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Hurricane Season Combined with COVID-19 Pandemic Could Create Perfect Storm

When extreme climate conditions interact with stressors to social systems, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the consequences could be severe unless experts from diverse backgrounds work together to develop comprehensive...

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UCF Study Will Look at COVID-19 Effects on Services that Help Prevent Reoffending

With many in-person services halted because of the COVID-19 pandemic, correctional agencies responsible for probation and parole have had to find new ways to help ensure people are receiving the...

Around Campus Faculty and Staff Spotlight Research

Engineer Named National Fellow for Work in Materials Science

Engineering Professor Sudipta Seal has been named a 2020 Fellow of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS). The organization, which began in 1968 when brick manufacturers got together to discuss the...

UCF’s Butterfly-Inspired Nanotech Makes Natural-Looking Pictures on Digital Screens

Taking inspiration from nature’s nanotech that creates the stunning color of butterfly wings, a University of Central Florida researcher is creating technology to make extremely low-power, ultra-high-definition displays and screens...

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Pharmaceutical Testing Technology Developed at UCF for Immune Response Shows Promise for Multi-Organ Diseases

Scientists trying to make pharmaceuticals that combat multi-organ diseases such as cancer or COVID-19 may have another tool at their disposal, thanks to the University of Central Florida. UCF Professor...

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UCF Moves Up in Ranking of Top 100 Universities Worldwide for Securing Patents

For the seventh consecutive year, UCF has ranked in the top 100 universities in the world when it comes to securing patents. UCF ranked 29th among public universities in the nation...

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Inching Closer to Molecular Circuitry: International Team Breaks One-Diode-One Resistor Electronics Puzzle

An international team with ties to UCF has cracked a challenge that could herald a new era of ultra-high-density computing. For years engineers and scientists around the world have been...

Artist rendition of construction of the moon. (Photo courtesy of NASA)

UCF Provides Maps, Ice Favorability Index to Companies Looking to Mine the Moon

The 49ers who panned for gold during California’s Gold Rush didn’t really know where they might strike it rich. They had word of mouth and not much else to go...

UCF-Developed Technology Could Reduce Risk of Death, Infections from Catheters

A University of Central Florida researcher is part of a recently announced $1.4 million National Institutes of Health grant to help develop a new coating material for catheters and other...

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UCF Planetary Scientist Reflects on Rise, Fall and Return of America’s Flights into Space

When the U.S. space shuttle program shut down in 2011, the biggest loss wasn’t just to the local Space Coast economy, but to the nation – as six decades of...

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