Kit Promises 'Hassle Free' Way to Test Male Fertility
To address embarrassing, inconvenient and costly male fertility testing, FAU researchers are developing a home-based kit that provides a complete semen evaluation using microfluidics, an app and a smartphone.
FAU Announces Winners of 'IOT Hardware Hackathon'
Three teams of students from FAU's College of Engineering and Computer Science recently took home a cash prize for winning FAU's IoT Hardware Hackathon, Make FAU 2018.
FAU Brain Institute Awarded $780,000 to Launch ASCEND
FAU's Brain Institute has received a $780,000 grant from the Stiles-Nicholson Foundation to launch an innovative STEM program targeted at middle and high school students in Palm Beach County.
FAU Hosts 11th Regional Competition for Science Olympiad
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»'s Charles E. Schmidt College of Science hosted its 11th annual southeast Florida regional competition for the Science Olympiad on Saturday, Feb. 17.
FAU to Celebrate National Engineers Week
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»'s College of Engineering and Computer Science will celebrate "Engineers Week 2018: Engineering Reality, From Imagination to Realization" from Monday, Feb. 19 to Friday, Feb. 23.
NSF Awards Grant for Undersea Communications, Surveillance
Engineering researchers have received a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for a first-of-its-kind software-defined testbed for real-time undersea wireless communications and surveillance.
FAU High Student Named to 'Forbes' '30 Under 30' List
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» High School junior Hannah Herbst has been named to the 2018 Forbes "30 Under 30" list in the energy sector.
Study Shows 'Sweet Spot' Could Improve Melanoma Diagnosis
Too much, too little, just right. It might seem like a line from "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," but actually describes an important finding that will enhance computer-aided diagnosis (CADx) of melanoma.
First-of-its-kind Bioengineered Robotic Hand to Sense Touch
FAU has received a $1.3 million NIH grant for a "living" robot with its own nervous system. Researchers are creating a living pathway from the robot's touch sensation to the user's brain to help amputees.
Size Doesn't Matter - At Least for Hammerheads and Swimming
Researchers from FAU have conducted the first study to examine the whole body shape and swimming kinematics of two closely related yet very different hammerhead sharks, with some unexpected results.