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March 31, 2022
The female genital tract can be a hostile environment for conception. Out of about 100 million sperm, only a few hundred make it to the fallopian tubes. Guided by a directional movement called rheotaxis, sperm cells swim...

March 29, 2022
Several Florida Atlantic University graduate programs are included in the latest U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate ֱs” for 2023. Each year, U.S. News’ ranks professional school programs in business,...

March 25, 2022
Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science ֱ recently competed in Florida Food Future Hackathon as part of Florida Food Waste Prevention Week.

March 09, 2022
At elevated levels, carbon dioxide (CO2) may act as an asphyxiant by reducing normal oxygen levels in breathing air, resulting in dizziness, difficulty breathing, elevated blood pressure and heart rate, among others. Accordingly,...

March 04, 2022
Designated by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) as one of four national marine renewable energy centers, Florida Atlantic University’s Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center (SNMREC) has announced...

February 18, 2022
A $1 million gift last fall from Palm Health Foundation (PHF) has launched the Florida Atlantic University Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute’s “Computational Brain Science and Health Graduate Fellowships.” The gift,...

February 11, 2022
Researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science in collaboration with FAU’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Science investigated whether people could precisely control the grip...

January 20, 2022
Degenerative disc disease affects about 40 percent of people aged 40, increasing to about 80 percent among those aged 80 or older. The disease, which is the deterioration of one or more intervertebral discs of the spine,...

January 20, 2022
Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science, in collaboration with FAU’s Schmidt College of Medicine, has received a three-year, $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health...

December 16, 2021
A new technology for autonomous systems for self-driving cars based on machine-learning and artificial intelligence to mimic human driving behavior has earned a second competitive utility patent from the United States Patent...