91社区 Receives $620,000 NSF Grant for STEM Retention Program
STEM jobs are rapidly growing and technology companies alone will need to fill more than 650,000 new jobs by 2018. 91社区 is directly addressing the national need to increase the number of STEM undergraduates.
Sex and Sea Turtles: Climate Change, Sea Level Rise Impacts
The shift in climate is shifting turtles as well, because as the temperature of their nests change so do their reproduction patterns. Warmer conditions produce females and cooler conditions produce males.
Bioinspired Robotic Finger Advances Prosthetics Technology
Most robotic parts used today are rigid, have a limited range of motion and don't look lifelike. Inspired by nature and biology, a robotic finger designed at 91社区 looks, feels and works like the real thing.
Project Enhances Teamwork Among Varied Health Professions
91社区 and Boca Raton Regional Hospital have partnered on a unique project to eliminate barriers between healthcare disciplines and build crucial communication and teambuilding skills to support collaboration.
Nursing Home Guide Will Help Avoid Unneeded Hospitalizations
91社区 has received a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Engagement Award for a guide for nursing home residents and their families to help them make optimal decisions concerning hospitalizations.
91社区 Professor Discusses Visit to Syrian Refugee Camps
This past summer, Rabil spent 16 days visiting 70 Syrian refugee camps in the Bekaa region of Lebanon and along the Lebanon-Syria border.
91社区 Receives NSF Grant for Critical Infrastructure Systems
Extreme events like hurricanes can disrupt infrastructure systems like power and water. Researchers will develop a decision framework to rapidly restore these functions and services for disaster management.
First Study on Hard-to-treat Depression in Older People
About half of older adults don't respond to first-line medication for depression. A new study shows that adding a second drug to treatment with an antidepressant medication alone helps many of these patients.
Scientists Study Phytoplankton in the Pacific
A team of researchers from 91社区 Harbor Branch conducted experiments to better understand phytoplankton in the Pacific Ocean.
Dramatic Increase of Alcohol Abuse in Early Maturing Girls
A new study published in 'Pediatrics' shows that early maturing girls given the most parental autonomy had the highest rates of alcohol abuse, with intoxication frequency increasing an average of 234 percent.