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Technology created at the Թϱ (USF) could be the key to safely reusing disposable face masks. Researchers have figured out a way to rapidly disinfect and electrostatically recharge N95 respirators, recovering their original filtration efficiency and protection capability against COVID-19 and other airborne diseases (phys.org).

October 5, 2021Innovation, Research

A team led by a ԹϱEngineering professor and alum is awarded one of Florida’s top awards for innovation (Mirage News).

October 4, 2021Honors and Awards, Innovation, Student Research

Museum exhibit to feature cold case homicide victims and the Թϱforensic anthropologists working to identify them

A team of scientists from the Թϱ is looking to the public for help identifying and solving the homicides of 20 individuals. The cold cases will be featured in “The Art of Forensics” exhibit at the Sulphur Springs Museum and Heritage Center in Tampa throughout October (ԹϱNewsroom).

October 1, 2021Research

ԹϱMedical Technology Startup SPKL Wins Coveted Cade Prize

A team led by a ԹϱEngineering professor and alum is awarded one of Florida’s top awards for innovation.

October 1, 2021Honors and Awards, Innovation, Student Research

Food for thought: does the brain prefer carbohydrates or ketones? Dr. Dominic D’Agostino, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the Թϱ who’s done extensive research on the fuel the brain prefers (Sylvan Lake News).

September 27, 2021Global Research, Research

Թϱstudents create lifesaving medical innovation to help end worldwide ventilator shortage

Biomedical engineering graduates from the Թϱ are receiving national accolades for a prototype device that may help solve the critical shortage of lifesaving ventilators seen around the world throughout the COVID-19 pandemic (ԹϱNewsroom).

September 27, 2021Health, Innovation, Student Research

Meet USF’s Cade Prize Candidate: Startup SPKL unites old friends in a quest to develop new medical technology

SPKL, a ԹϱCollege of Engineering startup, is a finalist for the Cade Prize, one of Florida's most prestigious awards for innovation.

September 22, 2021Innovation

ԹϱCollege of Marine Science Joins Ocean Visions Network

The ԹϱCollege of Marine Science (ԹϱCMS) announced it has joined the Ocean Visions Research Consortium.

September 20, 2021Research

New jellyfish species named after FIO director, Թϱprofessor

His expertise in jellyfish is so renowned, Monty Graham, director of the Florida Institute of Oceanography and professor of integrative biology at USF, has a new species of jellyfish bearing his name – the Aurelia montyi.

September 17, 2021Research

Commercialization of USF-invented sanitation system set to begin

The latest version of the USF-invented NEWgenerator is on its way to South Africa to begin the process of entering mass production. The solar-powered machine generates nutrients, energy and water by safely recovering them from human wastewater—a technology built to address global sanitation concerns (ԹϱNewsroom).

September 15, 2021Entrepreneurship, Global Research, Innovation

Jason Gulley, a geology professor at the Թϱ, has taken stunning photographs documenting threats to Florida's freshwater springs. Declining flows, agricultural runoff, and sewage are pressuring the world’s largest network of freshwater springs. (National Geographic).

September 14, 2021Research

The Թϱ (USF), thanks to funding from the National Institutes of Health, is conducting a study to determine whether computerized brain training exercises can reduce the risk of cognitive impairment and dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease (Osprey Observer).

September 8, 2021Health, Research

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