Category: Research & Innovation

From cells to solid state to public health, UF team building biosensors
October 31, 2025Backed by a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation, a University of Florida research team is combining living cells with solid-state materials to develop better tools for environmental monitoring.
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Multi-university AI research may revolutionize wildfire evacuation
October 15, 2025Armed with a nearly $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant, UF, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Utah are creating these AI-based models to simulate human behavior during evacuations – information that will help emergency managers shape more effective evacuation plans.
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UF protease-inhibitor research targets better disease treatments
October 13, 2025A University of Florida professor is developing a fast, powerful tool for blocking harmful human enzymes, a process that could result in better medicines and more precise treatments for diseases.
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Breakthrough in surface defect engineering of functional materials could bolster clean energy and air quality worldwide
October 6, 2025A groundbreaking international partnership with the University of Florida and the non-profit organization of Sustainable Energy Initiative Pty Ltd of Australia at the center is charting the future of sustainable energy and clean technologies that aim to protect the environment.
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New imaging method helps immune cells zero in on cancer
October 2, 2025In a collaboration between UF’s biomedical engineering and neurosurgery departments, UF researchers are testing the potential of nanoparticle imaging to boost cancer immunity.
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Tiny filter, big breakthrough: UF team helps lithium–sulfur batteries keep their charge
October 1, 2025Longer-lasting phones, lighter drones, electric cars that drive farther. These are just some of the possibilities thanks to a new battery separator design from University of Florida researchers and their partners.
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New 3D Printing tool sparks interdisciplinary research at UF
October 1, 2025There is a powerful new industrial tool in the College of Engineering, a revolutionary machine that combines precise machining with advanced 3D printing to repair and rebuild large metal parts.
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Do CT scans increase childhood cancer risk? A UF researcher has the answer
September 24, 2025A recent study featuring research by University of Florida Engineering Professor Wesley Bolch, Ph.D., links exposure to radiation from medical imaging to a small-but-significant risk of blood cancers among children and adolescents.
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Finalists announced for $50 million challenge to support a safer, more sustainable Gulf Coast
September 10, 2025The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s Gulf Research Program and Lever for Change announced on Tuesday a research team from the University of Florida and the University of Texas at Austin as one of 10 finalists for the $50 million Gulf Futures Challenge.
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Award-winning UF engineers take on ‘transfer shock’
September 9, 2025Thanks to a grant and a national best-paper award, Engineering Education professor Sindia M. Rivera-Jimenez, Ph.D., will dig deeper into the challenges faced by engineering transfer students during a three-year research project.
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