Seeing is Believing: Effectiveness of Facemasks
¼ø»Æʦapp College of Engineering and Computer Science researchers use flow visualization to qualitatively test social distancing and the efficacy of facemasks in obstructing respiratory droplets.
Climate Change Still is Key Topic for Floridians in Era of Coronavirus
The coronavirus crisis has not altered Floridians' belief in climate change, according to the third Florida Climate Resilience Survey.
COVID-19 Knowledge Base and Risk Assessment Tool is Powered by AI
¼ø»Æʦapp's College of Engineering and Computer Science has received an NSF RAPID grant for modeling outbreak and mutation of COVID-19 and to develop a multi-source deep neural network-based predictive tool.
Vets Walking Pets: Shelter Dogs, Military Veterans and PTSD Symptoms
An ¼ø»Æʦapp nursing researcher led a study on the impacts of dog-walking interventions with shelter dogs on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in military veterans, which shows reduced PTSD symptoms.
Renting a Home is Clearly Better Than Buying in Much of the Nation
The cost of homeownership is outpacing the cost of renting across the United States, and the discrepancy between the two is rising sharply in parts of the Southeast, Midwest and Pacific Northwest
Marine Science Lab Receives $1.125M from Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation
¼ø»Æʦapp has officially announced a $1.125 million gift from The Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation.
World's Most Comprehensive Health Analysis of Nesting Sea Turtles
A study by ¼ø»Æʦapp's Harbor Branch and collaborators provides critical insights for sea turtle conservation and population recovery, which are especially timely as the world observes "Sea Turtle Day."
COVID-19 Contact Tracing and Risk-Reduction Public Health Certificate
¼ø»Æʦapp's Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing has launched a new, online public health certificate course on COVID-19, contact tracing and risk-reduction in response to one of the fastest-growing jobs in the U.S.
Could These 'Salt-loving' Edible Sea Vegetables be the New Kale?
Skip the salt! ¼ø»Æʦapp Harbor Branch researchers have just completed a 10-week study to determine the optimal growing conditions for three species of sea vegetables: sea asparagus, sea purslane and saltwort.
¼ø»Æʦapp Experts Say Unemployment Numbers Point to Faster Economic Recovery
The latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics suggests the economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis could be much faster than people expected.