FAU Lands $1.3M NSF Grant to Boost Dryland Soil Quality
The NSF-funded project will enhance understanding of climate resistance of individual microbes and improve microbial remediations to reduce soil degradation in drylands under climate stressors.
Study Finds Police Misconduct 'Hotspots' Across Florida
Researchers from FAU's College of Social Work and Criminal Justice analyzed data from 241 Florida law enforcement agencies across 67 counties (2012-2023) to explore police misconduct.
Digital Self-Harm Surges Among U.S. Teens from 2016 to 2021
A new study finds that digital self-harm, where individuals anonymously post or share hurtful content about themselves online, has increased more than 88% since 2016 among 13 to 17 year olds in the U.S.
'Fit2Drive' Transforms Assessing Older Drivers with Cognitive Decline
"Fit2Drive," an algorithm developed by FAU researchers has made it easy to administer and evaluate an in-office test to predict an older individual's probability of passing an on-road driving test.
FPL and FAU Engineering Unveil New AI-Enabled Center
FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science and Florida Power & Light Company officially unveiled the newly established "FPL Center for Intelligent Energy Technologies" (InETech).
U.S. Drug-related Infant Deaths More than Doubled from 2018 to 2022
A study by FAU's Schmidt College of Medicine shows that drug-involved infant deaths in the U.S. more than doubled (120% increase) from 2018 to 2022, with the greatest proportion of deaths in 2021 (25.8%).
The Marcus Foundation Awards $2M Grant to FAU Lab Schools
FAU Lab Schools received a $2 million grant from The Marcus Foundation to launch the Marcus Research and Innovation Center at the A.D. Henderson University School and FAU High School campus
After Hundreds of Years, Study Confirms Bermuda Home to Cownose Rays
Using citizen science and morphological and genetic data, FAU Harbor Branch researchers are the first to provide evidence that the Atlantic cownose ray has recently made a new home in Bermuda.
90% of Floridians Believe Climate Change is Happening
The latest FAU survey found that 90% of Floridians believe that climate change is happening and that belief in human-caused climate change has surged among Independents and slipped among Republicans.
Alarming Rise of Electronic Vaping Use in U.S. Adolescents
Researchers explored temporal trends for ninth through 12th grades among 57,006 adolescents and found that vaping has significantly increased by more than three-and-one-half times from 2015 to 2019.