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Researchers find low oxygen and sulfide in the oceans played greater role in ancient mass extinction

Published: January 11, 2022 | 11:08 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Seth Young’s research group collecting and describing limestone samples from a field site in the Roberts Mountains, Nevada. (Anders Lindskog/Florida State University)

Florida State University researchers have new insight into the complicated puzzle of environmental conditions that characterized the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction (LOME), which killed about 85% of the species in the ocean. Their work on the 445-million-year-old mass extinction event was published online in the journal AGU Advances on Monday. “We found that reducing conditions […]

Ditching cigarettes in the new year? FSU psychologist weighs in on popular resolution

Published: December 16, 2021 | 10:03 am | Posted in: Expert Pitches

With a new year comes New Year’s resolutions. New Year’s resolutions provide a way to begin the year with a fresh start and individual goals to improve life in a variety of ways — from health and wellness to finances to education. One popular resolution is the goal of quitting smoking. A Florida State University psychology […]

A bonding experience: Study reveals potential new family of compounds

Published: December 10, 2021 | 10:23 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

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

On the Periodic Table of Elements, there are elements that most people remember from school — oxygen, hydrogen, gold and silver. But there are also the ones that you might not immediately recognize, such as berkelium and einsteinium. These exotic elements are typically only used in specialized laboratories to understand how chemistry and physics change […]

World War II Institute partners with Florida Historic Capitol Museum for exhibit on Florida’s role in war

Published: December 7, 2021 | 1:20 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

The exhibit includes artifacts such as a brochure loaned by the Tampa Bay History Center about MacDill Field, which was built near Tampa in 1939 and was critical in defending the Gulf of Mexico against Nazi U-boat attacks on merchant ships. To the right is an M1 helmet loaned from Camp Blanding Museum. The U.S. Army designed the manganese steel M1 helmet and started production in April 1941. Over 22 million of these helmets were produced during World War II. (Photo courtesy of Florida Historic Capitol Museum)

When the United States entered World War II in 1941, Florida was a mostly rural and agricultural state, a relatively unpopulated place compared to the rest of the country. By the time the war ended, federal spending for military bases and an influx of service members had begun a transformation that continues to this day. […]

FSU expert available to comment for 80th anniversary of attack on Pearl Harbor

Published: December 3, 2021 | 2:55 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Florida State University Associate Professor of History Kurt Piehler, director of the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience

The attack on Pearl Harbor 80 years ago spurred U.S. involvement in World War II, sending the country into a conflict that would change American society in profound ways. Among the many changes was making the country more tolerant of religious pluralism, said Florida State University Associate Professor of History Kurt Piehler, director of the […]

Florida State University graduate student earns prestigious Chateaubriand Fellowship

Published: December 1, 2021 | 2:14 pm | Posted in: Students & Campus Life

Nerea Delgado Fernández, a doctoral student in the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics, will use the Chateaubriand Fellowship to study abroad in Bayonne, France. (FSU College of Arts and Sciences

A Florida State University doctoral student has received a prestigious international fellowship to study in Europe this spring. Modern Languages and Linguistics doctoral student Nerea Delgado Fernández will use the Chateaubriand Fellowship to study the intonation, or the rise and fall of the voice when speaking, of bilinguals in Basque-speaking regions in France and Spain. […]

FSU professors among most cited researchers for their academic work

Published: November 16, 2021 | 2:16 pm | Posted in: University News

Several Florida State University researchers are among the most cited academics worldwide, according to the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2021 list from Clarivate, a data and analytics company. Three current university faculty members — Professor of Scientific Computing Alan Lemmon, Associate Professor of Biological Science Emily Moriarty Lemmon and Professor of Psychology Thomas Joiner — […]

FSU experts available to comment on Thanksgiving traditions

Published: November 10, 2021 | 9:46 am | Posted in: Expert Pitches

As millions of people across the United States prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving, Florida State University experts are available to talk with reporters working on articles about gratitude, the myth and reality of the holiday and the role turkeys have played for Indigenous peoples long before Europeans settled the U.S. Eastern Seaboard. Randolph Clarke, professor, Department […]

FSU graduate student mixing passion for science and communications

Published: November 8, 2021 | 4:06 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

A Florida State University graduate student has received a prestigious fellowship designed to teach scientists how to better communicate science to the general public. Dani Davis, a graduate student in ecology, was selected to participate in ComSciCon, a fellowship sponsored by Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, the National Association […]

FSU chemist receives prestigious Markovnikov Medal, honorable professorship

Published: November 8, 2021 | 3:29 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

A Florida State University professor has received two recognitions reserved for some of the greatest minds in organic chemistry — the Markovnikov Medal from Moscow State University and an Honorable Professorship from St. Petersburg State University. Igor Alabugin, a professor in FSU’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, part of the College of Arts and Sciences, […]

Quicker calculations: FSU faculty change up classes to find best way to teach math

Published: November 1, 2021 | 8:21 am | Posted in: University News

1 + 1. 2 X 3. The simple math learned as children serves as the building blocks throughout many people’s academic careers. But for many at the collegiate level, math can be a stumbling block, especially for those wishing to pursue degrees in the hard sciences or engineering. At Florida State University, teaching faculty in […]

FSU chemistry researcher receives NIH grant to understand structural underpinnings of fibrosis

Published: October 15, 2021 | 9:22 am | Posted in: Health & Medicine

A Florida State University researcher has received a prestigious National Institutes of Health grant to examine the role that protein-RNA interactions play in promoting fibrosis and cancers. Robert Silvers, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has received $1.8 million from the NIH to examine what are called La-related proteins (LARPs) that interact with RNA as […]

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