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'Fit2Drive' Transforms Assessing Older Drivers with Cognitive Decline

By | June 24, 2024

"Fit2Drive," an algorithm developed by FAU 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 FAU Engineering Unveil New AI-Enabled Center

By | June 7, 2024

FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science and Florida Power & Light Company officially unveiled the newly established "FPL Center for Intelligent Energy Technologies" (InETech).

U.S. Drug-related Infant Deaths More than Doubled from 2018 to 2022

By | June 4, 2024

A study by FAU's Schmidt College of Medicine shows that drug-involved infant deaths in the U.S. more than doubled (120% increase) from 2018 to 2022, with the greatest proportion of deaths in 2021 (25.8%).

The Marcus Foundation Awards $2M Grant to FAU Lab Schools

By | May 22, 2024

FAU Lab Schools received a $2 million grant from The Marcus Foundation to launch the Marcus Research and Innovation Center at the A.D. Henderson University School and FAU High School campus

After Hundreds of Years, Study Confirms Bermuda Home to Cownose Rays

By | May 20, 2024

Using citizen science and morphological and genetic data, FAU Harbor Branch researchers are the first to provide evidence that the Atlantic cownose ray has recently made a new home in Bermuda.

90% of Floridians Believe Climate Change is Happening

By | May 14, 2024

The latest FAU survey found that 90% of Floridians believe that climate change is happening and that belief in human-caused climate change has surged among Independents and slipped among Republicans.

Alarming Rise of Electronic Vaping Use in U.S. Adolescents

By | May 13, 2024

Researchers explored temporal trends for ninth through 12th grades among 57,006 adolescents and found that vaping has significantly increased by more than three-and-one-half times from 2015 to 2019.

FAU Researchers Land $1M in FDOH Grants to Fight Alzheimer's Disease

By | May 8, 2024

Three FAU researchers have received funding from the Ed and Ethel Moore Alzheimer's Disease Research Program to tackle this global health crisis with their unique approaches.

Remote Sensing Technique Captures Details of Hurricane Ian's Aftermath

By | April 29, 2024

FAU researchers are the first to use aerial imagery and LiDAR to remotely identify structural damage and beach structural changes on a barrier island in the aftermath of a catastrophic natural disaster.

Study Unveils Balance of AI and Preserving Humanity in Health Care

By | April 25, 2024

Cross Country Healthcare and FAU's Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing have launched the fourth annual Future of Nursing Survey that reveals nursing perspectives on AI and compassionate care.