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USF Earns New Recognition as a Global Leader in Producing United States Patents
New National Academy of Inventors/Intellectual Property Owners Association rankings released.
June 5, 2018Research and Innovation
Italy’s Oldest Olive Oil Discovered in Peculiar Pot
Chemical analysis conducted on ancient pottery proves Italians started using olive oil 700 years earlier than what's previously been recorded
May 30, 2018Research and Innovation
USF Researcher Finds Molecular Inspiration in Famous Abstract Art
Newly developed supramolecule fights deadly MRSA bacteria and could be key to overcoming antibiotic drug resistance.
May 29, 2018Research and Innovation
USF Students Helping ‘Rebuild’ Local Veteran
Biomedical engineering class teaches students to solve real life problems for real people.
May 15, 2018Research and Innovation
New Movement Monitoring System Helping Prevent Falls in the Elderly
USF researcher William Kearns, PhD, studied the movement patterns of residents at the Sunrise Village Assisted Living Facility in Tampa
May 7, 2018Research and Innovation
Drug Companies Selling More ‘Lifestyle,’ Less ‘Symptom’
A study published in the Annals of Family Medicine finds that the majority of these ads focus on lifestyle improvements made post-medication rather than side-effects and the negative emotions associated with certain health issues.
May 5, 2018Research and Innovation
Understanding Cellular Processes in Proteins
USF research giving scientists a first-of-its-kind look at the inner-workings of biological protein complexes.
April 26, 2018Research and Innovation
Deepwater Horizon: The Lasting Impact of America’s Largest Oil Spill
Eight years later, USF’s Center for Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems has received $36 million in funding for its continued research into the 2010 spill
April 20, 2018Research and Innovation
Newly Engineered Enzyme Could be the Key to Reducing Petroleum’s Prominence in Creating New Plastics
It started as a study intended to gain a greater understanding of how a newly discovered enzyme evolved from breaking down natural products to man-made materials.
April 18, 2018Research and Innovation
Vegetable compound could have a key role in ‘beeting’ Alzheimer’s disease
A compound in beets that gives the vegetable its distinctive red color could eventually help slow the accumulation of misfolded proteins in the brain, a process that is associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
April 11, 2018Research and Innovation
USF Invites the Public to a Lecture from Marine Biologist Ellen Prager
Dr. Ellen Prager, science advisor to Celebrity Xpedition in the Galapagos Islands and former chief scientist for the Aquarius Reef Base, is coming to the David A. Straz Center for Performing Arts on April 18 for an event hosted by the University of South Florida.
April 10, 2018Research and Innovation
A Missing Generation of Fish from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Computer models suggest impacts to fisheries from 2010 BP oil spill may be in the coming years.
March 27, 2018Research and Innovation