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Blue Moon is a flexible lander delivering a wide variety of small, medium and large payloads to the lunar surface.
Faculty and Staff Spotlight Research

UCF Planetary Scientist Named to Blue Origin Science Advisory Board

The University of Central Florida’s reputation as a leader in space research has been further established with the recent announcement that one of its planetary scientists has been named to...
UCF Assistant Professor Xiaohu Xia
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New UCF Technique to Create Nanomaterials May Help Detect Cancer Earlier

For the first time, a team of scientists at the University of Central Florida has created functional nanomaterials with hollow interiors that can be used to create highly sensitive biosensors...
Dr. Sudipta Seal
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UCF Researcher’s Novel Nanoparticles Show Promise in Healing Diabetic Wounds

A University of Central Florida researcher’s novel work in nanoscale antioxidants is continuing to show promise in the medical field, with a new study that shows their effectiveness in helping...
Carlton Patrick
Faculty and Staff Spotlight Research

New Study Offers Clues to Origin of Laws

Speculation about where laws come from ranges from crediting judges and legal scholars to God. However new research co-authored by a University of Central Florida researcher and appearing in the...
Order of Pegasus Medal
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A Most Prestigious Award

UCF announced this week twenty-four students that will be inducted into the 2020 Order of Pegasus. These students are recognized for their exemplary performance and breadth of accomplishments. Seven graduate...
AI and robotics
Faculty and Staff Spotlight Research

UCF Researchers Develop Device That Mimics Brain Cells Used for Human Vision

University of Central Florida researchers are helping to close the gap separating human and machine minds. In a study featured as the cover article appearing today in the journal Science Advances,...
Solar system cloud.
Research

NASA’s New Horizons Mission Finds Window into the Solar System’s Cold, Dusty Origins

NASA’s New Horizons team, which has been studying the asteroids in the Kuiper Belt, has found more clues about the earliest days of the solar system. “What we found is...
Arecibo Observatory
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Arecibo Observatory Discovers Moon Orbiting near-Earth Asteroid

Scientists at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico have discovered a moon orbiting the near-Earth asteroid 2020 BX12. Orbiting moons have been detected in fewer than 15% of all near-Earth...
A group of UCF researchers
Research

UCF Working to Improve Healthcare Delivery in Rural America

If you’re sitting in a downtown office building in a major U.S. city, access to rural healthcare may seem like a distant concern. But consider this: About 60 million people, or...
researchers Subith Vasu and Samuel Barak
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UCF Researchers Work to Develop Cleaner-Burning, Renewable Fuels

Biofuels offer potential benefits as renewable fuels with cleaner emissions, but with thousands of types of biofuels to choose from, it makes it hard for the energy sector to focus...
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