UCF engineering Professor Pamela McCauley is no stranger to breaking barriers, but even she was surprised when she was named the 2019 Technologist of the Year by Women of Color magazine.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced that UCF will receive a $3.8 million milestone based grant to better understand how overdosing on opiates works, their impact on multiple organs and the effect of drugs used to treat overdoses, including potential toxicity of organs.
OVERVIEW From ordering and paying for coffee through an app to integrating student IDs with credit cards and watches, how we pay has come a long way from cash transactions. And while far from mainstream, cryptocurrencies are gaining steam. New Zealand recently became the first country to legalize salary payments to employees in cryptocurrency. Days …
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OVERVIEW From ordering and paying for coffee through an app to integrating student IDs with credit cards and watches, how we pay has come a long way from cash transactions. And while far from mainstream, cryptocurrencies are gaining steam. New Zealand recently became the first country to legalize salary payments to employees in cryptocurrency. Days …
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Electric cars are a low-emission alternative to combustion engines; however, their lithium-based batteries can catch fire, thus posing a safety threat that limits the technology.
Lisa Lee, a nationally recognized expert on bioethics and ethics in education will speak at UCF on 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 25 to kick-off the center’s activities this semester. The free event is open to the UCF community.
A UCF biologist is attracting global attention for recording the highest-ever voltage generated by an electric eel — or any living creature, for that matter.
YouTubers and trolls on social media can teach us a lot about our culture and societal shifts that are coming or already underway.
At least 8,000 sea turtles nests washed away from the Brevard County portion of the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge earlier this month because of Hurricane Dorian, according to a University of Central Florida survey.
A new study led by a University of Central Florida researcher may fundamentally alter our understanding of how comets arrive from the outskirts of the solar system and are funneled to the inner solar system coming closer to Earth.
