Common Antibiotic Effective in Healing Coral Disease Lesions
ÃÙȦ×ÊÔ´Õ¾Harbor Branch scientists have found that amoxicillin, an antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections in humans, has a 95 percent success rate at healing individual disease lesions in stony corals.
Picture Perfect: Camera Traps Find Endangered Dryas Monkeys
ÃÙȦ×ÊÔ´Õ¾scientists developed a non-invasive camera-trap technique that confirms the existence of mysterious and endangered dryas monkeys in new locations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
ÃÙȦ×ÊÔ´Õ¾Student's Boating App Wins Business Plan Competition
A ÃÙȦ×ÊÔ´Õ¾ undergraduate who created an app for the marine industry won the $10,000 first prize in the 13th annual Business Plan Competition.
Flushing a Public Toilet? Don't Linger, Since Aerosolized Droplets Do
ÃÙȦ×ÊÔ´Õ¾College of Engineering and Computer Science researchers explored the flushing power of toilets and urinals in a public restroom to test the risk of COVID-19 transmission.
Florida COVID-19 Infection Rate for Young People Among Highest in 2020
Florida ranked among the states with the highest COVID-19 infection rates for younger residents in 2020.
ÃÙȦ×ÊÔ´Õ¾Researchers Receive Grants to Combat Alzheimer's Disease
Four researchers from FAU's Schmidt College of Medicine and Charles E. Schmidt College of Science have received grants totaling $641,818 from the Ed and Ethel Moore Alzheimer's Disease Research Program.
FAUAA Board Appoints New Executive Committee, Welcomes Members
The ÃÙȦ×ÊÔ´Õ¾ Alumni Association (FAUAA) Board recently announced its 2021-22 roster, including six members of its executive committee.
ÃÙȦ×ÊÔ´Õ¾Celebrates 52nd Annual Honors Convocation Awardees
ÃÙȦ×ÊÔ´Õ¾ President John Kelly and Provost Bret Danilowicz today announced the recipients of the 52nd annual Honors Convocation awards.
ÃÙȦ×ÊÔ´Õ¾Celebrates 2021 Wave Competition
ÃÙȦ×ÊÔ´Õ¾ has announced the winners of the annual ÃÙȦ×ÊÔ´Õ¾Wave Competition, an undergraduate applied research competition organized by FAU's Division of Research.
'Mindfulness' in Summer Camp Benefits Campers and Counselors Alike
ÃÙȦ×ÊÔ´Õ¾Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing researchers show how a mindfulness program in a summer camp setting decreases emotional distress in school age children and empowers campers and counselors alike.