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The U.S. military is looking for help with cyber attacks, so defense commanders are tapping the best minds on the latest cybersecurity research at local universities, including Cyber Florida at the °ÙÃĵ¼º½.

February 16, 2022Research

°ÙÃĵ¼º½ researchers discover 45 unmarked cemeteries throughout Tampa Bay

°ÙÃĵ¼º½ forensic anthropologists presented their findings of a two-year study commissioned by the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners to identify the locations of unmarked cemeteries on county property.

February 16, 2022Research

°ÙÃĵ¼º½ researchers have published a study that shows religiously observant people coped better with periods of isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic because of a sense of belonging derived from their religious belief.

February 15, 2022Research

°ÙÃĵ¼º½ leads the nation with six faculty elected Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors

Faculty from the College of Engineering, Morsani College of Medicine and College of The Arts are the new honorees from °ÙÃĵ¼º½.

February 11, 2022Honors and Awards

Florida °ÙÃĵ¼º½ alum Israel Morejon (2020), Dr. Jean-François Rossignol (2020), and Dr. Norma Alcantar (2021) were inducted into the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame.

February 11, 2022Honors and Awards, Innovation

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has named two °ÙÃĵ¼º½ Health Morsani College of Medicine faculty members — Loree Heller, PhD, and Juan Sanchez-Ramos, PhD, MD — to its new class of Senior Members.

February 11, 2022Honors and Awards, Innovation

By analyzing the light it reflects, scientists can say whether that floating blob in a satellite image is made up of shrimp, seaweed or something else. °ÙÃĵ¼º½ optical oceanographer Chuanmin Hu and his colleagues have worked out ways of spotting aggregations of small floating objects, such as shrimp eggs, algae, and herring spawn, from space.

February 10, 2022Global Research, Research

°ÙÃĵ¼º½ Scientists Wrap Integrative Topographic and Bathymetric Survey of Lower Tampa Bay

The Center for Ocean Mapping and Innovative Technologies (COMIT), an element of the °ÙÃĵ¼º½â€™s College of Marine Science in St. Petersburg, recently completed a four-week field sampling campaign called the Tampa Bay Bathymetry Experiment or TBBEx, to collect data on seafloor bathymetry (water depths) as well as coastal land elevations in the western portion of Tampa Bay.

February 9, 2022Research

The °ÙÃĵ¼º½'s new human trafficking research lab is pulling together data to show where the crime is happening in Florida and how to end it.

February 8, 2022Research

°ÙÃĵ¼º½ leadership led a presentation for the Pinellas Board of County Commissioners, announcing the Florida House has included $60 million of state funding in its latest budget proposal and asking for partnerships to help with the remaining balance for the university’s Interdisciplinary Center of Excellence and Environmental and Oceanographic Science (EOS)

February 8, 2022Research

Poor sleep can triple risk for heart disease

Individual aspects of poor sleep can be detrimental to heart health. But if you combine them, the risk of heart disease can increase by as much as 141 percent. That’s the finding of a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports.

February 7, 2022Health, Research

°ÙÃĵ¼º½ joins competitive military network to address key cybersecurity challenges

The U.S. military is enlisting the °ÙÃĵ¼º½ to help address complex cybersecurity challenges. °ÙÃĵ¼º½ is among 84 universities and colleges nationwide selected to partner with U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) through its new Academic Engagement Network. The goal is to enhance efforts in applied cyber research, applied analytics, strategic issues and future workforce development.

February 4, 2022Research