Florida Inventors Hall of Fame Celebrates 2024 Inductees: Ushering in a New Era of Innovation
The Florida Inventors Hall of Fame has announced its 2024 inductees: nine visionaries whose groundbreaking inventions have propelled technological advancement and reshaped the landscape of American innovation. These inventors, which include prolific University of Florida researcher Barry Byrne, who founded the field of muscle gene therapy, exemplify Florida’s rich tradition of ingenuity.
UF Health Gene Therapy Scientist Named to Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
Byrne, director of the UF Powell Center for Rare Disease Research and Therapy and a gene therapy pioneer with about 23 patents in the field, will be inducted into the 2024 class of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame in the fall, the organization announced May 30.
Satlantis Is Part of the Consortium Selected by ESA for the Spanish Component of the Atlantic Constellation
The consortium led by Elecnor Deimos has successfully secured one of the two parallel contracts awarded by the European Space Agency (ESA) for the definition of the Spanish Component of the Atlantic Constellation. The core team of the consortium, comprised solely of Spanish entities, includes Alen Space, Satlantis, and DHV Technology.
Sounding the Alarm: UF Cybersecurity Expert Exposes Audio Deepfake
Audio deepfakes are becoming ubiquitous – blurring the line between fact and fiction – but UF researchers are working to develop methods to help the public navigate this new technological terrain.
UF Research Foundation Names 2024 Professors
The University of Florida Research Foundation has named 34 of the university’s most productive and promising faculty members as UFRF Professors for 2024.
NASA Selects UF Mission To Better Track the Earth’s Water and Ice
NASA has selected a team of University of Florida aerospace engineers to pursue a groundbreaking $12 million mission aimed at improving the way we track changes in Earth’s structures, such as tectonic plates and oceans.
Underwater Data Centers Are the Future. But a Speaker System Could Cripple Them.
A new study from a group of cybersecurity and robotics researchers at the University of Florida and the University of Electro-Communications in Japan reveals for the first time a critical vulnerability of underwater data centers: sound. Carried by dense water, and targeting the resonant frequencies of hard drives, sound injection attacks can make servers unresponsive and crash networks. After just a few minutes, some hard drives are even permanently destroyed. However, the scientists also developed a machine learning algorithm that can accurately identify sound attacks, allowing the system to respond before it crashes.
FDA Approves Blood Test Developed by Abbott, USAMMDA for Traumatic Brain Injury
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved a blood test the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity at Fort Detrick worked on with Abbott Point of Care, which can detect signs of traumatic brain injury more quickly than a previous test by UF startup Banyan Biomarkers. Banyan’s biomarkers are used in the new device.
Zomedica Expands International Reach with CE Certification for VetGuardian System
Zomedica Corp., a veterinary health company offering point-of-care diagnostics and therapeutic products for equine and companion animals, announced it has received CE certification for its VetGuardian® remote contactless monitoring system.
UF Innovate Startups Transition into 35 Mules Program for Continued Growth
Three companies created by University of Florida students with vastly different ideas find their journeys intertwined through their foundational education at UF, participation in the Big Idea Competition, and subsequent incubation at the 35 Mules Innovation Hub.