T-minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 The Altitude Award, one of nine prizes offered at the competition, is given to the team that launches a rocket closest to one mile without going over. The FAMU Rocket, affectionately known as Blue Diamond, reached 5270 feet, a mere 10 feet from one mile. The competition, which was held at Bragg Farms in Toney, Ala., brought together 53 teams from all over the U.S. ..
Read More ⇒Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, the nation’s No. 1-ranked eye hospital and part of UHealth – University of Miami Health System, began its golden anniversary year by hosting a global scientific meeting February 2-4. Nearly 650 ophthalmologists from around the world attended, including 300 Bascom Palmer alumni. With 180 distinguished presenters, topics discussed ranged from research breakthroughs in cataract surgery and gene therapy to targeted goals of new clinical trials regarding the treatment of glaucoma and optic nerve diseases. ..
Read More ⇒NASA announced today the discovery of 11 new “solar systems” hosting at least 26 planets found with data from NASA’s Kepler Mission. ..
Read More ⇒Unprecedented levels of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere are disrupting normal patterns of glaciation, according to a study co-authored by a University of Florida researcher and published online Jan. 8 in Nature Geoscience. ..
Read More ⇒A new University of Florida study shows genomes of a recently formed plant species to be highly unstable, a phenomenon that may have far-reaching evolutionary consequences. ..
Read More ⇒Stephen A. Miller and his team have invented a biodegradable plastic that can be used to replace petroleum-based shopping bags, beverage bottles and other items. ..
Read More ⇒Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Science will launch its Frontiers in Science 2012 public lecture series with a presentation by David Fitzpatrick, Ph.D., scientific director and chief executive officer of the Max Planck Florida Institute. “Illuminating Brain Circuits” will take place on Friday, January 6 at 3:30 p.m. in the Charles E. Schmidt Biomedical Science Center, Room 126, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton campus. ..
Read More ⇒Testing the effectiveness of new pharmaceuticals may get faster thanks to a new technique incorporating quantum dots developed at the University of Central Florida. Some drug testing can take a decade or more, but UCF associate professor Swadeshmukul Santra and his team have created an electronic quantum dots (Qdots) probe that “lights up” when a drug it is delivering attaches to cancer cells. The research appears online in this month’s Biomaterials. ..
Read More ⇒A research project going on at Florida Tech involves teaching snakes — so that hopefully, they can teach us a thing or two. Michael Grace, an associate dean of the College of Science at Florida Tech and a professor of biological sciences, earned a three-year, $369,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for his work on the mechanisms of infrared imaging in pit vipers, pythons and boas. ..
Read More ⇒Florida State University is home to one of the world’s most advanced robotic electron microscopes, the FEI Titan Krios. In early December, the state-of-the-art imaging device will be formally dedicated during a scientific symposium that will bring in microscopy experts from around the United States and England to discuss their research. ..
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