Osher LLI at ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Announces Winter Course Schedule
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥ in Jupiter has announced its course offerings for the winter semester, which begins Monday, Jan. 6, 2020.
Study Reveals How 98 Percent of Plastics at Sea Go Missing Each Year
A study helps to solve the mystery of missing plastic fragments at sea by using simulated sunlight to explore removal mechanisms, microbial impacts and lifetimes of select microplastics on the ocean surface.
Machine-learning Algorithms Track Tremors in Parkinson's Patients
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥College of Engineering and Computer Science researchers developed algorithms that, combined with wearable sensors, can continuously monitor the severity of tremors in patients with Parkinson's disease.
Teens with Autism Can Master Living Skills When Parents Use iPads
A study finds that video prompting using an iPad produces immediate and lasting effects for teens with autism and that parents can be powerful delivery agents to increase independence in their children.
Osher LLI at ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Jupiter Presents 2020 Presidential Election Lectures
Osher LLI at ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Jupiter will present two lectures by Kevin Wagner, Ph.D., a professor of political science, on Tues., Nov. 5 at noon and Thurs. Dec. 5 at 9:30 a.m., in the Osher LLI complex at ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Jupiter.
Society is Rejecting Facts; Medical Researchers Can Help
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥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.
Faculty Receive National Academies' Early-Career Research Fellowships
Two scientists representing FAU's College of Engineering and Computer Science, Wilkes Honors College and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute have received the prestigious Early-Career Research Fellowships.
'Dream Team' Awarded $1.1 Million for Blind Mexican Cavefish Research
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥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 FAU'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.
Who's a 'Good Boy?' Astro, FAU's Smart Robodog That's Who
What would you get if you combined Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa with Boston Dynamic's quadruped robot? You'd get "Astro," the four-legged seeing and hearing intelligent robodog.