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 1st in Florida, 3rd Nationally for Coveted National Science Foundation CAREER Grants

UCF leads the state and ranks third in the nation for the number of National Science Foundation CAREER Award recipients this year. UCF has nine confirmed awards as of this...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Student Research: Working to Mitigate Sexual Dangers for Teens Online

Afsaneh Razi is working to develop software that will help keep teens safe from sexual propositions online. She conducts her work in the Socio-Technical Interaction Research (STIR) Lab at the...

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...