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The First Optical Space Mini-Camera Takes 20,000 Images in a Month

The first miniaturized space-based Earth-observing optical camera has begun sending huge-resolution images after a complex process of calibration, thermal stabilization, and connection tests. The camera,...

Creative Agency Helps Businesses Bring Their Brands and Ideas to Life

Juan Carlos Tafur had been working as a Creative Director at the University of Florida when he got the inspiration for Innova Leaf, a creative...

UF Researchers Develop Risk Score to Predict Deaths From Heart Attacks, Stroke in Every U.S. County

The COVID-19 crisis has reinforced the fact that racial, income and social inequalities play an important role in health and disease. The same is true...

Long-Studied Protein Could Be a Measure of Traumatic Brain Injury

Scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute for Research (WRAIR) have recently demonstrated that cathepsin B, a well-studied protein important to brain development and function,...

As Cases of Parkinson’s Disease Increase, Community Must Demand Funding, Change

The odds of a person developing Parkinson’s disease over a lifetime are 1 in 15. It is the fastest-growing neurodegenerative disease and is overtaking Alzheimer’s...

UF College of Medicine Awarded New Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship

The University of Florida College of Medicine, part of UF Health, has been awarded a grant to fund a pediatric rheumatology fellowship as part of...

New Institute to Address Food Production and Sustainability at Global Scale

The University of Florida has announced the creation of the UF/IFAS Food Systems Institute, which will bring together the university’s top researchers to find solutions...

UF Researchers Awarded $3.5 Million Grant to Study Outcomes With Genetic Information to Guide Blood Thinning Therapy

Researchers at the University of Florida have received a $3.5 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, or NHLBI, to study the...

Oragenics Provides Update on SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Program

UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate company Oragenics, Inc., a leader in the development of new antibiotics against infectious diseases and effective treatments for...

University of Florida Received £500,000 Grant From Duchenne UK to Overcome Immunity Challenges in Gene Therapy

Duchenne UK has partnered with one of the world’s leading gene therapy teams focusing on AAV immunology. Drs. Manuela Corti and Barry Byrne at the...

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