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After launching a coronavirus-tracking map at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the University of South °®¶¹´«Ã½ now not only wants to track cases but help organizations and the general public see the bigger picture (Tampa Bay Business Journal).

October 14, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

A study led by the University of South °®¶¹´«Ã½ found better sleep improves next-day mindfulness, which in turn, reduces sleepiness during the day (EurekAlert!).

October 13, 2020Health, Research

°®¶¹´«Ã½ researchers develop new technologies to fight mosquito-borne diseases

°®¶¹´«Ã½ 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 (°®¶¹´«Ã½ Newsroom).

October 13, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

The University of South °®¶¹´«Ã½-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

University of South °®¶¹´«Ã½â€™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

°®¶¹´«Ã½ Drug Discovery Startup Ibis Therapeutics Focuses Technology on COVID-19

Artificial Intelligence-enabled platform created by °®¶¹´«Ã½ chemistry professor reduces lengthy drug discovery process to days instead of weeks or months (°®¶¹´«Ã½RI 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 (°®¶¹´«Ã½ 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 University of South °®¶¹´«Ã½ (Fox 13).

October 6, 2020Research

A strange looking device in an engineering laboratory at the University of South °®¶¹´«Ã½ 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 University of South °®¶¹´«Ã½ are trying to determine in a new study funded by an NSF Rapid Response grant (°®¶¹´«Ã½ Newsroom).

October 5, 2020Global Research, Innovation, Research

A Record 19 °®¶¹´«Ã½ 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 °®¶¹´«Ã½â€™s top faculty researchers.

October 5, 2020Honors and Awards, Research

A University of South °®¶¹´«Ã½ 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 (°®¶¹´«Ã½ Trend).

October 5, 2020Global Research, Health, Innovation