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Novel Model Predicts COVID-19 Outbreak Two Weeks Ahead of Time
Researchers from the College of Engineering and Computer Science and collaborators have developed a new forecasting model that can predict spread risk of COVID nationwide at the county level.
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FAU Expert Answers Questions about the Delta Variant and Vaccines
Joanna Drowos, D.O., M.P.H., M.B.A., FAU Schmidt College of Medicine, provides answers to some of the most frequently asked questions regarding the COVID-19 Delta variant, vaccines and public safety measures.
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What's Killing Coral Reefs in Florida is Also Killing Them in Belize
A study is the first to offer evidence that nitrogen enrichment from land-based sources like sewage is driving macroalgal blooms and causing massive decline in hard coral cover in the Belize Barrier Reef.
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FAU Invention for Privacy of Sharing Files Online Gets U.S. Patent
A College of Engineering and Computer Science researcher's novel technology provides maximum privacy of sharing files online by controlling how and when documents are displayed and viewed.
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Scientists Help Debilitated Sea Turtles in Rehab Get the Right Diet
FAU Harbor Branch scientists and collaborators followed their "gut instinct" to address the nutritional needs of Georgia's debilitated loggerhead sea turtles in rehabilitation.
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Experts Urge Health Care Workers to Accept COVID-19 Vaccinations ASAP
Charles H. Hennekens, M.D., Dr.PH, FAU Schmidt College of Medicine, and collaborator, address the clinical and public health challenges for health care workers to achieve high levels of COVID-19 vaccinations.
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FAU Faculty Member Receives NIH K01 Award for Breast Cancer Research
Tarsha Jones, Ph.D., an assistant professor of nursing in the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, has received a five-year, $772,525 K01 Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health.
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Novel Method Predicts if COVID-19 Clinical Trials Will Fail or Succeed
FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science researchers are the first to model COVID-19 completion versus cessation in clinical trials using machine learning algorithms and ensemble learning.
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Liquid Metal Sensors and AI Could Help Prosthetic Hands to 'Feel'
An FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science study is the first to use liquid metal sensors and machine learning on a prosthetic hand to help reconnect amputees to a previously severed sense of touch.
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FAU and Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Team Up on NSF Grant
An FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science researcher will lead an interdisciplinary international collaboration to advance the understanding of fluid dynamics to solve various engineering problems.