‘Mixed reality’ human helps medical students learn to do intimate exams
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — “What brings you in to see me today?”
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Team of researchers achieves major step toward faster chips
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — New research findings could lead to faster, smaller and more versatile computer chips.
Engineer: Computer learning, electrical stimulation offer hope for paralyzed
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Trainers have used it for decades to help athletes build muscle. Late-night TV commercials hawk it as an effortless flab buster.
FDA: Special clearance for UF-developed antimicrobial wound dressing
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Food and Drug Administration has given its clearance to an innovative wound dressing primarily developed by University of Florida scientists and engineers and being marketed by a Florida company.
The FDA late last week gave permission for Quick-Med Technologies Inc. to begin selling its “NIMBUS” barrier gauze wound care dressings after reviewing [...]
UF coastal engineer: FEMA should update flooding prediction methods
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Loss of life and destroyed property could be avoided if the Federal Emergency Management Agency replaced current flood maps with ones containing high-resolution land surface elevation area — and if the agency used up-to-date modeling techniques.
UF urges Florida homeowners to prepare for rough hurricane season
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Judging by the latest hurricane forecasts for this year, Florida residents might want to add upgrading their roofs and checking the strength of their garage doors to their lists of New Year’s resolutions.
Kurt Gurley, a UF associate professor of civil and coastal engineering who conducts research on home vulnerability during hurricanes, said [...]
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Engineers: Efficient organic LEDs a step toward better lights
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For those who love “green” compact fluorescent bulbs but hate their cold light, here’s some good news: Researchers are closer to flipping the switch on cheaper, richer LED-type room lighting.
Engineers: Wireless crib monitor keeps tabs on baby’s breathing
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Radar — the technology that tracks enemy bombers and hurricanes — is now being employed to detect another danger: when babies stop breathing.
To widen path to outer space, UF engineers build small satellite
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — It’s not much bigger than a softball and weighs just 2 pounds.
But the “pico satellite” being designed and built in a University of Florida aerospace engineering laboratory may hold a key to a future of easy access to outer space — one where sending satellites into orbit is as routine [...]
‘Second China’ offers foreign service workers first impression
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Diplomats or military envoys making their first trip to China may soon have a chance to visit a Chinese office building, stop in at a traditional teahouse or hop a cab — all before they board a plane.