¼ø»Æʦapp Lands $11 Million Contract from U.S. Office of Naval Research
¼ø»Æʦapp's Harbor Branch has landed an $11,179,001 contract from the U.S. Office of Naval Research to develop a next-generation bathyphotometer sensor for natural oceanic bioluminescence assessments.
Mapping Cavefish Brains Leads to Origin of Behavioral Evolution
A study is the first to look inside the brains of cavefish with millimeter resolution and show how individual neurons and brain regions that drive complex behaviors, including sleep and feeding have evolved.
¼ø»Æʦapp Moves Up in 'U.S. News & World Report's' List of Top Universities
¼ø»Æʦapp moved up in the U.S. News & World Report list of "Top Public Schools," to No. 136 in this year's ranking of the nation's best universities. ¼ø»Æʦapp ranked No. 140 in 2020.
¼ø»Æʦapp Awarded $2.4 Million NSF Grant to Train Data Scientists
Researchers from ¼ø»Æʦapp's College of Engineering and Computer Science in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team at ¼ø»Æʦapp will train graduate ¼ø»Æʦapp in data science technologies and applications.
Guilt by Dissociation: Study Sheds Light on Serotonin in Autism
A study by a leading ¼ø»Æʦapp neuroscientist and collaborators on serotonin, a mood-regulating molecule in the brain that regulates many brain synapses, is helping to unravel a neurotransmitter puzzle.
Hot Dogs, Chicken Wings and City Living Helped Wood Storks Thrive
A study of wetland birds shows city storks did better than their non-urban counterparts when natural marshes are in bad shape. Urban areas buffer a species from the unpredictability of natural food sources.
Scientists Catalogue Shark and Ray Distribution in Florida Lagoon
¼ø»Æʦapp Harbor Branch researchers conducted the first long-term, in-depth analysis of the elasmobranch community in the southern Indian River Lagoon, categorizing 630 individuals of 16 species.
Hurricanes and Vulnerable Populations: How Will They Cope and Adapt?
¼ø»Æʦapp researchers and collaborators have received a grant from the National Science Foundation to study populations in risky housing conditions in the midst of a pandemic and a very busy hurricane season.
¼ø»Æʦapp Awarded $2.2 Million to Monitor Algal Blooms in Lake Okeechobee
A scientist from ¼ø»Æʦapp's Harbor Branch received a grant from Florida's Department of Environmental Protection to develop a sensing and visualization package to monitor harmful algal blooms in Lake Okeechobee.
Four ¼ø»Æʦapp Researchers Receive Prestigious NSF CAREER Awards
Four researchers from ¼ø»Æʦapp's College of Engineering and Computer Science and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science have received the coveted National Science Foundation Early Career (CAREER) award.