Auburn's Biggio Center, stops by the Everything Auburn podcast to chat about how he gives students and colleagues the tools and know-how to harness the cutting-edge power of AI technology.
July 15, 2025
Mechanical engineering doctoral student Ehsan Vaghefi landed a highly selective internship with a Silicon Valley startup that has been designing and developing what they call "the world's first real flying car."
July 08, 2025
What happens to power systems during extreme heat? Are blackouts inevitable as climate change intensifies? What can help? Professor Eduard Muljadi answers these questions and more.
July 08, 2025
A postdoctoral fellow in the College of Agriculture is mapping the presence of pathogens causing cotton seedling diseases across the Southeast — something that’s never been done before.
July 07, 2025
Johnathon Keller, a doctoral student in the Department of History, reflects on his month in Rome, Italy, researching abroad at the Vatican and Rome’s national libraries.
July 07, 2025
The mission of Auburn’s Canine Performance Sciences, housed in the College of Veterinary Medicine, is to improve dog detection technology by studying how dogs smell, behave and perform physically.
July 02, 2025
Auburn's BISR system has been proposed to aid in early detection of biological threats to the nation's agriculture, environment and food systems.
June 25, 2025
Numerous Auburn University faculty members have implemented artificial intelligence (AI) into their classrooms in unique and innovative ways.
June 23, 2025
Engineering's Masoud Mahjouri-Samani successfully tested a compact nanoparticle 3D printer aboard a series of NASA-sponsored parabolic flights simulating zero gravity.
June 20, 2025
Students in the College of Human Sciences' Interior Design program got a multitude of experiences packed into the spring semester thanks to a unique community outreach project and a partnership with a local homebuilder to expand the use of cutting-edge virtual reality technology.
June 18, 2025
Funded by the U.S. Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry Program, Green Up Alabama is a new collaboration between Auburn and the Alabama Cooperative Extension System that will engage local partners to improve the long-term success of urban greening initiatives.
June 18, 2025
Everything Auburn Podcast interviews College of Education's Christine Drew about her new book Spectrum of Independence and how it's helping to prepare children with intellectual disabilities for the transition to college life.
June 18, 2025
From the Coastal Plain to the Black Belt, Alabama cattle producers are utilizing forage systems to their advantage to meet the challenges of modern agriculture.
June 13, 2025
Junior Eirik Mulder earned the award which recognizes outstanding students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics who show exceptional academic performance, ingenuity and potential to make meaningful contributions to their fields.
June 12, 2025
The way we talk about opioid use disorder, according to recent research by Assistant Professor of Communication Victoria Ledford, could significantly affect the policies designed to address it.
June 12, 2025
Wendi Weimar applies her theater training to keep students engaged and learning when teaching biomechanics in the School of Kinesiology.
June 10, 2025
Partnering with KYRA Medical, students and faculty from industrial design and engineering collaborated on a device that eliminates the rush to change IV bags during arthroscopic surgeries.
June 09, 2025
The College of Human Sciences newly planned state-of-the-art building to be known as the Barbara Drummond Thorne Academic and Research Facility will be constructed along the same footprint as Spidle Hall and spanning all the way to Roosevelt Drive.
June 05, 2025
Auburn expert Dave Han tells you when to water, mow and fertilize your lawn this summer.
June 03, 2025
Chemical Engineering's Symone Alexander has found a way to create a clean alternative to synthetic fiber using pecan shells.
June 03, 2025
XO Armor, a company pioneering on-site 3D printing for custom-fitting protective orthotics for professional and college level sports teams, is expanding into the defense sector, where it hopes to leverage its innovative technology to address critical military needs.
May 21, 2025
Shiwen Mao explains how advancing technologies, including 6G, are transforming how people communicate and access information.
May 19, 2025
COSAM's Haibo Zou recently was named a fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his work in mathematics and geology.
May 19, 2025
Associate Professor of Communication Myoung-Gi Chon’s research, recently featured in a congressional briefing series on U.S.-Korea relations, explains how popularity fuels international politics.
May 12, 2025
Auburn's Bee Center is leading the charge to address the health crisis of honey bees and native bees, which poses a significant threat to agriculture and ecosystems worldwide.
May 07, 2025
Forest health Professor Lori Eckhardt is partnering with the City of Mobile and Alabama Port Authority to build sentinel gardens, which serve as early detection systems for invasive pests and diseases, at the port.
May 05, 2025
After growing up in a military family, senior Melissa Garnes now conducts and shares relevant research through Military REACH under the mentorship of Professor Mallory Lucier-Greer.
May 02, 2025
Alabama farmers considering investing in irrigation equipment will soon have a free, comprehensive online tool — built by researchers in the College of Agriculture — to help them decide.
May 01, 2025
Kevin Huggins is examining the use of glucagon-like peptide-1, better known as GLP-1, medications that have become immensely popular in the U.S.
April 30, 2025
