Category: Faculty News

AI is transforming gambling—A UF researcher explores ethical risks

As gamers and spectators prepare for the 2025 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, a cultural conversation around AI and ethics in gambling is brewing, with a growing concern that unregulated AI systems can exploit and profit from vulnerable individuals.

UF researcher Nasim Binesh, Ph.D., is exploring this concern, having recently published a study in the International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Administration about identifying the risks and ethics of using AI in gambling.

Researchers uncover hundreds of genes linked to OCD

Newly published research helps unravel medical mysteries by shedding light on the genetics of OCD.

Robotic hands are the next frontier in astronaut safety

Supported by NASA, Eric Du, Ph.D., a professor in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering and a member of the Astraeus Space Institute, is developing new ways for astronauts to control robotic hands, laying the groundwork for the future of space medicine.

UF scientist helps breed better fruit

Thornless, disease-resistant and tastier blackberries could be on the horizon thanks to new genetic research led by UF/IFAS professor Zhanao Deng, Ph.D.

UF physicists celebrate prestigious Breakthrough Prize

A global research team led by six UF physics professors—Andrey Korytov, Ph.D., Guenakh Mitselmakher, Ph.D., Jacobo Konigsberg, Ph.D., Philip Chang, Ph.D., Yuta Takahashi, Ph.D., and Paul Avery, Ph.D.—has won the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, one of the world’s most prestigious science prizes. The $3 million award honors discoveries and measurements made at the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s biggest and most powerful international scientific experiment, located in Europe.

Citizen scientists help UF researchers protect keystone species

UF/IFAS Florida Sea Grant agent Rick O’Connor’s Panhandle Terrapin Project recently commenced its 20th season combing the Gulf coast in search of terrapins.

Unraveling the mysteries of dark energy at UF

Recently, groundbreaking data has brought new urgency to the study of dark energy. Zachary Slepian, Ph.D., an associate professor in the UF Department of Astronomy and a member of the Astraeus Space Institute, is at the forefront of this cosmic investigation.