Science & Technology

Superfuids may merge via corkscrew mechanism

Published: March 30, 2020 | 11:59 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Scientists at the Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory have made a discovery in fluid dynamics that is truly worth uncorking a bottle of fine wine. Wei Guo, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, and MagLab graduate research assistant Toshiaki Kanai published a new study in the […]

It’s a family thing: FSU research shows guppies help their brothers when it comes to the opposite sex

Published: March 26, 2020 | 12:43 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

When it comes to finding a mate, male guppies rely on their brothers to ward off the competition. In a new study published by a Florida State University team, researchers found that male Trinidadian guppies observe a form of nepotism when it comes to pursuing the opposite sex. These tiny tropical fish often help their brothers in the mating process […]

FSU Research: Hidden source of carbon found at the Arctic coast

Published: March 20, 2020 | 2:02 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

A view of one of the research team’s study sites near Kaktovik, Alaska. Shallow groundwater flows beneath the tundra surface into the adjacent lagoon. Photo by: M. Bayani Cardenas / University of Texas at Austin

A previously unknown and significant source of carbon just discovered in the Arctic has scientists both marveling at a once overlooked contributor to local coastal ecosystems and concerned about what it may mean in an era of climate change. FSU researcher Robert Spencer co-authored a study that showed evidence of undetected concentrations and flows of […]

Beneath the Ice: FSU researchers find newly uncovered Arctic landscape plays important role in carbon cycle

Published: March 5, 2020 | 2:17 pm | Posted in: News, Science & Technology

A view of a testing site in the Sisimiut area of Greenland during the summer. Photo by: Jonathan Martin / University of Florida

As the ice sheet covering most of Greenland retreats, Florida State University researchers are studying the newly revealed landscape to understand its role in the carbon cycle. FSU researchers Anne Kellerman, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, and Associate Professor Robert Spencer explored the composition of dissolved organic carbon […]

FSU researchers propose new physics to explain decay of subatomic particle

Published: March 4, 2020 | 4:37 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Florida State University physicists believe they have an answer to unusual incidents of rare decay of a subatomic particle called a Kaon that were reported last year by scientists in the KOTO experiment at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex. FSU Associate Professor of Physics Takemichi Okui and Assistant Professor of Physics Kohsaku Tobioka published […]

FSU marine geologist named Sloan Research Fellow

Published: February 12, 2020 | 11:13 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

For Florida State University Assistant Professor Jeremy Owens, the chemical fingerprints left behind by oxygen in the ancient ocean are the key to better understanding our current and future climate. A fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation will give him the opportunity to further investigate the connections between chemical and climatic changes in […]

FSU researchers look to natural products to shed light on protein interactions in cancer, neurological diseases

Published: February 11, 2020 | 12:45 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

A fungus that attacks almond and peach trees may be key to identifying new drug targets for cancer therapy. A team of Florida State University researchers from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry found that a natural product from the fungus Fusicoccum amygdali stabilizes a family of proteins in the cell that mediate important signaling […]

Rapid weather swings increase flu risk

Published: January 30, 2020 | 9:42 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

New research from a team of Florida State University scientists shows that rapid weather variability as a result of climate change could increase the risk of a flu epidemic in some highly populated regions in the late 21st century. The research was published today in the journal Environmental Research Letters. Zhaohua Wu, an associate professor […]

MagLab scientists capture molecular maps of animal tissue with unprecedented detail

Published: January 23, 2020 | 3:46 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

We’ve all heard, and seen, how a picture paints a thousand words. Now, in a scientific twist on that saying, researchers at the Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (National MagLab), are creating pictures that paint thousands of molecules. Using a uniquely powerful instrument, the scientists have refined a technique called mass spectrometry […]

FSU Research: Despite less ozone pollution, not all plants benefit

Published: January 22, 2020 | 2:33 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

From left, Christopher Holmes, the Werner A. and Shirley B. Baum assistant professor of meteorology in the Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science at Florida State University, and Jason Ducker, a postdoctoral researcher. Their research compared levels of atmospheric ozone to the amount of ozone plants took in through pores on their leaves at more than 30 sites over 10 years. They found that environmental factors have more impact on the ozone dose the plants received than the amount of ozone in the atmosphere. (Bruce Palmer / FSU Photography Services)

Breathe easy: Concentrations of ozone in the air have decreased over large parts of the country in the past several decades. But not too easy. Policies and new technologies have reduced emissions of precursor gases that lead to ozone air pollution, but despite those improvements, the amount of ozone that plants are taking in has […]

FSU researcher receives NSF funding to make higher-performing computer apps

Published: January 6, 2020 | 4:41 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

A Florida State University researcher is working to make computer processors execute applications in a more energy-efficient manner with the help of a new $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation. “The general goal is to increase performance but to do it in a manner that is more energy efficient than the dominant computer processors […]

FSU researchers use mechanical engineering, scientific computing and forestry to better understand prescribed burns

Published: December 12, 2019 | 2:18 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

From left, Bryan Quaife, assistant professor of scientific computing, Rod Linn, of Los Alamos National Laboratory, Neda Yaghoobian, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and Kevin Hiers, of the Tall Timbers Research Station & Land Conservancy, won a $2.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to study smoke plumes from prescribed fire. Photo by Mark Wallheiser / FAMU-FSU College of Engineering.

In the effort to mitigate destructive wildfires, wildland managers often fight those uncontrolled fires with prescribed fire — carefully controlled burns to safely eliminate the vegetation that piles up on forest floors and adds to potential fuel. Prescribed fires are an important tool for managing fire-prone landscapes, but they come with a cost. Fire makes […]