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Hacking the “Dark Web”: USF Researcher Becomes the First FL Business Professor to Receive NSF Funding
For those researchers in the Muma College of Business who seldom apply for grants from the National Science Foundation because, well, because they usually go to scientists and engineers, meet Sagar Samtani.
April 15, 2019Honors and Awards, Research and Innovation
Building Biologically-Inspired Software
USF electrical engineers look to the human immune system for clues on how to best protect digital networks.
April 2, 2019Research and Innovation
New Lockbox Helping Curb Opioid Addiction
Addiction treatment centers have long had trouble retaining patients in medication assisted treatment. However, medication-assisted treatment is an approach used for addiction recovery that utilizes medications like Suboxone, Vivitral, and Methadone to reduce opioid cravings, withdrawals and illicit drug use.
March 26, 2019Research and Innovation
Sea Squirt’s Microbiome Offers Clues to Frontline Immune Defense, Gut Health
National Science Foundation research by USF Health’s Larry Dishaw has relevance for debilitating digestive disorders like inflammatory bowel disease.
March 26, 2019Research and Innovation, USF Health
Why the Human Brain Allows Loving Caretakers to Leave a Child to Die in a Hot Car
More than 50 children died in hot cars in 2018, making it the deadliest year on record. Many of the cases involve parents who unknowingly left a child behind, often for an entire day. USF Psychology Professor David Diamond has studied this phenomenon for over a decade and has served as an expert witness on many high-profile cases.
March 5, 2019Research and Innovation
Historians Turn to Social Media to Identify Artifact Potentially Used in Organized Crime
Advanced technologies used to study human history may not be enough to solve the mystery behind an early 20th century roulette wheel. That’s why researchers at the University of South Florida’s Institute for Digital Exploration in Tampa are turning to crowd curation to help identify the peculiar artifact.
February 18, 2019Research and Innovation
Riding Into the Future
An autonomous shuttle is being tested at the University of South Florida campus in a first-of-its-kind research trial run by USF’s Center for Urban Transportation Research.
February 12, 2019Research and Innovation
Four USF Faculty Members Named Inaugural National Academy of Inventors Senior Members
Four USF faculty members whose inventions are on the cutting edge of discovery in environmental technology, metabolic therapies, drug discovery and assistive devices were announced Monday as new members of the inaugural class of the National Academy of Inventors Senior Members.
February 11, 2019Honors and Awards, Research and Innovation, USF Health, University News
Analyzing Earthquakes
A new study is giving researchers a better understanding of how earthquakes are produced.
January 24, 2019Research and Innovation
Expedition to Antarctica Finds Signs of Life; USF Researchers Investigating if it Still Exists
An astonishing discovery is made by a research team including Brad Rosenheim, PhD, associate professor of geological oceanography in the USF College of Marine Science.
January 23, 2019Research and Innovation
Preeminence Dollars Helping Boost Job Prospects with New Medical Engineering Program
A rare joint program between the USF College of Engineering and USF Health Morsani College of Medicine is celebrating its success, made possible by funding from the State of Florida’s preeminence program.
January 16, 2019Research and Innovation
Lower Oxygen Levels to Impact the Oceanic Food Chain
Tiny fish known to survive where most marine life could not, may no longer be able to thrive under diminishing oxygen levels.
December 19, 2018Research and Innovation