Banning Friendships Can Backfire: Moms' 'Meddling' Worsens Behavior
A study by Ñý°®Ö±²¥ on maternal disapproval of children's friends reveals unforeseen consequences of this well-intended interference, resulting in worsening bad behavior instead of improving it.
$1.8M NIH Grant to Ñý°®Ö±²¥ Engineering Will Fuel Decoding Human Evolution
A grant from the NIH awarded to Ñý°®Ö±²¥ engineering will help to further research and develop cutting-edge tools to help unravel the genetic mechanisms behind disease resistance and defense.
Ñý°®Ö±²¥ Engineering to Lead $1.3M Collaborative Conservation Project
Ñý°®Ö±²¥ engineering will lead a project designed to cost-effectively identify and track wildlife using artificial intelligence, funded by the National Science Foundation and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation.
Nighttime Data Shows Inequities in Hurricane Michael Power Restoration
Using nighttime lightdata from NASA, Ñý°®Ö±²¥ researchers find notable differences in power-restoration rates among urban and rural areas and socioeconomic status in Florida's Panhandle after Hurricane Michael.
Alcohol Use in Older Adults Doubles Risk of Brain Bleeds from Falls
A study by Ñý°®Ö±²¥ Schmidt College of Medicine researchers is among the first to examine the link between alcohol use and brain bleeds in 3,128 older adults who sustained a head trauma from a fall.
Ñý°®Ö±²¥ Lands $1.3M NSF Grant to Boost Dryland Soil Quality
The NSF-funded project will enhance understanding of climate resistance of individual microbes and improve microbial remediations to reduce soil degradation in drylands under climate stressors.
Study Finds Police Misconduct 'Hotspots' Across Florida
Researchers from Ñý°®Ö±²¥'s College of Social Work and Criminal Justice analyzed data from 241 Florida law enforcement agencies across 67 counties (2012-2023) to explore police misconduct.
Digital Self-Harm Surges Among U.S. Teens from 2016 to 2021
A new study finds that digital self-harm, where individuals anonymously post or share hurtful content about themselves online, has increased more than 88% since 2016 among 13 to 17 year olds in the U.S.
'Fit2Drive' Transforms Assessing Older Drivers with Cognitive Decline
"Fit2Drive," an algorithm developed by Ñý°®Ö±²¥ researchers has made it easy to administer and evaluate an in-office test to predict an older individual's probability of passing an on-road driving test.
FPL and Ñý°®Ö±²¥ Engineering Unveil New AI-Enabled Center
Ñý°®Ö±²¥ College of Engineering and Computer Science and Florida Power & Light Company officially unveiled the newly established "FPL Center for Intelligent Energy Technologies" (InETech).