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Worldwide mask shortage and pollution concerns addressed by invention
Technology created at the University of South Florida (USF) could be the key to safely reusing disposable face masks. Researchers have figured out a way to rapidly disinfect and electrostatically recharge N95 respirators, recovering their original filtration efficiency and protection capability against COVID-19 and other airborne diseases (phys.org).
October 5, 2021Innovation, Research
USF Medical Technology Startup SPKL Wins Coveted Cade Prize
A team led by a USF Engineering professor and alum is awarded one of Florida’s top awards for innovation (Mirage News).
October 4, 2021Honors and Awards, Innovation, Student Research
Museum exhibit to feature cold case homicide victims and the USF forensic anthropologists working to identify them
A team of scientists from the University of South Florida is looking to the public for help identifying and solving the homicides of 20 individuals. The cold cases will be featured in “The Art of Forensics” exhibit at the Sulphur Springs Museum and Heritage Center in Tampa throughout October (USF Newsroom).
October 1, 2021Research
USF Medical Technology Startup SPKL Wins Coveted Cade Prize
A team led by a USF Engineering professor and alum is awarded one of Florida’s top awards for innovation.
October 1, 2021Honors and Awards, Innovation, Student Research
School lunch ideas for healthy and productive students
Food for thought: does the brain prefer carbohydrates or ketones? Dr. Dominic D’Agostino, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the University of South Florida who’s done extensive research on the fuel the brain prefers (Sylvan Lake News).
September 27, 2021Global Research, Research
USF students create lifesaving medical innovation to help end worldwide ventilator shortage
Biomedical engineering graduates from the University of South Florida are receiving national accolades for a prototype device that may help solve the critical shortage of lifesaving ventilators seen around the world throughout the COVID-19 pandemic (USF Newsroom).
September 27, 2021Health, Innovation, Student Research
Meet USF’s Cade Prize Candidate: Startup SPKL unites old friends in a quest to develop new medical technology
SPKL, a USF College of Engineering startup, is a finalist for the Cade Prize, one of Florida's most prestigious awards for innovation.
September 22, 2021Innovation
USF College of Marine Science Joins Ocean Visions Network
The USF College of Marine Science (USF CMS) announced it has joined the Ocean Visions Research Consortium.
September 20, 2021Research
New jellyfish species named after FIO director, USF professor
His expertise in jellyfish is so renowned, Monty Graham, director of the Florida Institute of Oceanography and professor of integrative biology at USF, has a new species of jellyfish bearing his name – the Aurelia montyi.
September 17, 2021Research
Commercialization of USF-invented sanitation system set to begin
The latest version of the USF-invented NEWgenerator is on its way to South Africa to begin the process of entering mass production. The solar-powered machine generates nutrients, energy and water by safely recovering them from human wastewater—a technology built to address global sanitation concerns (USF Newsroom).
September 15, 2021Entrepreneurship, Global Research, Innovation
Pollution and overuse threaten Florida's fragile freshwater springs
Jason Gulley, a geology professor at the University of South Florida, has taken stunning photographs documenting threats to Florida's freshwater springs. Declining flows, agricultural runoff, and sewage are pressuring the world’s largest network of freshwater springs. (National Geographic).
September 14, 2021Research
Pact Study Seeks Volunteers To Find Ways To Prevent Dementia
The University of South Florida (USF), thanks to funding from the National Institutes of Health, is conducting a study to determine whether computerized brain training exercises can reduce the risk of cognitive impairment and dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease (Osprey Observer).
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