A key piece of space flight hardware, manufactured at Alabama’s Marshall Space Flight Center, is on its way to Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the first crewed mission of NASA’s Artemis program. Marshall workers in Huntsville rolled out the launch vehicle stage adapter (LVSA) for Artemis II and loaded it on NASA’s Pegasus barge […]

A new all-electric semi truck will be transporting Honda vehicles from a Lincoln, Alabama plant to a nearby rail head for shipment to destinations throughout the world.

Alabama’s rural communities are on the brink of significant economic expansion, fueled by strategic investments and targeted policies designed to create jobs and enhance infrastructure. “To ensure that we expand opportunities everywhere, my administration is committed to helping spark revival and growth in the state’s rural communities,” Governor Kay Ivey said. “While there is much […]

Two HudsonAlpha Faculty investigators have been awarded a 5-year, $3.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. With the new funding, scientists Nick Cochran, PhD, Rick Myers, PhD, and Danielle Swaney, PhD, will work to gain a better understanding of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia. The two degenerative diseases are characterized by […]

This Wednesday, August 14, Coinbase will partner with Prevail Coffee and Stand with Crypto to host their first-ever gathering in Alabama, featuring a reception and town hall with state policymakers and industry leaders in the cryptocurrency marketplace. The panel of speakers include State Reps. Mike Shaw (R-Hoover) and Phillip Ensler (D-Montgomery) Coinbase’s Senior Manager of […]

Imagine living in a society where the government tracks every single purchase you make. From stopping to fill up at a gas station to buying a ticket at a movie theater, every single purchase you make, no matter how big or small, is run through a central government database in order for the transaction to […]

The Alabama Blockchain Study Commission convened for its inaugural meeting on Tuesday, with industry leaders and regulatory officials urging a cautious approach as the state explores the potential of blockchain technology. State Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Atmore) who chairs the committee, emphasized the importance of determining Alabama’s role in regulating and utilizing blockchain technology, which underpins […]

Every day, Carter Wells is excited to come into work and watch some of the smartest people in Alabama solve some of the world’s biggest problems. It’s not exactly easy to describe the work happening at HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, a nonprofit genomics institute in Huntsville. But chances are, the work HudsonAlpha is doing is already affecting your […]

United Launch Alliance (ULA) is preparing for a busy schedule of rocket launches after completing a $300 million-plus expansion project that made its Alabama rocket factory the largest facility of its kind in the world. The growth in Decatur will allow ULA to nearly double its launch rate. “We are grateful for the partnerships that […]

Birmingham-based QuantHub was named one of the six winners of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Building an Adaptive and Competitive Workforce track. The Tools Competition is a multi-million dollar funding opportunity for edtech innovation that leverages digital technology, big data, and learning science to empower adult learners by developing critical competencies necessary for […]

The construction industry has experienced both the good and the bad in the past decade. It’s an industry that’s always on the rise, despite dealing with labor shortages and material costs. Yet, the biggest mark of growth for the industry has been the evolution of technology, including solutions that promote efficiency and yield better results. […]

Investment in Birmingham’s growing biotechnology sector is crucial in making the United States a world leader in healthcare innovation, several of Alabama’s top elected officials wrote in a joint editorial for Fortune Magazine. It’s also a matter of national security, they say. U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Montgomery), U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (R-Birmingham), Governor Kay Ivey, […]

Electric vehicles on Alabama's interstates are about to receive a big boost thanks to $11.2 million in grant funding recently awarded by Governor Kay Ivey. The money has been divided into fourteen individual grants.

A new, innovative artificial intelligence research center will soon be operational at the University of Alabama. Housed in the College of Engineering, the Alabama Center for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence has largely been made possible thanks to a $2 million donation in honor of former chair of the department of computer science, Dr. Marvin A. Griffin.

The Southtown Court site in Birmingham is preparing to become a mixed-use community built in with plans for retail spaces, residential units, and a state-of-the-art biotechnology incubator that will benefit the research and medical workforce across the state. Edgehill at Southtown Court has the green light to move forward with commercial plans for the property […]

Sloss Tech, presented by Innovate Alabama and hosted by Tech Birmingham and Telegraph Creative, announced the release of its full schedule for the 2024 edition. Organizers have expanded programming across two days and recruited collaborations with an impressive list of regional organizations to showcase even more of the state’s developing tech and innovation ecosystems. Last […]

Since assuming office, President Biden and his SEC regulators have initiated measures that could potentially disrupt the digital assets industry. These actions have far-reaching implications, as they could drive the burgeoning cryptocurrency industry out of the country and compromise America’s competitiveness in the coming decades.  Congressional Republicans have been working diligently to pass legislation preventing […]

The Alabama Clean Fuels Coalition (ACFC) is highlighting a new analysis showing Birmingham ranks second nationally in daily private vehicle miles traveled. ACFC noted that the high mileage presents significant fuel savings opportunities for Birmingham motorists switching to electric vehicles (EVs). The analysis by Replica, a mobility analytics firm, studied private, weekday car trips in […]

State Rep. Mike Shaw (R-Hoover) is hoping that cryptocurrency will have a place to thrive in the Yellowhammer State.

Innovate Alabama has launched SEEK AL, a digital campaign dedicated to showcasing the rich variety of outdoor recreational assets the state has to offer to its citizens and to innovators looking for a place to play, work, and put down roots. “Alabama is home to a wealth of natural beauty and outdoor recreation opportunities,” Innovate Alabama […]

Alabama has become a home for innovation and excitement in recent years. From aerospace to automobiles to agriculture, Alabama has found itself in a unique position to lead the nation in any number of important industries that will define the rest of this century and beyond. One such industry is the booming digital asset market, […]

It was thrilling to be part of the recent groundbreaking of the Wiregrass Innovation Center in downtown Dothan. The Wiregrass Innovation Center will be a place for visionaries to shape the future of the Wiregrass and the world. The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology is excited to be part of this journey, and honored to work […]

One of our nation’s first astronauts, who later became a much-beloved resident of Huntsville, Alabama, was launched from Cape Canaveral on a historic space flight mission 65 years ago today. On May 28, 1959, an 11-ounce squirrel monkey named Miss Baker flew 360 miles into space on a 16-minute, suborbital flight aboard a Huntsville-built Jupiter-C […]

HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology has earned the Innovate Alabama Network designation and was awarded funding for two key initiatives to strengthen entrepreneurs across the state. The designation connects HudsonAlpha to a network of other designated communities, nonprofits, and higher education institutions across the state and funding to further shape and expand Alabama’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. The […]