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RIDER Center helps communities plan for the threats from natural disasters

Published: June 28, 2021 | 11:43 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

FAMU-FSU College of Engineering associate professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Eren Erman Ozguven near the damage from Hurricane Michael in the north Florida panhandle. Ozguven is the director of the Resilient Infrastructure & Disaster Response Center, a multidisciplinary research center at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering with the mission of achieving adaptive capacity and resilience for the communities affected by natural disasters such as hurricanes and the COVID-19 pandemic. (Mark Wallheiser/FAMU-FSU College of Engineering)

In some places in Florida and around the country, there is a time before the storm and a time after. Andrew in South Florida. Michael in the Panhandle. Maria in Puerto Rico. Katrina along the Gulf Coast. These hurricanes killed many and caused billions of dollars in damage. They challenged the resilience of the communities […]

FSU researchers find most nitrogen in Gulf of Mexico comes from coastal waters

Published: June 28, 2021 | 10:25 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Researchers on the NOAA ship Nancy Foster recovering a CTD instrument that is used to collect water samples and algae from multiple depths in the ocean. (Courtesy of Michael Stukel)

Almost all of the nitrogen that fertilizes life in the open ocean of the Gulf of Mexico is carried into the gulf from shallower coastal areas, researchers from Florida State University found. The work, published in Nature Communications, is crucial to understanding the food web of that ecosystem, which is a spawning ground for several […]

Snowed in: Research team finds Arctic was dinosaur nursery

Published: June 24, 2021 | 11:00 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Long-standing images of dinosaurs as cold-blooded creatures needing tropical temperatures could be a relic of the past. University of Alaska Fairbanks and Florida State University paleontologists have found that nearly all types of dinosaurs — from small bird-like forms to the giant tyrannosaurus — not only reproduced in the region, but also remained there year-round. […]

Mysteries of the heart: FSU researchers find small mutation disrupts protein network, causing heart disease

Published: June 23, 2021 | 2:03 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Each day the average human heart beats 100,000 times and pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood. It’s a process that is critical to life, and yet it often goes awry for unknown reasons. “Despite knowing a lot about muscle contraction and the heart in particular, there are still a number of questions scientists have about the underlying structures and […]

Florida Center for Reading Research draws on multiple disciplines to advance the science of reading

Published: June 21, 2021 | 10:46 am | Posted in: News

The state of reading and writing is a crisis in the United States. In 2019, only 35% of fourth-grade students performed at or above the National Assessment of Educational Progress reading-proficiency level. Ignited by that somber statistic, the Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) at Florida State University is using its extensive network to advance […]

Researchers reveal complex ecosystem changes cause more greenhouse gases to be emitted from peatlands

Published: June 15, 2021 | 4:21 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Jeff Chanton, Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor and John Widmer Winchester Professor of Oceanography, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science. (FSU Photography Services)

Peatlands, which make up 3 percent of Earth’s total land area, are known by a number of names — moors, mires, bogs, swamps and portions of permafrost tundra. They also store a significant amount of the Earth’s carbon. A research team from Florida State University and Georgia Institute of Technology are paying close attention to these complicated systems […]

FSU ranked among top universities for patent production

Published: June 15, 2021 | 10:00 am | Posted in: University News

Florida State University is among the world’s top universities for creating patented technology, according to a new report from the National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association. FSU was ranked 84th worldwide among universities for producing U.S. utility patents in 2020. The university produced 35 such patents. The report uses data obtained from the U.S. […]

FSU launches Big Bets initiative to tackle big questions

Published: June 14, 2021 | 1:16 pm | Posted in: University News

Florida State University has launched a new initiative designed to amplify centers and institutes that are doing high-profile, public-impact research and connect them with donors interested in pursuing big questions. The initiative, Big Bets, is being led by interim Vice President for Research Laurel Fulkerson. “Big Bets requires faculty to look several years, perhaps even a […]

FSU physics professor wins early career award from Department of Energy

Published: June 4, 2021 | 1:23 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

A Florida State University researcher has received an award from the Department of Energy to conduct cutting-edge research on quantum materials and optical physics. Assistant Professor of Physics Guangxin Ni was selected to receive the award as part of the DOE’s Early Career Research Program. Under the program, university-based researchers will receive $150,000 annually over […]

Engineering researcher gets NSF award for 3D imaging technology to advance quantum fluid research

Published: May 21, 2021 | 11:21 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

From left, postdoctoral researcher Yuan Tang, FSU graduate student Toshiaki Kanai, and FAMU-FSU College of Engineering professor Wei Guo discuss the movement of tracking particles in liquid helium of their particle tracking velocimetry system at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. (Mark Wallheiser/FAMU-FSU College of Engineering)

Superfluids are one of the 20th century’s most fascinating and important discoveries. Their study is the basis of Nobel Prize-winning work, and they hold promise for better electricity transmission and may even help answer the secrets of the universe with their mysterious “quantum fluid” properties. Wei Guo, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the […]

FSU researchers uncover new role for strange organisms in ocean food web

Published: May 19, 2021 | 11:18 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

An example of a chain of salps floating in the ocean. (Photo by Lars Plougmann)

Florida State University researchers have more insight into a strange sea creature found in oceans around the world and what their presence means for the health of a marine ecosystem. Scientists have thought that salps — small marine organisms that look like clear, gelatinous blobs — competed for resources with krill, shrimp-like creatures that are […]

From surviving to thriving: FSU’s Learning Systems Institute brings support and success to mathematics educators navigating virtual learning

Published: May 18, 2021 | 2:20 pm | Posted in: Education & Society, News

A first-grade student and fourth-grade student learning from home through the digital academy at Gilchrist Elementary School. (Courtesy of Robert Schoen)

Last year, students and teachers in Florida and across the nation were asked to do a lot when remote learning forced them out of the physical classroom. That didn’t stop educators from pushing forward to learn new ways to best teach traditional subjects like math to their students, whether they were in person or on […]

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