FAU receives $1 million NSF grant to empower women in stem faculty
The absence of an inclusive and diverse STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) faculty significantly hurts the education of a ...
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FAU receives NSF grant for secure communications over 5G networks
People and assets deployed by the United States Department of Defense (U.S. DOD) in ground, sea, air and space require ...
FAU study finds low salinity can work to culture popular Florida pompano fish
The Florida pompano, Trachinotus carolinus, a fish species that can live in waters of a wide range of salinity, is a prime ...
FAU nurse-led mobile health unit will bring ‘care’ where it’s needed most
Researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing have received a four year, $3.9 million grant from ...
FAU lands $1.2 million NSF grant to transform prosthetic hand control
Most people use their hands seamlessly to perform daily tasks and more complex tasks like playing a musical instrument. But ...
FAU receives $500,000 NIH grant to tackle chronic disease disparities
Chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer disproportionally affect racial and ethnic minorities. Of the 45 percent of ...
FAU resident physicians report COVID-19 impacts
The COVID-19 pandemic has had many deleterious consequences for health care workers, including the challenges of caring for severely ill ...
FAU awarded $1 million NIH grant for Florida Summer Institute in Biostatistics and Data Science
Florida Atlantic University’s Schmidt College of Medicine received a $1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to ...
FAU lands $478,699 NASA grant to inspire local high school students in STEM
Researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science have received a three-year $478,699 grant from the National ...
FAU, Israel scientists ‘team up’ to tackle Alzheimer’s-related mood disorders
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia affecting an estimated 6.3 million Americans age 65 and older. ...
FAU is set to become a beacon in quantum research
In recognition of our outstanding expertise in quantum research: a consortium consisting of eleven researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) will ...
FAU awarded $1 million to help prevent injury, death from falls in older adults
Every second, an older person in the United States falls and injures themselves, and every 20 minutes one of them ...
NSF tags FAU researcher for post-quantum cryptography in NextG networks
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced a new investment of more than $37 million aimed to develop intelligent, resilient and ...
Unique FAU seagrass nursery aims to help Florida’s starving manatees
The manatee population in Florida was largely impacted last year. More than 1,000 of them died in 2021, due mostly ...
FAU scientists uncover ‘missing’ plastics deep in the ocean
About 51 trillion microplastics are floating in the surface waters of oceans around the world. Originating from various types of ...
FAU lands $1.3 million NIH grant for rapid, automated HIV self-test
As of 2020, there were 37.7 million people globally living with HIV and 680,000 people died from AIDS-related illnesses last ...
FAU receives $319,976 grant from the Florida Department of Health to study health effects of harmful algal blooms
Florida has experienced numerous harmful algal blooms in recent years. During these blooms, species of cyanobacteria release a variety of ...
FAU receives NOAA grant to assess shark interactions with recreational fishing
In Florida, recreational fishing is a year-round operation. In 2019, it attracted more than 4 million anglers and generated 88,501 ...