Dramatic Decline in Cigarette Use Among U.S. Teens Over Three Decades
¼ø»Æʦapp 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.
¼ø»Æʦapp Harbor Branch Announces 2024 Ocean Science Lecture Series
¼ø»Æʦapp Harbor Branch announced the lineup for the 2024 "John & Barbara Ferrera Ocean Science Lecture Series," which begins Wednesday, Jan. 10.
Camera Traps Uncover Mysterious Lesula Monkey's 'Business'
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."
New AI Method Counts Manatee Clusters in Real Time
¼ø»Æʦapp College of Engineering and Computer Science researchers are among the first to use a deep learning-based crowd counting approach that could help endangered species in complex environments.
¼ø»Æʦapp Receives USDA $1 Million Grant for Microbiome Innovation Center
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.
¼ø»Æʦapp 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.
¼ø»Æʦapp Seeks Participants for Study on Effects of Harmful Algal Blooms
¼ø»Æʦapp researchers are seeking additional participants in Cape Coral for a study evaluating the potential impacts of exposure to harmful algal blooms.
Green Macroalga Has Replaced Seagrass in the Indian River Lagoon
A long-term ¼ø»Æʦapp 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.
Palm Health Foundation Computational Brain Health Graduate Fellows
Five ¼ø»Æʦapp Ph.D. ¼ø»Æʦapp have been selected to receive the "Computational Brain Science and Health Graduate Fellowships," through a generous gift of $1 million from the Palm Health Foundation in 2022.
Suboptimal Follow-up, Prevention in Geriatric Fall-related Head Trauma
¼ø»Æʦapp researchers explored the rates of primary care physician follow-up by older adults with a fall-related head injury resulting in an emergency department visit, risk assessment and preventive strategies.