·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Lands U.S. EPA Grant for 'Hands-on' Indian River Lagoon Field Trip
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Harbor Branch has received a $399,963 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) South Florida Initiative Program to support a new Indian River Lagoon field trip program.
U.S. Representative Tours First Drone-based Quantum Network at FAU
United States Rep. Cory Mills ( R-Fla.) visited ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥ today to tour FAU's quantum physics laboratory in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science.
FAU, Delray Medical Center, Insightec Team Up on Groundbreaking Study
FAU, Delray Medical Center and Insightec are collaborating on a groundbreaking study for Alzheimer's disease and have treated the first patient in Florida using non-invasive focused ultrasound technology.
Researchers Map Wide Impacts of Fire-induced Permafrost Thaw in Alaska
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥researchers have developed a new machine learning approach to quantify fire-induced thaw settlement across the entire Tanana Flats in Alaska, which encompasses more than 3 million acres.
Study Resolves 50-Year Dispute of Teleost Fishes Ancestral Lineage
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Harbor Branch's Sahar Mejri, Ph.D., is among a team of scientists to use genome mapping to demonstrate sister groups from a common evolutionary ancestor.
Copy-cat? Study Explores Conformity in Children with Few Friends
What gives one friend influence over another and why? ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥researchers tested the theory that children with few friends protect these friendships through conformity to stay in a friend's "good graces."
Effects of Resistance Training in Older Adults at the Cellular Level
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥researchers conducted a study to explore the effects of resistance training in older adults, taking research one step further in helping to elucidate the benefits of exercise in this population.
Noise from Urban Environments Affects the Color of Songbirds' Beaks
A study on cognition, beak color, and growth in the zebra finch suggests exposure to urban noise may affect their structural traits, such as beak color, which influence social interactions and mate choice.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Receives $1 Million NSF Grant to Empower Women in STEM Faculty
The three-year NSF grant will help to ensure appropriate representation of women in STEM faculty and continues the work of the late Emmanuelle Tognoli, Ph.D., who served as a research professor at FAU.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Study Finds Low Salinity Can Work to Culture Florida Pompano Fish
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Harbor Branch researchers are the first to conduct a low salinity study on Florida pompano to determine the optimal salinity required to culture juvenile fish from hatch to weaning under on-farm conditions.