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±«Óătv researchers win $1 million EPA grant to prevent and treat harmful algal blooms in Lake Okeechobee
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded a team of engineers and geoscientists at ±«Óătv a $1 million grant to research new methods for preventing and controlling harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Lake Okeechobee (College of Engineering).
September 30, 2020Research
Dinosaur feather study debunked
A new study provides substantial evidence that the first fossil feather ever to be discovered does belong to the iconic Archaeopteryx, a bird-like dinosaur named in Germany on this day in 1861. This debunks a recent theory that the fossil feather originated from a different species (±«Óătv Newsroom).
September 30, 2020Global Research, Research
Researchers from ±«Óătv are studying how hurricane evacuations may be impacted by the coronavirus pandemic this year. Jennifer Collins, a professor of geosciences at ±«Óătv, and Elizabeth Dunn, instructor in the ±«Óătv College of Public Health, received a National Science Foundation Rapid Response grant to work with National Weather Service, Louisiana Public Health Institute and other meteorologists and emergency planners on the study (Tampa Bay Times / paywall).
September 30, 2020Research
The Rare and Atypical Diabetes Network, or RADIANT, plans to screen about 2,000 people with unknown or atypical forms of diabetes that do not fit the common features of type 1 and type 2 diabetes (NIH).
The ±«Óătv has created an "electronic nose" that could suss out biochemicals created by Covid-19. That technology has now gotten national attention and will compete in a national Covid-19 testing competition (Tampa Bay Business Journal).
September 30, 2020Innovation, Research
Jennifer Collins, a professor in the ±«Óătv School of Geosciences, has received a National Science Foundation Rapid Response grant to study people's evacuation behaviors during the pandemic (W±«Óătv).
September 30, 2020Research
Interdisciplinary researchers at ±«Óătv’s St. Petersburg campus are investigating the pandemic’s effect on air quality in communities across Florida (St. Pete Campus).
September 28, 2020Research
Doctors here in the Tampa Bay area are making amazing discoveries about how to stop the virus, including antibody testing and new uses for life-saving drugs. Dr. Kami Kim and her team at ±«Óătv Health are now at the forefront of antibody research. (WFTS).
September 28, 2020Health, Innovation, Research
±«Óătv-Developed Technology Named Semi-Finalist for XPRIZE in COVID-19 Testing
A ±«Óătv interdisciplinary team is working to develop an inexpensive and non-invasive “electronic nose” that can detect virus in an infected person.
September 28, 2020Innovation, Research
A multisite clinical trial, led by ±«Óătv Health and Tampa General Hospital, provides the first evidence that both devices are comparable for accurate detection of COVID-19 infection (EurekAlert!).
September 25, 2020Health, Innovation, Research
In this new video-short from The National Academy of Inventors we hear from the inventor behind Molekule, named one of TIME magazine's Best Inventions (PR Newswire).
September 24, 2020Innovation
The university has infused $582 million in Florida through its Research Park in the last year (Tampa Bay Business Journal / paywall).
September 23, 2020Innovation, Research
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