NASA Awards $7.5 Million to UCF’s Center for Lunar and Asteroid Surface Science
NASA today awarded a $7.5 million grant to UCF’s Center for Lunar and Asteroid Surface Science (CLASS), helping secure the next five years of the center’s bright future.
Intellectual Property: Learning To Value Assets You Can’t Touch
OVERVIEW $1 trillion: that’s the combined value of the top three of the world’s most valuable brands. Put it another way, that’s about the same size as the economy of Australia. With tech behemoths Amazon, Apple and Google leading the pack, it’s no surprise that what makes up a business’s value has shifted over recent …
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UCF College of Nursing Simulation Center Manager Honored with International Award
Syretta Spears, manager of the Simulation, Technology, Innovation and Modeling Center at the UCF College of Nursing, has been honored with the Frontline Simulation Champion Excellence Award from the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning.
Processed Foods May Hold Key to Rise in Autism
With the number of children diagnosed with autism on the rise, the need to find what causes the disorder becomes more urgent every day. UCF researchers are now a step closer to showing the link between the food pregnant women consume and the effects on a fetus’ developing brain.
New Study on Gene Editing in Wildlife Finds People Are Wary
The applications of CRISPR based genetic engineering tools range from changing colors in butterfly wings to developing gene therapies that might one day cure or prevent human diseases.
Building Disaster Resilience: The Importance Of Data, Maps And Social Media
Overview Each year, over 200 million people around the world are affected or displaced by natural disasters. On top of the 100,000 plus lives lost each year, there is considerable economic damage. As technology continues to play a central part in our lives, disaster-relief organizations – such as the International Red Cross and Red Crescent …
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UCF is Part of NASA Cassini Mission That Reveals New Details about Saturn’s Rings
Even though NASA’s Cassini spacecraft’s mission to Saturn ended in 2017, scientists are still poring over the copious amounts of data it transmitted.
Atlantic Hurricane Season: Time To Get Ready
Editor’s note: For additional Aon Insights on storm forecasts, preparedness and response, visit the Be Prepared site. OVERVIEW When it comes to hurricanes, the cost of inadequate coverage and preparation can be extremely high. The first quarter of 2019 saw an almost 38 percent decrease in catastrophe losses stemming from hurricanes, typhoons and other natural disasters …
Limbitless Solutions, Mayo Clinic Launch Study for New Wheelchair Technology to Help ALS Patients
Limbitless Solutions is working with researchers at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville to complete a clinical trial for a technology that allows patients to use facial muscles to control their wheelchairs.
Limbitless Solutions, Mayo Clinic Launch Study for New Wheelchair Technology to Help ALS Patients
Limbitless Solutions is working with researchers at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville to complete a clinical trial for a technology that allows patients to use facial muscles to control their wheelchairs.