College of Science News

Florida Atlantic University recently received a $1 million gift from Dr. Walter and Lalita Janke to establish the Walter and Lalita Janke Innovations in Sustainability Science Research Fund, which will support faculty research...

Cyber attacks or criminal attacks and security breaches put millions of people across the world at risk for having their sensitive information in the wrong hands," said Daniel Flynn, vice president for research at FAU.

Dr. Xavier Comas’ graduate students, William Wright and Matt McClellan from the Environmental Geophysics Lab in the Department of Geosciences at Florida Atlantic University are measuring methane and carbon dioxide gas...

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water… Tens of thousands of blacktip sharks have been spotted in South Florida’s water as they search for warmer waters and food.

The National Save the Sea Turtle Foundation recently funded renovations in the FAU Research Laboratory at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center.

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.

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.

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,...

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...

Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a major healthcare challenge facing the globe today and if left unchecked could become a pandemic.