USFRI Newsroom
2020 Articles
Viewing items with Category: All Categories, Year: All Years
To fight climate change, should we mine the deep sea? USF wants to find out.
University of South Florida’s College of Marine Science announced that it is the new home of the International Marine Minerals Society, providing staff support and a fixed address, and helping organize an annual research conference (Tampa Bay Times / paywall).
October 8, 2020Research
USF Drug Discovery Startup Ibis Therapeutics Focuses Technology on COVID-19
Artificial Intelligence-enabled platform created by USF chemistry professor reduces lengthy drug discovery process to days instead of weeks or months (USFRI Newsroom).
October 8, 2020Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Research
Federal data undercounts Hurricane Irma’s impact on mortality of nursing home residents
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one-in-four people who died from COVID-19 in the U.S. had been living in a long-term care facility. The sobering statistic is even more alarming when you consider the compounding threats of a hurricane (USF Newsroom).
Researchers track impact of COVID-19 on hurricane preparations, evacuations
At the start of an extremely active hurricane season, Floridians shared their thoughts on evacuations amid the threat of COVID-19 as part of a research study conducted by the University of South Florida (Fox 13).
October 6, 2020Research
USF lab developing breathalyzer to detect COVID-19
A strange looking device in an engineering laboratory at the University of South Florida could lead to a big medical breakthrough and a big prize. It’s called the Bull Nose and when it’s perfected, engineers believe it will electronically ‘smell’ COVID-19 on the breath of people who are infected (Fox 13).
October 6, 2020Health, Innovation, Student Research
Method used to track Ebola’s trajectory being applied to COVID-19
What exactly happened in Asia that caused SARS-CoV-2 to rapidly spread across the region and then essentially came to a halt there? That’s what researchers from the University of South Florida are trying to determine in a new study funded by an NSF Rapid Response grant (USF Newsroom).
October 5, 2020Global Research, Innovation, Research
A Record 19 USF Faculty Recognized with Outstanding Research Achievements Awards
From innovators on the frontiers of engineering, physics and health, to a biologist who studies giant squid, to the author of an award-winning children’s graphic novels, meet USF’s top faculty researchers.
October 5, 2020Honors and Awards, Research
USF researcher applying method used to track Ebola's trajectory to COVID-19
A University of South Florida researcher is involved in a new study to determine what caused SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) to rapidly spread across Asia, and then essentially come to a halt there. This work is being funded by a National Science Foundation (NSF) Rapid Response grant (Florida Trend).
October 5, 2020Global Research, Health, Innovation
A nose for COVID-19: USF researchers develop rapid test technology with virus-sniffing biosensor
Dr. Salvatore D. Morgera, Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of South Florida, currently leads a team of researchers working to develop an "electronic nose" capable of smelling biochemicals present in the novel coronavirus. The USF lab-developed device, dubbed "Bull Nose" was recently selected from a field of over 4,000 competitors as a semi-finalist in the XPRIZE Rapid COVID Testing competition (83 Degrees).
October 1, 2020Innovation, Research
USF studies focus on hurricane safety and precautions amid COVID-19
The three studies will target hurricane evacuation procedures, hurricane shelter operations and the gaps created by hurricanes amid COVID-19 (USF Oracle).
October 1, 2020Research
USF researchers win $1 million EPA grant to prevent and treat harmful algal blooms in Lake Okeechobee
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded a team of engineers and geoscientists at USF a $1 million grant to research new methods for preventing and controlling harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Lake Okeechobee (College of Engineering).
September 30, 2020Research
Dinosaur feather study debunked
A new study provides substantial evidence that the first fossil feather ever to be discovered does belong to the iconic Archaeopteryx, a bird-like dinosaur named in Germany on this day in 1861. This debunks a recent theory that the fossil feather originated from a different species (USF Newsroom).
September 30, 2020Global Research, Research
Categories
USFRI NEWS ARCHIVE
Learn more about USF research by viewing articles from past years (2010-2019).
USFRI Social Media
To keep up to date on USFRI news, see our official social media accounts. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.