UF Joins Preventing Alzheimer’s With Cognitive Training Study
The University of Florida will serve as a study site for the Preventing Alzheimer’s with Cognitive Training, or PACT, study exploring whether computerized brain training exercises can reduce the risk of mild cognitive impairment and dementias such as Alzheimer’s disease in older adults. The PACT study, led by the University of South Florida, recently received […]
2021 Cade Prize for Innovation Accepting Entries
The 2021 Cade Prize for Innovation is accepting entries from inventors and entrepreneurs in Alabama, Georgia and Florida from June 1 – August 2, 2021.
Gene Therapy Manufacturer Expands Its Footprint in Alachua County
AGTC, a UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum, is determined to change the rare diseases narrative.
COVID-19 Testing Method Gives Results Within 1 Second
Researchers from the University of Florida and Taiwan’s National Chiao Tung University have developed a rapid and sensitive testing method for COVID-19 biomarkers. Their findings were recently published in the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B.
Battling COVID-19 With Smart Wearables
Dr. Swarup Bhunia, director and the Semmoto Endowed Professor at University of Florida’s Electric and Computer Engineering Department, and Dr. My T. Thai, associate director and UF’s Research Foundation professor at the Computer and Information Science Engineering Department, share the different Covid-19 innovations coming out of the Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World.
New Faculty Member Highlight: Dr. Piyush Jain
Dr. Piyush Jain, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, has recently joined the Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World.
How Nanotech Can Foil Counterfeiters
University of Florida researchers Dr. Roozbeh Tabrizian and Dr. Swarup Bhunia, professors in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, have developed tiny mechanical ID tags that are unclonable, cheap, and invisible.
Cannabix Technologies Provides Update on THC Breathalyzer Beta-Testing
UF startup Cannabix Technologies Inc., developer of the Cannabix Marijuana Breathalyzer devices for law enforcement and the workplace, reports that it expects to ship its THC Breath Analyzer (THCBA) to a clinic in the Northwestern U.S. for beta testing in the coming days.
Over 60? Stop Doing This ASAP, Say Experts
Nineteen ways to live a healthy life after 60.
New Process May Help Regenerate Damaged Human Hearts
A groundbreaking new study by UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech resident Neobiosis may speed up the effort to defeat heart disease.