Stories Tagged ‘Educated Guesses’ 
Prices At Gas Pumps To Decrease, Heating Costs To Increase
The cost of gasoline for motorists will slowly decrease and stabilize in the coming year, showing less volatility, so that we'll no longer have to wonder how much the price will change from morning to evening, says a University of Alabama petroleum engineering authority.
Merging Fashion And Technology: Wearable Electronics
Have you ever thought about having a jacket with speakers built into the hood, a microphone integrated into the collar, a keyboard consolidated into the sleeve with all the connections between them concealed within the jacket's fabric?
E-Tailing To Shake Out In 2001: The Dot.Com Death March
Electronic-commerce - the nation's electronic retailers - are facing the final moments of the critical introductory phase of their new industry, and the great shakeout is about to begin, says a University of Alabama retail marketing expert.
U.S. To See Wider Gap Between Healthier, Rural Populations And Sicker Ones
During the last 50 years, improved access and rapidly expanding technology have improved American health care, with many of these advantages extending to rural communities where sound public health measures have slashed death and suffering from infection and nutritional deficiencies.
Moody Economy Could Spell Reversal For Crime-Rate Trend
If the sluggish economy takes a downturn, 2001 could mark the beginning of a shift in the decade-long trend of dropping crime rates, says a University of Alabama criminal justice professor.
Ties Between Tv, Internet To Grow, Tv Audience To Further Fragment
A couple of seemingly innocuous changes promise to markedly and permanently alter the face of television, says a University of Alabama mass communications expert.
New Solutions To Help Provide Health Care To Rural Populations
A growing need for health care services by rural residents who are generally older than urban residents, coupled with decreased federal funding for programs and fewer qualified health care providers, will lead to changes in the way health care is delivered, says Dr. Sara Barger, dean of UA's Capstone College of Nursing.