Science & Technology

New FSU seismometer detects earthquakes around the world

Published: July 7, 2020 | 1:58 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

From left, Bob Hutt, geology graduate student James Eke, former EOAS chair James Tull and assistant research specialist Gary White. Photo by: FSU Photography Services

The newly installed seismometer at Florida State University’s Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science is already helping scientists detect and analyze earthquakes around the globe. On June 23, just before 11:30 a.m., the seismometer recorded a magnitude 7.4 earthquake in southern Mexico, centered in the state of Oaxaca. The powerful quake left at least […]

FSU MagLab geochemists solve mystery of Earth’s vanishing crust

Published: June 26, 2020 | 3:04 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Scientists examined hundreds of samples taken along the global ridges that contain recycled ancient oceanic crust in variable amounts. “Depleted" segments of the ridge received lower than “normal” amounts of recycled crust, while “enriched” segments contain a larger proportion of recycled crust. Credit: Caroline McNiel/National MagLab

Thank goodness for the Earth’s crust: It is, after all, that solid, outermost layer of our planet that supports everything above it. But much of what happens below that layer remains a mystery, including the fate of sections of crust that vanish back into the Earth. Now, a team of geochemists based at the Florida State […]

FAMU and FSU researchers land $500K NSF grant for bio-adhesive study

Published: June 24, 2020 | 12:47 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Ho Yong Chung, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, works with a bioadhesive during an experiment. Photo by Tisha Keller / FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

Florida A&M and Florida State Universities are leveraging their unique partnership through the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering to create more learning opportunities for underrepresented students in engineering while also making improvements to existing medical applications. Researchers from the college, in collaboration with the FSU College of Medicine, have received a $500,000 grant from the National […]

FSU researchers net $200K NSF grant to study bat linked to COVID-19

Published: June 15, 2020 | 10:46 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

A team of Florida State University researchers has received a $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to create a global data set on the horseshoe bat, a possible source of the novel coronavirus plaguing nations worldwide. Professor of Biological Science Austin Mast and College of Communication and Information digitization specialist Deborah Paul, along […]

The world on their backs: Loggerhead sea turtles host diverse community of miniature organisms

Published: June 1, 2020 | 12:23 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Researchers collect samples of organisms living on the shells of loggerhead sea turtles during summer 2018. Photo by Matthew Ware / Florida State University

Editor’s note: The photographs of loggerhead sea turtles were taken during research activities permitted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (permit #MTP-18-239) under conditions not detrimental to these animals. Please do not attempt to recreate the content of these images without appropriate training and observation. These images were taken under red light and […]

FSU nuclear physics lab wins $5.7M NSF grant

Published: May 27, 2020 | 10:03 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Six physicists at Florida State University have received a $5.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation to continue their cutting-edge research in nuclear physics and nuclear astrophysics. The grant supports operations of the John D. Fox Accelerator Laboratory at FSU and the research of professors Ingo Wiedenhoever, Samuel Tabor and Paul Cottle; assistant professors Sergio […]

Paint by atomic numbers: FSU chemistry professor teaches students the science behind art

Published: May 21, 2020 | 1:10 pm | Posted in: News, Science & Technology

During Picasso’s blue period, the famed Spanish artist had no trouble finding an array of hues to create spectacular paintings. But that wasn’t the case for artists prior to the 1700s until a pharmacist accidentally synthesized a cheap blue pigment, changing the landscape for painters and others. Stories like the history of the color blue and […]

FSU researchers develop innovative technique for 3D printing using magnets

Published: May 20, 2020 | 1:51 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Madhuparna Roy, a former engineering doctoral student and the lead author of a paper that showed the possibility of using magnets to realign fibers inside a material being used for 3D printing.

Researchers from Florida State University’s High-Performance Materials Institute and the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering have developed and investigated a new technique for 3D printing that could produce much stronger materials that could be used in a variety of engineering applications. In a paper published in the journal Additive Manufacturing, recent engineering doctoral graduate Mahuparna Roy […]

FSU student awarded prestigious fellowship from U.S. Department of Energy

Published: May 19, 2020 | 11:01 am | Posted in: Science & Technology, University News

A Florida State University graduate student has earned an esteemed fellowship from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Judith Roth, a doctoral student in the Department of Chemistry, was one of 62 graduate students from across the nation selected for the DOE’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program. “Judy’s award is the recognition […]

FSU researcher detects unknown submarine landslides

Published: May 18, 2020 | 12:54 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

A Florida State University researcher has used new detection methods to identify 85 previously unknown submarine landslides that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico between 2008 and 2015, leading to questions about the stability of oil rigs and other structures, such as pipelines built in the region. Assistant Professor Wenyuan Fan in the Department of Earth, Ocean […]

‘Hurricanes from scratch’: FSU researchers find even small disturbances can trigger catastrophic storms

Published: May 13, 2020 | 2:27 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

An image of the simulated wind field around a modeled hurricane. (Courtesy of Jacob Carstens)

You’ve probably seen the satellite images that show a hurricane developing: thick white clouds clumping together, arms spinning around a central eye as it heads for the coast. After decades of research, meteorologists still have questions about how hurricanes develop. Now, Florida State University researchers have found that even the smallest changes in atmospheric conditions […]

Fundamentals of physics help FSU engineers study mysteries of termite mounds

Published: May 8, 2020 | 8:49 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

The mound of an African giant termite (Macrotermes jeanneli) in southern Ethiopia. (Courtesy of Scilight)

When FAMU-FSU Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Neda Yaghoobian looks at a termite mound, she sees more than a pile of dirt. She sees an engineered structure. Termite mounds, with their odd shapes, are designed naturally by termites to provide livable spaces for their residents — just like human-designed buildings. Yaghoobian and her students are […]

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