Category: Research

UF researchers use machine learning to pursue fusion power

Fusing atoms promises an abundant, carbon-free energy source.  But first, researchers must tame ionized gas plasma inside a reactor known as a tokamak.

UF’s journalism school unveils AI bias elimination tool

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The College of Journalism and Communications is preparing to launch Authentically, an AI-powered editing tool designed to eliminate bias in the news.

UF ranks highly in NIH funding

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The UF Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy were recently recognized for their research funding through the National Institutes of Health.

Houston, we have a problem: UF study points to clotting glitch in space

Doctor Abdel Alli leans on a counter in his lab where he and his team are studying how blood-clotting platelets behave in space.

According to a UF Health study led by Abdel Alli, Ph.D., platelets become less effective at clotting after about five days in outer space.

DNA detection tool helps stop spread of invasive species

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UF researchers have developed a breakthrough approach to detect invasive fish in the Florida Everglades before they spread.

From physics to farming

U F IFAS animal welfare scientist Emily Miller-Cushon crouching down and petting a calf

UF/IFAS Associate Professor Emily Miller-Cushon, Ph.D., took a path far from agriculture, into physics and math, but looped back in a way that melded her two passions: data and animal welfare.

Distance learning in the wake of COVID-19

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Researchers assess the state of online museum programming three years after the pandemic’s onset to find out what worked and what didn’t.

How Earth’s strongest gravity hole came to be

A new study reveals how slow rock movements deep under the Earth’s surface over tens of millions of years led to today’s Antarctic gravity hole.

UF researchers identify IDD study priorities as part of national work group

The work group recommended a research agenda addressing gaps in health outcomes for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities, or IDD.

Stand Up & Holler! It’s Gator Nation Giving Day

Today, Gators from every corner of the globe are rallying to support the University of Florida as it tackles grand challenges and shapes a brighter future for our state, nation and world.