Science & Technology

Biology professor underscores the importance of critical thinking in the sciences

Published: October 16, 2017 | 11:25 am | Posted in: News, Science & Technology

Emily DuVal, associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences

In scientific and educational settings, it is reasonable to say that the ability to comprehensively analyze problems, present positions with cognition of their context, formulate theses and hypotheses while accounting for the intricacy of the problems they address and draw logical solutions and conclusions from the analysis of problems are essential to success and academic […]

ACC Smithsonian festival to showcase FSU innovators

Published: October 12, 2017 | 9:46 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Florida State University students and researchers will be front and center for the first ACCelerate Festival, a three-day celebration in the nation’s capital of creative research at the nexus of science, engineering, arts and design. Organized by Virginia Tech and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, the festival runs Oct. 13-15 at the National […]

Playing with numbers: Math department hosts FSU Math Fun Day

Published: October 11, 2017 | 2:38 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

See how math can help break codes, improve your tic-tac-toe game and more at the annual FSU Math Fun Day. The Department of Mathematics is hosting an annual day of math activities that includes exhibits and exercises for the general public, including students and teachers. Activities are available for all students in grades K-12. “With […]

Smallest marine species may better weather climate change effects

Published: October 10, 2017 | 3:17 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Jeroen Ingels, a researcher at the FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory

Rising levels of carbon dioxide may have little effect on the smallest organisms that live in ocean sediment, according to a new study by a Florida State University researcher. FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory scientist Jeroen Ingels and a team of researchers found that communities of microscopic organisms called meiofauna don’t change much when faced […]

FSU researchers receive $1.43M grant to study medical applications of synthetic chemistry

Published: October 9, 2017 | 11:33 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

James Frederich, assistant professor of chemistry

Florida State University scientists have been awarded a $1.43 million grant to support their work using synthetic chemistry to push the boundaries of biomedical research. The funds, awarded by the National Institutes of Health, will aid researchers as they explore the potential of fully synthetic natural products to tweak critical interactions between protein molecules — […]

FSU scientists ‘do the twist’ to make better chemical reactions

Published: October 9, 2017 | 11:08 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Professor Igor Alabugin with graduate students Gabriel dos Passos Gomes and Trevor Harris have developed a way to make a critical chemical reaction more effective and safe for work in biological systems. (FSU Photography Services)

A team of Florida State University scientists is working to make chemical reactions faster and more selective by reinventing fundamental organic chemistry concepts. Professor of Chemistry Igor Alabugin and doctoral student Trevor Harris developed a new way to control one of the most commonly used reactions used in chemistry today — the alkyne-azide “click” reaction. […]

FSU to welcome supersonic wind tunnel experts for global meeting

Published: October 5, 2017 | 4:18 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

FSU, with the Florida Center for Advanced Aero-Propulsion, is at the forefront of high-speed aerospace research.

Florida State University will host the 128th semi-annual meeting of the Supersonic Tunnel Association International this week to help boost collaboration and research within the community of high-speed aerospace researchers. About 80 scientists from the global aerospace community are expected to attend. “It’s a great honor to welcome these scientists to Florida State University,” said […]

MagLab receives $5.8M to develop biomedical technology

Published: October 4, 2017 | 10:46 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

From left: FSU Earl Freiden Professor of Chemistry Tim Cross, UF Professor Joanna Long and MagLab Research Faculty William Brey.

The Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory will be home to a new National Institutes of Health Biomedical Technology Resource Center that will develop unique instrumentation for innovative biomedical work in high magnetic fields to combat diseases like Alzheimer’s and tuberculosis. To create the center, the National MagLab will receive a $5.8 million […]

Breaking the rules: Heavy chemical elements alter theory of quantum mechanics

Published: October 3, 2017 | 9:46 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Thomas Albrecht-Schmitt, the Gregory R. Choppin Professor of Chemistry

A series of complicated experiments involving one of the least understood elements of the Periodic Table has turned some long-held tenets of the scientific world upside down. Florida State University researchers found that the theory of quantum mechanics does not adequately explain how the heaviest and rarest elements found at the end of the table […]

$1M grant to help researchers deliver big savings on big motors

Published: September 29, 2017 | 11:33 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Sastry Pamidi (left), joined by fellow engineers Lance Cooley (middle) and David Larbalestier, landed a grant to make more efficient industrial motors. (Photo credit: Stephen Bilenky/National MagLab)

Invented almost 200 years ago, electric motors are a mainstay of our modern world, powering everything from personal gadgets to massive machinery. Now, a team from the Center for Advanced Power Systems and the FSU-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory is hoping to take a big bite out of that power bill. With a $1 […]

A stinging report: FSU research shows climate change a major threat to bumble bees

Published: September 29, 2017 | 9:06 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Bombus bifarius, one of the three species of bumble bees studied by researcher Jane Ogilvie and her team.

New research from a team of Florida State University scientists and their collaborators is helping to explain the link between a changing global climate and a dramatic decline in bumble bee populations worldwide. In a study published Friday, Sept. 29, in the journal Ecology Letters, researchers examining three subalpine bumble bee species in Colorado’s Rocky […]

FSU researchers receive $2.8M to study fate of BP Oil spill

Published: September 28, 2017 | 3:16 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Eric Chassignet, director of FSU’s Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Studies

A team of research institutions led by Florida State University has been awarded a $2.8 million grant to expand our understanding of how the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill affected the ecology of the Gulf of Mexico. Eric Chassignet, director of FSU’s Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Studies (COAPS), will lead the team of scientists who will […]