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Menopause can disrupt women’s vocal tone and quality, says °®¶¹´«Ã½ Health vocal researcher
A new °®¶¹´«Ã½ Health study in the journal Menopause provides a comprehensive and innovative examination of how falling hormone levels during menopause may affect women's vocal tone and quality.
September 10, 2025Research and Innovation
How the high-speed tongues of salamanders and chameleons are helping °®¶¹´«Ã½ unlock engineering breakthroughs
While studying salamanders and chameleons, °®¶¹´«Ã½ researchers discovered the animals use the same biological mechanism to fire their tongues at extreme speeds. The research has opened the door to potential innovative engineering applications inspired by nature.
September 8, 2025Research and Innovation
°®¶¹´«Ã½ Health researchers find gene variant may increase Alzheimer’s risk by slowing brain’s natural cleanup
A type of brain cell that plays a vital role in maintaining neural networks and repairing injuries lies at the core of a promising newly published Nature study on Alzheimer’s disease from the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Center and Research Institute.
September 4, 2025Research and Innovation, °®¶¹´«Ã½ Health
How °®¶¹´«Ã½ researchers are leading the fight against MRSA
With new support from the National Institutes of Health and °®¶¹´«Ã½â€™s CREATE Award, °®¶¹´«Ã½ researchers are unraveling how MRSA evolves and spreads, shaping new treatments, training future scientists and confronting emerging strains in °®¶¹´«Ã½ and beyond.
September 4, 2025Research and Innovation
°®¶¹´«Ã½ secures contract with U.S. Army, strengthening collaboration with Department of Defense
The University of South °®¶¹´«Ã½ has signed a five-year research contract worth up to $85 million with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory. The partnership strengthens °®¶¹´«Ã½â€™s defense research in cybersecurity, biotechnology and energy sciences while offering students valuable internship opportunities.
September 4, 2025Community Partnerships, Research and Innovation, Student Success, University News
Blending art and science: °®¶¹´«Ã½ Health neurologist transforms stroke care through clinical trials
Dr. Maxim Mokin and his team are helping transform the landscape of stroke care through innovative clinical trials and advanced neuro-interventional approaches. °®¶¹´«Ã½ Health and TGH are among the nation’s busiest clinical research trial sites for acute stroke management and treatment.
September 3, 2025Community Partnerships, Research and Innovation, °®¶¹´«Ã½ Health
°®¶¹´«Ã½ scientists build on Deepwater Horizon research with new project targeting pollutants in Tampa Bay and beyond
From barnacles to oysters, °®¶¹´«Ã½ scientists are uncovering clues about toxins in Tampa Bay. What their findings could mean for coastal waters beyond the state of °®¶¹´«Ã½.
September 3, 2025Community Partnerships, Research and Innovation
°®¶¹´«Ã½ invention helps U.S. military counter deadly improvised explosive devices
What started as a weekend sketch and a student prototype at °®¶¹´«Ã½ is now saving lives on the battlefield. Discover how a simple invention transformed operations against one of the military’s deadliest threats.
September 3, 2025Community Partnerships, Research and Innovation, Student Success
°®¶¹´«Ã½ launches aerospace engineering major to meet soaring demand in aviation industry
The University of South °®¶¹´«Ã½ kicked off the fall semester by welcoming the first class of students into its new aerospace engineering major, one of only three undergraduate programs of its kind at a °®¶¹´«Ã½ university.
September 2, 2025Community Partnerships, Research and Innovation, Student Success
°®¶¹´«Ã½, FAU researchers solve 1,500-year-old mystery: The bacterium behind the first pandemic
For the first time, researchers at °®¶¹´«Ã½ have uncovered direct genomic evidence of the bacterium behind the Plague of Justinian in a mass grave in the ancient city of Jerash, Jordan. The discovery underscores plague’s ongoing relevance as a resident of northern Arizona recently died from pneumonic plague and anotherÌýindividual in California tested positiveÌýfor the disease.Ìý
August 28, 2025Research and Innovation, °®¶¹´«Ã½ Health
°®¶¹´«Ã½ professor leads push for hurricane scale to include storm surge, flood risk
A new study by °®¶¹´«Ã½'s Jennifer Collins finds that current hurricane warnings, which focus only on wind, fail to capture the true dangers from storm surge and rainfall. The researchers developed a system that combines wind, rain, and surge to better communicate overall risk.
August 26, 2025Research and Innovation, Student Success
°®¶¹´«Ã½ Health and Tampa General Hospital collaborate on more efficient treatment of deadly infections
The treatment tested use of an antibiotic known under the brand nameÌýDalvance as a possible alternative to antibiotics that must be administered intravenously. The drug shows promise in fighting Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, the leading cause of death by bloodstream infections worldwide.
August 14, 2025Community Partnerships, Research and Innovation, °®¶¹´«Ã½ Health