Computer engineers: Virtual patients also experience racial bias
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For black people, it doesn’t matter whether their color shows up in pigments or pixels. Doctors may be less likely to heed their complaints either way.
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With $50 million, Florida universities to focus on renewable energy
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — With the cost of gas and electricity rising seemingly by the day, Florida’s universities will work together on research aimed at boosting a largely untapped resource: renewable energy.
Researchers develop neural implant that learns with the brain
Video | Audio interview with Justin Sanchez
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Devices known as brain-machine interfaces could someday be used routinely to help paralyzed patients and amputees control prosthetic limbs with just their thoughts. Now, University of Florida researchers have taken the concept a step further, devising a way for computerized devices not only to translate brain [...]
University of Florida professor designs plasma-propelled flying saucer
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Flying saucers may soon be more fact than mere science fiction.