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'Dream Team' Awarded $1.1 Million for Blind Mexican Cavefish Research
FAU researchers have received a $1.1 million NSF grant to develop powerful transgenic tools and gene-editing technologies in the blind Mexican cavefish to significantly advance it as a research model system.
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Millennials, Think You're Digitally Better Than Us? Yes, Says Science
A study by FAU's Charles E. Schmidt College of Science is one of the first to examine the information technology switching prowess phenomenon in the "Net Generation," revealing some surprising results.
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Scientist Lands $1.7 Million NIH Grant for Tissue Engineering Approach
A leading scientist in FAU's Schmidt College of Medicine has received a grant for a research project that offers hope for eye disease and regenerative medicine using a novel tissue engineering approach.
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Who's a 'Good Boy?' Astro, FAU's Smart Robodog That's Who
What would you get if you combined Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa with Boston Dynamic's quadruped robot? You'd get "Astro," the four-legged seeing and hearing intelligent robodog.
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FAU, USDA Partner to Boost Domestic Production of Farm-raised Fish
The USDA and FAU Harbor Branch aquaculture team will develop novel technologies to supply warm water marine fish seedstocks to help initiate a project that will boost the nation's aquaculture industry.
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Research Park at Florida Atlantic University® to Celebrate 2019 Awards
The Research Park at Florida Atlantic University recently named the recipients of its fourth annual Research Park Annual Awards.
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AI Could be 'Game Changer' in Detecting, Managing Alzheimer's
FAU's College of Engineering and Computer Science, SIVOTEC Analytics, and collaborators have introduced machine learning as a new tactic in assessing cognitive brain health and managing patient care.
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FAU Receives $1 Million from Rubin and Cindy Gruber
FAU officially announced a $1 million gift from Rubin and Cindy Gruber to establish The Rubin and Cindy Gruber Sandbox and to support student scholarships through their endowment.
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FAU Receives NIH Grant to Develop Rapid, Reliable, Low-cost HIV Test
FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science, and Schmidt College of Medicine researchers received a $377,971 National Institutes of Health grant to develop a disposable microchip for HIV testing.
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New Technology Rapidly, Reliably Monitors Sickle Cell Disease
Researchers from FAU's College of Engineering and Computer Science have developed a new method to monitor sickle cell disease that doesn't require microscopic imaging or biochemical markers.