College of Science News
February
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February 09, 2016
The National Save the Sea Turtle Foundation recently funded renovations in the FAU Research Laboratory at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center.
February
9
February 09, 2016
Not many middle school students spend their free time at the local public library teaching children how to read, but then again, John Sousa wasn't your typical sixth grader.
November
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November 19, 2015
On Saturday, November 14th, 2015, the Women’s Foundation of Palm Beach County hosted their 6th annual Girls Leadership Institute (GLI) with a focus on STEM at The Scripps Research Institute.
July
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July 20, 2015
Researchers in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science at Florida Atlantic University sought to answer this question with a study examining whether adolescent friendships end because of undesirable characteristics of friends,...
June
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June 26, 2015
They’re pesky and annoying when they get into your fruit, but Drosophila melanogaster, more affectionately known as the “fruit fly,” are helping researchers at Florida Atlantic University to discover novel genes that...
December
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December 16, 2014
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a major healthcare challenge facing the globe today and if left unchecked could become a pandemic.
November
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November 26, 2014
A renowned researcher who holds seven U.S. patents and has authored more than 250 scientific publications has joined Florida Atlantic University's Charles E. Schmidt College of Science as the new chair of the Department of...
November
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November 10, 2014
While oxygen is essential to our planet's life force and the way we function and stay healthy, high concentrations referred to as oxidative stress may very well be the cause of more than 70 widely-spread diseases such as...
August
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August 11, 2014
Scientists at Florida Atlantic University's Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences have created the Human Dynamic Clamp to address the difficult problem of studying social interactions in the laboratory.