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Released: 5-Mar-2018 2:45 PM EST
Advanced Spatial Planning Models Could Promise New Era of Sustainable Ocean Development
Florida State University

Researchers have developed a spatial planning strategy that accounts for and quantifies industry, environmental and societal interests in a given area to produce optimized, sustainable ocean usage plans.

Released: 5-Mar-2018 9:00 AM EST
Number of Paid Sick Days Directly Impacts How Americans Use Preventive Care Like Flu Shots
Florida Atlantic University

In the first study to measure the link between an employee’s number of paid sick leave days and the use of vital preventive health care services like getting a flu shot, researchers found a 26 to 85 percent increase in preventive health care use among those with at least 10 or more paid sick leave days. For the female-focused preventive services, they showed a 55 percent increase in the use of preventive mammography.

Released: 2-Mar-2018 10:05 AM EST
Orlando Health Facilities Earn Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery Accreditation
Orlando Health

Orlando Regional Medical Center, Dr. P. Phillips Hospital, South Lake Hospital, and Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies, earn accreditation form the Surgical Review Corporation.

Released: 2-Mar-2018 10:05 AM EST
Orlando Health Hospitals Receives ACC Chest Pain Center Accreditation
Orlando Health

Chest Pain Centers recognized for providing necessary care, resources to patients with heart attack symptoms.

Released: 1-Mar-2018 9:00 AM EST
They’re Back! Shark Migration Kicks Off in S.E. Florida
Florida Atlantic University

For eight years, researchers have been tracking blacktip sharks using a boat, plane, acoustic monitoring devices, and drones. Water temperatures affect their migration patterns. In prior years, as many as 15,000 sharks were reported on any given day. That’s not the case this year.

Released: 28-Feb-2018 12:00 PM EST
FAU Poll Finds Floridians Support Ban on Assault-Style Rifles, Universal Background Checks and Raising Age to Buy Guns
Florida Atlantic University

In the wake of a mass shooting that took the lives of 17 students and teachers at a South Florida high school, a vast majority of Floridians support stricter gun laws, including a ban on assault-style rifles, universal background checks and raising the minimum age for gun purchasers, according to a statewide survey by the Florida Atlantic University Business and Economics Polling Initiative (FAU BEPI).

Released: 28-Feb-2018 9:00 AM EST
Sperm Analysis Kit Promises ‘Hassle-free’ Approach to Accurately Test Male Fertility at Home
Florida Atlantic University

To address embarrassing, inconvenient and costly male fertility testing, researchers from FAU are developing a home-based kit that accurately, quantitatively, and quickly, provides a complete semen evaluation using microfluidics, an app and a smartphone. After all, if women can use pregnancy tests in the comfort and privacy of their own homes, men also should be able to test their semen at home without any hassles.

Released: 23-Feb-2018 10:15 AM EST
Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired Steps to Take for a Healthy Body
Orlando Health

We know that germs can make you sick, but if you seem to constantly be under the weather with cold symptoms, could it be something other than germs that are getting you down?

Released: 23-Feb-2018 9:05 AM EST
UF-Lead Team Mobilizes to Save Super-Rare Tree on the Brink of Extinction
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

The Florida torreya is the most endangered tree in North America. And it may soon disappear entirely. But scientists such as the University of Florida’s Jason Smith are ready to fight for the species, which is a critical part of its native ecosystem in the Florida Panhandle. That’s why he and other leading researchers and conservationists from across the country are headed to the Torreya Tree of Life event next week to develop a rescue plan.

Released: 22-Feb-2018 9:00 AM EST
UF Study Shows Why Termite Bait Works and How Scientists Can Improve It
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

About 25 years ago, University of Florida scientist Nan-Yao Su set out to develop a bait to kill termites. He came up with Sentricon™ and found it worked better than any other termite-killing method to date. Now, scientists know more about why the bait works so efficiently and how to improve it to kill termite colonies faster.

Released: 21-Feb-2018 9:00 AM EST
Innovative Couples’ Intervention Significantly Helps People With Alzheimer’s Communicate
Florida Atlantic University

For couples with decades of shared memories, a partner’s decline in the ability to communicate because of dementia is frightening and frustrating. Communication strategies they’ve used before simply don’t work anymore. By getting creative, an in-home intervention to support couples affected by dementia is showing that “practice does make perfect,” both for the caregiver and the care receiver or person with dementia, and can improve their communication behaviors in just 10 weeks.

Released: 20-Feb-2018 8:05 AM EST
National Strawberry Day Brings Attention to UF/IFAS Varieties
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

Vance Whitaker toils day and night to develop the tastiest, best-looking, aromatic strawberries a consumer would want. Yummy enough for a nutritious snack or to help flavor a cake or pie just in time for National Strawberry Day on Feb. 27.

Released: 19-Feb-2018 2:05 PM EST
Researchers Achieve 'Olympic Ring' Molecule Breakthrough Just in Time for Winter Games
Florida State University

More than 7,000 miles away from the snowcapped peaks of PyeongChang, scientists from FSU’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry unlocked a novel strategy for synthesizing a highly versatile molecule called olympicene — a compound of carbon and hydrogen atoms named for its familiar shape. “An olympicene is a molecule consisting of five rings that resemble the shape of the famous Olympic rings,” said Cottrell Family Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Igor Alabugin. “This new process for synthesizing these molecules offers a unique tool for the preparation of structurally precise carbon-rich nanostructures.”

Released: 19-Feb-2018 2:05 PM EST
UF/IFAS Administrator Selected as Prestigious Leshner Fellow by AAAS
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

Now that the American Association for the Advancement of Science has selected Roger Kjelgren as a Leshner Fellow, he hopes to increase participation in urban food and water security.

Released: 14-Feb-2018 9:00 AM EST
FAU Approved for First Fellowship in Cardiology
Florida Atlantic University

Just in time for Valentine’s Day and American Heart Month, FAU's College of Medicine has received initial accreditation from the national Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education for its first University-sponsored fellowship. The FAU Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship will be based at Tenet HealthCare system’s Delray Medical Center.



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