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FSU faculty win GAP awards to take science from lab to market

Published: June 7, 2017 | 11:52 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Yaacov Petscher, Nico Wienders and Cheryl Xu are the latest winners of university's biannual GAP competition.

Three Florida State University faculty members will receive financial support from the university to transport their innovative research from the laboratory to the marketplace. The Office of the Vice President Research will split a pot of $110,000 among three researchers to build a new education application, a technology to track ocean currents and a novel […]

FSU ranked among world’s top patent-producing universities

Published: June 6, 2017 | 9:39 am | Posted in: Science & Technology, University News

Florida State University is ranked as one of the most successful producers of groundbreaking technologies in a new report from the National Academy of Inventors® and the Intellectual Property Owners Association. FSU ranks 49th in the organizations’ “Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents in 2016.” The annual report, which is compiled with data […]

Florentine museum to showcase artifacts from FSU archaeological site

Published: June 1, 2017 | 10:00 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

Items that will be showcased in the “Wells of Wonders: New Discoveries at Cetamura del Chianti” exhibit at the Florence National Archaeological Museum.

New Discoveries Tell History of Italy’s Chianti Region A new exhibition opening this June at the Florence National Archaeological Museum will feature nearly 300 ancient items excavated from the Florida State University-operated archaeological site Cetamura del Chianti. The exhibition reveals the ancient history of the Chianti region, said Nancy de Grummond, the M. Lynette Thompson […]

FSU researchers receive $2.8 million grant to search for the origin of personality traits impacting longevity

Published: May 30, 2017 | 2:41 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Angelina Sutin, assistant professor in the department of behavioral sciences and social medicine, has received a $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

Our personality predicts more than just the type of friends we may have. It also provides significant clues about our health and can even predict how long we might live. Yet little is known about how our personality forms relative to what we know about its consequences on health across the lifespan. Florida State University […]

FSU study reports encouraging trend in infant mortality

Published: May 18, 2017 | 8:34 am | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Joedrecka S. Brown Speights, associate professor of family medicine and rural health, was the lead author of a newly published paper on infant mortality trends.

Eighteen states are on track to eliminate racial disparities in infant mortality by the year 2050 if current trends hold — sooner if they accelerate — according to a newly published paper from researchers at Florida State University’s College of Medicine. The study projects more than 4,000 babies a year could be saved by eliminating […]

The secrets behind T-rex’s bone crushing bites: Researchers find T-rex could crush 8,000 pounds

Published: May 17, 2017 | 5:00 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Jaw muscles in Tyrannosaurus rex that helped it generate 8,000-pound bite forces and an astounding 431,000 pounds per square inch of bone-failing tooth pressures.

The giant Tyrannosaurus rex pulverized bones by biting down with forces equaling the weight of three small cars while simultaneously generating world record tooth pressures, according to a new study by a Florida State University-Oklahoma State University research team. In a study published today in Scientific Reports, Florida State University Professor of Biological Science Gregory […]

New study examines labor market outcomes for students graduating from Hispanic-serving institutions

Published: May 8, 2017 | 3:08 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

A new study led by Florida State University faculty member Toby Park finds Hispanic students who attend and graduate from Hispanic-serving colleges and universities have comparable earnings to those who graduate from similarly ranked non-Hispanic-serving institutions. In recent years, a significant demographic shift has occurred in the U.S. higher education population. Latinos have replaced black […]

New plutonium discovery lights way for FSU chemistry professor’s work to clean up nuclear waste

Published: May 8, 2017 | 11:49 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Thomas Albrecht-Schmitt, professor of chemistry.

Plutonium has long been part of many countries’ nuclear energy strategies, but scientists are still unlocking the mysteries behind this complicated element and seeing how they can use heavier, nuclear elements to clean up nuclear waste. Now, new research by Florida State University Professor Thomas Albrecht-Schmitt shows that plutonium doesn’t exactly work the way scientists […]

FSU names new director of Florida Center for Advanced Aero-Propulsion

Published: May 3, 2017 | 4:40 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Florida State University Vice President for Research Gary K. Ostrander has named FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Professor Lou Cattafesta the new director of the Florida Center for Advanced Aero-Propulsion. “I cannot think of a better choice to lead FCAAP into the future,” Ostrander said. “Lou’s excellent scholarship and experience as a researcher, teacher and mentor […]

Rising carbon dioxide levels, ocean acidity may change crucial marine process

Published: April 27, 2017 | 4:30 pm | Posted in: News, Science & Technology

A type of cyanobacteria called Trichodesmium

Climate change may be putting cyanobacteria that are crucial to the functioning of the ocean at risk as the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increases and the acidity of ocean water changes. In a paper published Thursday in Science, a team of researchers from Florida State University, Xiamen University in China and Princeton […]

Under challenge: Girls’ confidence level, not math ability hinders path to science degrees

Published: April 6, 2017 | 11:01 am | Posted in: Education & Society, News

When it comes to mathematics, girls rate their abilities markedly lower than boys, even when there is no observable difference between the two, according to Florida State University researchers. “The argument continues to be made that gender differences in the ‘hard’ sciences is all about ability,” said Lara Perez-Felkner, assistant professor of higher education and […]

Keeping the code: How cultural beliefs affect police, court decisions

Published: April 3, 2017 | 3:14 pm | Posted in: Education & Society, News

Daniel Mears, the Mark C. Stafford Professor of Criminology

LL Cool J’s 1991 rap lyrics in his song “Mama Said Knock You Out” are about defending yourself and making sure you are not messed with. Florida State University researchers have found that when individuals adopt this outlook — referred to as a “code of the street” — it can increase their probability of arrest […]