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Machine-learned Human Emotions Will 'Drive' Autonomous Vehicles

By | June 16, 2021

A unique invention by a researcher in the College of Engineering and Computer Science based on machine-learned human moods for autonomous systems has received a competitive U.S. utility patent.

Sellers Call the Shots in Florida's Overvalued Housing Market

By | June 10, 2021

Homes across Florida are selling for more than 17 percent above their long-term pricing trend, with the degree of overpricing a particular concern in the Tampa Bay metropolitan area.

Alarming Rising Trends in Suicide by Firearms in Young Americans

By | June 9, 2021

Researchers from the Schmidt College of Medicine and collaborators examined suicide trends by firearms in white and black Americans ages 5 to 24 years from 1999 to 2018.

$10 Million Gift to Name the Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute

By | June 8, 2021

A near-$10 million to ¼ø»Æʦapp from David J. S. Nicholson will welcome an era of unprecedented research, education and discovery at ¼ø»Æʦapp's John D. MacArthur Campus in Jupiter.

Index Spotlights Where Home Prices are Rising the Fastest

By | June 3, 2021

Home prices are escalating quickly in Dallas and a handful of other U.S. cities where consumers would be better off by renting and reinvesting the money they would otherwise have spent on homeownership.

Consumers Feeling the Effects of Materials Shortages

By | June 1, 2021

Consumers looking for new and used cars and other big-ticket items or even small conveniences such as ketchup packets will have to be patient in the coming months.

Sargassum Now World's Largest Harmful Algal Bloom Due to Nitrogen

By | May 24, 2021

¼ø»Æʦapp Harbor Branch scientists have discovered that a surge in nitrogen worldwide has dramatically changed the chemistry and composition of Sargassum, floating brown seaweed, turning it into a toxic "dead zone."

¼ø»Æʦapp Study: South Florida Homes Overvalued by 13 Percent in May

By | May 24, 2021

Southeast Florida homes became even more overvalued in May, further fueling concerns of a market correction, according to researchers at ¼ø»Æʦapp and Florida International University.

Federal Incentive Program Fails to Motivate Many Medicaid Providers

By | May 19, 2021

Florida has distributed roughly $100 million to Medicaid providers that ultimately did not demonstrate they used electronic health records in a meaningful way after collecting first-year financial incentives.

Origin of Monkeys Living Near an Urban Airport for Decades Confirmed

By | May 18, 2021

¼ø»Æʦapp scientists have confirmed the species type, origin and how a colony of wild African vervet monkeys landed in Dania Beach near the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport more than 70 years ago.

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