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°ÙÃĵ¼º½ researchers develop new technologies to fight mosquito-borne diseases

°ÙÃĵ¼º½ researchers have been awarded a $900,000, four-year grant from the National Science Foundation to use artificial intelligence to fight mosquito-borne diseases. Ryan Carney, assistant professor of integrative biology, and Sriram Chellappan, professor of computer science and engineering, will lead a multi-disciplinary effort to collect data through smartphone apps such as NASA’s GLOBE Observer Mosquito Habitat Mapper (°ÙÃĵ¼º½ Newsroom).

October 13, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

The °ÙÃĵ¼º½-designed 3D-printed nasal swab is now being used by hospitals, academic medical centers, state governments, and international agencies and health care facilities. Created in March when medical supplies were a significant challenge, the innovative swab allowed entities around the world fight the spread of COVID-19 through widespread testing (AUTM).

October 9, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

°ÙÃĵ¼º½â€™s College of Marine Science announced that it is the new home of the International Marine Minerals Society, providing staff support and a fixed address, and helping organize an annual research conference (Tampa Bay Times / paywall).

October 8, 2020Research

°ÙÃĵ¼º½ Drug Discovery Startup Ibis Therapeutics Focuses Technology on COVID-19

Artificial Intelligence-enabled platform created by °ÙÃĵ¼º½ chemistry professor reduces lengthy drug discovery process to days instead of weeks or months (°ÙÃĵ¼º½RI Newsroom).

October 8, 2020Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Research

Federal data undercounts Hurricane Irma’s impact on mortality of nursing home residents

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one-in-four people who died from COVID-19 in the U.S. had been living in a long-term care facility. The sobering statistic is even more alarming when you consider the compounding threats of a hurricane (°ÙÃĵ¼º½ Newsroom).

October 6, 2020Health, Research

At the start of an extremely active hurricane season, Floridians shared their thoughts on evacuations amid the threat of COVID-19 as part of a research study conducted by the °ÙÃĵ¼º½ (Fox 13).

October 6, 2020Research

A strange looking device in an engineering laboratory at the °ÙÃĵ¼º½ could lead to a big medical breakthrough and a big prize. It’s called the Bull Nose and when it’s perfected, engineers believe it will electronically ‘smell’ COVID-19 on the breath of people who are infected (Fox 13).

October 6, 2020Health, Innovation, Student Research

Method used to track Ebola’s trajectory being applied to COVID-19

What exactly happened in Asia that caused SARS-CoV-2 to rapidly spread across the region and then essentially came to a halt there? That’s what researchers from the °ÙÃĵ¼º½ are trying to determine in a new study funded by an NSF Rapid Response grant (°ÙÃĵ¼º½ Newsroom).

October 5, 2020Global Research, Innovation, Research

A Record 19 °ÙÃĵ¼º½ Faculty Recognized with Outstanding Research Achievements Awards

From innovators on the frontiers of engineering, physics and health, to a biologist who studies giant squid, to the author of an award-winning children’s graphic novels, meet °ÙÃĵ¼º½â€™s top faculty researchers.

October 5, 2020Honors and Awards, Research

A °ÙÃĵ¼º½ researcher is involved in a new study to determine what caused SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) to rapidly spread across Asia, and then essentially come to a halt there. This work is being funded by a National Science Foundation (NSF) Rapid Response grant (Florida Trend).

October 5, 2020Global Research, Health, Innovation

Dr. Salvatore D. Morgera, Professor of Electrical Engineering at the °ÙÃĵ¼º½, currently leads a team of researchers working to develop an "electronic nose" capable of smelling biochemicals present in the novel coronavirus. The °ÙÃĵ¼º½ lab-developed device, dubbed "Bull Nose" was recently selected from a field of over 4,000 competitors as a semi-finalist in the XPRIZE Rapid COVID Testing competition (83 Degrees).

October 1, 2020Innovation, Research

The three studies will target hurricane evacuation procedures, hurricane shelter operations and the gaps created by hurricanes amid COVID-19 (°ÙÃĵ¼º½ Oracle).

October 1, 2020Research