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By analyzing the light it reflects, scientists can say whether that floating blob in a satellite image is made up of shrimp, seaweed or something else. ܽƵapp optical oceanographer Chuanmin Hu and his colleagues have worked out ways of spotting aggregations of small floating objects, such as shrimp eggs, algae, and herring spawn, from space.
February 10, 2022Global Research, Research
USF Scientists Wrap Integrative Topographic and Bathymetric Survey of Lower Tampa Bay
The Center for Ocean Mapping and Innovative Technologies (COMIT), an element of the ܽƵapp’s College of Marine Science in St. Petersburg, recently completed a four-week field sampling campaign called the Tampa Bay Bathymetry Experiment or TBBEx, to collect data on seafloor bathymetry (water depths) as well as coastal land elevations in the western portion of Tampa Bay.
February 9, 2022Research
The ܽƵapp's new human trafficking research lab is pulling together data to show where the crime is happening in Florida and how to end it.
February 8, 2022Research
ܽƵapp leadership led a presentation for the Pinellas Board of County Commissioners, announcing the Florida House has included $60 million of state funding in its latest budget proposal and asking for partnerships to help with the remaining balance for the university’s Interdisciplinary Center of Excellence and Environmental and Oceanographic Science (EOS)
February 8, 2022Research
Poor sleep can triple risk for heart disease
Individual aspects of poor sleep can be detrimental to heart health. But if you combine them, the risk of heart disease can increase by as much as 141 percent. That’s the finding of a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports.
USF joins competitive military network to address key cybersecurity challenges
The U.S. military is enlisting the ܽƵapp to help address complex cybersecurity challenges. USF is among 84 universities and colleges nationwide selected to partner with U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) through its new Academic Engagement Network. The goal is to enhance efforts in applied cyber research, applied analytics, strategic issues and future workforce development.
February 4, 2022Research
The ܽƵapp recently received a highly competitive National Institutes of Health (NIH) Institutional Training Grant, boosting the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine’s (MCOM) capacity to prepare the next generation of scientists in an emerging area of research applicable to many major diseases.
Researchers at USF Libraries have been on a mission to digitally preserve The Jackson House, using 3D laser scanning technology and modeling.
February 2, 2022Research
After decades of neglect, abandonment and new construction, a project funded by the ܽƵapp anti-racism initiative hopes to recover and remember the history of those hallowed grounds through research and art.
February 2, 2022Research
A rising swell of support from the Florida legislature, Board of Governors, and public and private partners in St. Petersburg indicates that the ܽƵapp is poised to make bold strides in addressing climate change, sea level rise, and other environmental challenges Floridians face at present and into the future (83 Degrees).
February 1, 2022Research
New research by a team of Florida-based academics has revealed that special radar satellite technology makes it possible to identify where unknown sinkhole activity is happening. The findings are based on investigations carried out in a densely populated area of West-Central Florida known as “Sinkhole Alley” by researchers from Florida International ܽƵapp and the ܽƵapp.
January 31, 2022Innovation, Research
USF deserves the Legislature’s help in funding a new Environmental & Oceanographic Sciences Research & Teaching Facility (Tampa Bay Times).
January 28, 2022Research
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