The school receives millions of dollars in research funding each year from the National Institutes of Health to make groundbreaking scientific discoveries.
Less than five percent of the entire ocean has been explored to date, according to the National Ocean Service. But scientists at FAU's Harbor Branch have been developing tools and technology to discover what lies beneath the deep.
On Saturday Jan. 16, the FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI) will be unveiling a showcase that will feature the tools scientists and engineers of the institute use to explore the ocean.
Named “Sight, Sound and Dynamics in the Sea: The Role of Technology in Ocean Exploration,” it will be Harbor Branch’s first ever rotating exhibit.
Neuroscience is one of Florida Atlantic’s four pillars the school believes to be integral in creating knowledge that benefits society.
FAU’s new Brain Institute does just that, and starting in May, will feature a fresh face as its executive director, prominent neuroscientist Randy Blakely.
Joining a program that has a history of excellence in neuroscience, despite it being so young, “is an exciting opportunity for me,” Blakely says.
Florida Atlantic and University of Miami fans alike sat on the edge of their seats as UM led the football game on Sept. 11, when suddenly the sound of sirens from the lightning warning system went off. A collective sigh could be heard as the horns faded, and a delay was announced because of an oncoming å.
Cramming is the stereotypical way of studying in college, but it’s a horrible way of doing so, according to professor of psychology Alan Kersten at FAU. “Cramming can lead to sleep deprivation,” said Kerston. “and coffee isn’t going to help.”
To make more sense of how certain study tactics allow students to retain more and how others are a waste of time, Kersten explained the difference between short-term (or working memory) and long-term memory.
Walking into the far corner of the Student Union at the Boca Raton campus, the faint clicking of buttons, playful bickering and the occasional uproar can be heard: These are the tell-tale sounds of video games.
A lack of parental supervision may be to blame for alcohol abuse in teen girls, according to a recently published paper by the university.
Psychology professor Brett Laursen, Ph.D student Daniel J. Dickson and colleagues at Orebro University in Sweden tracked 957 girls as test subjects for four years, having them respond to a survey each year.
This survey included questions like “[From a rating of 1 to 3] My mother lets me decide what time I should be home at night,” and “Over the last month, how many times did you drink alcohol until you got drunk?”
The study was focused
A researcher working with The Scripps Research Institute on FAU’s Jupiter campus was awarded nearly $6 million to further develop an HIV/AIDS vaccine on Wednesday.
The vaccine, created by Scripps professor Michael Farzan, has showed consistently effective results after being tested on lab animals. The grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will help fund his research for the next four years.
Today New Horizons, a grand piano-sized spacecraft mounted with cameras and sensors, is hurtling past Pluto and the Kuiper Belt at 9,000 miles per hour, finishing its initial nine-and-a-half year, historical journey into the outermost parts of our solar system.
