Society is Rejecting Facts; Medical Researchers Can Help
¼ø»Æʦapp Schmidt College of Medicine researchers say that medical researchers must help the public understand the rigorous process of science to discern anecdotes and fake news from peer-reviewed scientific results.
To Learn English, Bilingual Children Need Robust Vocabulary
A study is the first to examine parents' vocabulary and grammar as an influence on children's acquisition of English. The quality of child-directed speech depends on the speaker's language proficiency.
Faculty Receive National Academies' Early-Career Research Fellowships
Two scientists representing ¼ø»Æʦapp's College of Engineering and Computer Science, Wilkes Honors College and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute have received the prestigious Early-Career Research Fellowships.
¼ø»Æʦapp Launches Florida's First Master of Science Degree in AI
¼ø»Æʦapp's College of Engineering and Computer Science program will prepare ¼ø»Æʦapp for careers in various education, government and industry positions that require artificial intelligence skills.
Novel Study Identifies Three Distinct Types of Teen Popularity
A new study finds three distinct types of teen popularity: prosocial popular; aggressive popular; and bistrategic popular or Machiavellian. Loved and feared, Machiavellian-like teens were the most popular.
New Method Reveals Effects of Mechanical Fatigue on Biological Cells
¼ø»Æʦapp College of Engineering and Computer Science researchers developed a method to measure the effects of mechanical fatigue on biological cells using microfluidics and amplitude-modulated electro-deformation.
Antibiotic Resistance Surges in Dolphins, Mirroring Humans
¼ø»Æʦapp Harbor Branch researchers and collaborators conducted a long-term study examining 13 years of antibiotic resistance trends in wild Bottlenose dolphins in Florida's Indian River Lagoon.
'Dream Team' Awarded $1.1 Million for Blind Mexican Cavefish Research
¼ø»Æʦapp researchers have received a $1.1 million NSF grant to develop powerful transgenic tools and gene-editing technologies in the blind Mexican cavefish to significantly advance it as a research model system.
Millennials, Think You're Digitally Better Than Us? Yes, Says Science
A study by ¼ø»Æʦapp's Charles E. Schmidt College of Science is one of the first to examine the information technology switching prowess phenomenon in the "Net Generation," revealing some surprising results.
Scientist Lands $1.7 Million NIH Grant for Tissue Engineering Approach
A leading scientist in ¼ø»Æʦapp's Schmidt College of Medicine has received a grant for a research project that offers hope for eye disease and regenerative medicine using a novel tissue engineering approach.