Nvidia’s DGX A100 System Packs a Record Five petaFLOPS of Power
At its virtual GPU Technology Conference, Nvidia launched its new Ampere graphics architecture — and with it, the most powerful GPU ever made: The DGX A100. It’s the largest 7nm chip ever made, offering 5 petaFLOPS in a single node and the ability to handle 1.5 TB of data per second. Of course, unless you’re doing data science or […]
UF Researcher Among 2020 ASGCT Award Recipients
Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, Ph.D., a professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Florida College of Medicine, is among the winners of 2020 Outstanding Achievement Award (OAA) which recognizes an American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) Member who has achieved a pioneering research success, specific high-impact accomplishment, or a lifetime of significant […]
Research Snapshots: Drs. Ron Cohen and Vaughn Bryant
A study led by UF neuroscientists, Dr. Ron Cohen and Dr. Vaughn Bryant, published in Current HIV Research, demonstrated that individuals with past heavy alcohol use exhibit functional connectivity differences in the brain. Specifically, they showed decreased connectivity in frontoparietal networks, which play a key role in executive function, and increased connectivity to reward specific […]
Mainous elected to Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida
Arch G. Mainous III, Ph.D., the chair of the department of health services research, management and policy and the Florida Blue endowed chair of health administration in the College of Public Health and Health Professions, has been elected to membership in the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida. Mainous was elected for his […]
Gunduz Inducted Into Prestigious UF Graduate Honor Society
Dr. Aysegul Gunduz, J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering associate professor, has been selected for induction into the 2020 class of the UF Graduate School Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. The Bouchet Society, named for the first African-American to earn a Ph.D. in the United States (in physics at Yale in 1876), […]
Vertaeon Co-Founder Partners With Auburn Engineering’s 100+ Women Strong and Corporate Relations
At a time when the future seems uncertain, Rekha Menon-Varma, a chemical engineering graduate from Auburn University, offers solutions. UF Innovate | The Hub resident company Vertaeon – the business she co-founded – provides assessment tools and mitigation solutions for risk management. More specifically, Varma’s business focuses on enterprise and supply chain risks and sustainable […]
UF Startup Optym Is Moving Its Headquarters to North Texas
UF startup Optym, an optimization intelligence (OI) company, is moving its U.S. headquarters from Gainesville, Florida to the Cypress Waters development northwest of Dallas. The international company, whose local clients include Southwest Airlines and Greyhound, has leased 17,327 square feet of space in a building under construction at 3401 Olympus Blvd. “Optym is looking forward to […]
JAXA HTV-9 Spacecraft to Carry Science, Technology to Space Station
A Japanese cargo spacecraft loaded with experiment hardware, supplies, and spare parts is scheduled to launch from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan to the International Space Station at 1:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 20, 2020 (2:30 a.m. May 21 in Japan). The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) unpiloted H-II Transport Vehicle-9 (HTV-9) carries investigations testing […]
Florida Finger Limes Could Be a New Addition to Your Grocery Citrus Aisle
Sweet oranges. Ruby red grapefruit. Sugar Belle mandarins. When one thinks of Florida citrus, these fruits immediately come to mind. But finger limes? A University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researcher believes that finger limes may be the next food trend that will continue to fortify Florida’s role as a citrus producer […]
UF Researchers Launch Study on Small Materials That May Have a Big Impact on Protecting Communities From COVID-19
Through a newly-funded National Science Foundation Rapid Response Research, or RAPID grant, researchers in the University of Florida departments of environmental and global health and epidemiology are on a mission to improve personal protective equipment, specifically face masks, that are being widely used to protect health care workers and the broader community from infection with SARS-COV-2, the virus that […]