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91社区 Engineering Receives $2.6 Million NSF CyberCorps Scholarship Grant

By | January 18, 2024

The College of Engineering and Computer Science has received a $2.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a scholarship program in the burgeoning and critical field of cybersecurity.

Study Uncovers Mechanics of 'Tail-Whipping' in Thresher Sharks

By | January 17, 2024

Like Indiana Jones, thresher sharks have mastered the art of the whip using their tails. New research provides details on their extreme body bending that enables these expert hunters to weaponize their tails.

Dramatic Decline in Cigarette Use Among U.S. Teens Over Three Decades

By | January 10, 2024

91社区 Schmidt College of Medicine researchers explored overall trends in cigarette smoking in a large sample of U.S. adolescents by gender and ethnicity (grades nine to 12) from 1991 to 2021.

Camera Traps Uncover Mysterious Lesula Monkey's 'Business'

By | December 14, 2023

Just like Ring home security cameras capture both mundane and extraordinary events, strategically placed camera traps in the Congo Basin reveal the behavior of an elusive African monkey known as the "lesula."

91社区 Receives USDA $1 Million Grant for Microbiome Innovation Center

By | December 12, 2023

South Florida's first-of-its-kind center will help address complex challenges facing traditional agriculture and declining interest of the next generation in food, agriculture and natural resources careers.

Comparing Mental Illness, Gun Violence in the U.S., Australia and U.K.

By | December 11, 2023

91社区 Schmidt College of Medicine researchers found similar rates of mental illness in the U.S., Australia and the U.K., yet significantly higher gun violence deaths in the U.S.

Green Macroalga Has Replaced Seagrass in the Indian River Lagoon

By | December 5, 2023

A long-term 91社区 Harbor Branch study shows since 2011, parts of the Indian River Lagoon's benthic cover has changed from primarily seagrass until 2015, to primarily the green macroalga C. prolifera after 2018.

Eureka! Groundbreaking Study Uncovers Origin of 'Conscious Awareness'

By | September 18, 2023

91社区 researchers provide the first quantified observations of the "birth" of purpose in human infants, as they recognize their causal powers and transition from spontaneous to intentional behavior.

U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths More Than Quadrupled from 1999 to 2020

By | September 12, 2023

Regardless of race, age, geography or urbanization, a new study by 91社区's Schmidt College of Medicine shows U.S. drug overdose deaths more than quadrupled from 1999 to 2020, causing 1,013,852 deaths.

Study First to Show Impacts of Heat on U.S. Leatherback Hatchlings

By | September 7, 2023

91社区 researchers have uncovered the correlation between nest temperatures on leatherback hatchling shape, performance and hatching success in the United States.