New Clinical Research Will Test Brain’s Ability to Adapt to Advanced Bionic Limbs

Anew, first-of-its-kind clinical trial will examine how the brain adapts to advanced, bionic arms in children born without a limb, with the ultimate goal of improving children’s control of their...

Recipients of the 2022 Seed Funding Program Announced

Thirty-two teams representing colleges across the university and several centers were selected for 2022 Seed Funding awards, the third year the program has been available to faculty. The program, a...

UCF and NASA Researchers Design Charged ‘Power Suits’ for Electric Vehicles and Spacecraft

Like the charged power suit worn by Black Panther of Marvel Comics, UCF researchers have advanced NASA technologies to develop a power suit for an electric car that is as...

PHOTOS: Knights Celebrate World Wildlife Day

UCF Knights conduct research around the globe to help understand and conserve wildlife. To celebrate World Wildlife Day, launched on March 3 by the United Nations in 1973 to help raise...

Readability Consortium Forms at UCF to Push Reading Research Boundaries

The one-size-fits-all approach may work in some situations, but not with reading, according to research out of the University of Central Florida. Beyond the familiar problem of text that is...

Making a Difference in the Next Generation of Nurses in the Caribbean and Florida

Nurses play an important role in public health, which is the basis for UCF Associate Professor Jascinth Lindo’s research. Lindo grew up in Jamaica and says her interest in public health...

UCF Researchers Share Their Insights into Innovation and Inspiration

Innovation at UCF is not an exception; It is the expectation. In 2021, U.S. News and World Report ranked the University of Central Florida as the 15th most innovative university in the United States...

UCF Engineer Helping Unlock Secrets of Heart Disease, Cancer, Sleep Apnea, more

Olusegun Ilegbusi is an engineering-in-medicine pioneer helping doctors understand the fluid dynamics of the heart, throat, and lungs, which ultimately will help patients battling heart disease, cancer, and sleep apnea, among...

UN Opening Ceremonies for the International Year of Glass Feature UCF Professor

Kathleen Richardson, a UCF Pegasus Professor in Optics, is one of a handful of international experts who will be kicking off the United Nation’s Year of Glass celebration in Switzerland...

Earth’s 2022 Valentine – An Asteroid Sharing Our Orbit

Earth has discovered it has a secret valentine — an asteroid called 2020 XL5. An international team of astronomers confirmed this week that the asteroid shares our planet’s orbit, only...