An Ultrathin Nanoelectromechanical Transducer Made of Hafnium Zirconium Oxide

In a study published in Nature Electronics, researchers at the University of Florida were able to fabricate an ultrathin nanoelectromechanical transducer using 10-nm-thick ferroelectric hafnium zirconium oxide (Hf0.5Zr0.5O2) films. The team includes two senior researchers, Roozbeh Tabrizian and Toshikazu Nishida, as well as students Mayur Ghatge and Glenn Walters. “Our research has followed the long-standing […]

First Magnet Installed for the ALPS II Experiment at DESY

The international ALPS II (Any Light Particle Search) collaboration installed the first of 24 superconducting magnets, marking the start of the installation of a unique particle physics experiment to look for dark matter. Located at the German research center DESY in Hamburg, it is set to start taking data in 2021 by looking for dark […]

Specnova Chooses Ashland to Distribute Tart Cherry Extract in the US

Ashland, a global leader in providing specialty chemical solutions to customers in a wide range of consumer and industrial markets, has signed an exclusive agreement with UF Innovate | The Hub resident client Specnova, a natural ingredients biotechnology company, that gives Ashland exclusive rights to distribute NordicCherry tart cherry extract in the US. NordicCherry extract […]

Scientists Sequence 1,100 Plants, Illuminating 1 Billion Years of Evolution

Plants are evolutionary champions, dominating Earth’s ecosystems for more than a billion years and making the planet habitable for countless other life forms, including us. Now, scientists have completed a nine-year genetic quest to shine a light on the long, complex history of land plants and green algae, revealing the plot twists and furious pace […]

Oragenics Making ‘Great Progress’ Enrolling Patients in Oral Mucositis Clinical Trial

UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate company Oragenics, Inc., a leader in the development of novel antibiotics against infectious diseases and effective treatments for oral mucositis, announced that they are making great progress enrolling patients in their clinical trial. “We are primarily enrolling patients in our oral mucositis program AG013 and […]

Jackson Streeter to Direct UF Innovate | Ventures

In March of 2019, Brammer Bio, a University of Florida spinout company, sold for $1.7 billion to Thermo Fisher Scientific. The story of Brammer is a model of how UF can foster commercialization of research, and UF Innovate | Ventures plans to do just that. “Our hope is that with the new Ventures group and […]

GatorWings Wins DARPA Spectrum Collaboration Challenge

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced that GatorWings, a team of undergraduate students, Ph.D. candidates, and professors from the University of Florida are the winners of the Spectrum Collaboration Challenge (SC2) – a three-year competition to unlock the true potential of the radio frequency (RF) spectrum with artificial intelligence (AI). SC2’s final 10 […]

UF Ranks Among the ‘Best Global Universities,’ According to U.S. News

Several Florida schools are among the top 500 Best Global Universities in a ranking released by U.S. News & World Report. Leading the state and ranking at 105th globally was the University of Florida, followed by Florida State University (190), the University of Miami (235) and the University of South Florida (310). The University of […]

Neuroimmunology Expert Featured at Neuroscience 2019 Press Conference

Malú Tansey, Ph.D., director of UF’s Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, was among a select group of experts to present during a press conference at the Society for Neuroscience’s annual conference in Chicago. Participants explained their research on gut-brain communication via the immune system that may help in the development of novel treatments […]