The 'Croak' Conundrum: Parasites Complicate Love Signals in Frogs
An ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥study shows parasites can affect mating signals in green treefrogs by subtly altering male calls, influencing how females choose mates.
AR Job Coaching Boosts Performance by 79% for People With Disabilities
An ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥study finds augmented reality can transform job training for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, boosting task accuracy from 14% to 93% and cutting training from months to minutes.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Receives $1.5M Gift for Engineering and Biology Scholarships
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥has received a $1.5 million estate gift from Leif Carlsson, Ph.D., and Seija Carlsson to provide scholarships and programmatic support for students studying ocean and mechanical engineering and biology.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Awarded $2.4M NIH Grant for Immune Signaling and Social Behavior
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥has received a $2.4M NIH grant to study how the neuronal immune receptor IL-1R1 shapes brain circuits, behavior, and social function, offering new insights into neurological and psychiatric disorders.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Lands $4.5M U.S. Air Force T-1A Jayhawk Flight Simulator
FAU's College of Engineering and Computer Science received a U.S. Air Force T-1A Jayhawk Mixed Reality and 3D Motion flight simulator through an in-kind grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Study: Do Best Friends or Popular Peers Shape Teen Behavior?
A study by ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥is the first to place best friends and popular peers within the same analytical model and ask a simple yet revealing question: who matters more, and in what ways?
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Awarded $900,000 for Gulf of America Sea-Level Research
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥researchers have received a $900,000, four-year grant from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to advance AI-driven sea-level forecasts and tools for Gulf Coast resilience.
Marine Plastic Pollution Alters Octopus Predator-Prey Encounters
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥research shows a chemical released by plastics can alter how octopus and their prey behave -- shifting prey choice and lowering prey defenses. Plastic-derived oleamide may quietly rewire marine behavior.
Researchers Find New Bacteria in Stranded Florida Pygmy Sperm Whales
Analyzing more than 20 years of stranding data, ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Harbor Branch researchers discovered three new Helicobacter bacteria strains in stranded pygmy sperm whales, linked to ulcers and stomach inflammation.
Power Grids to Epidemics: Small Patterns Trigger Systemic Failures
New ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥research finds that tiny clusters of interacting units, or motifs, can trigger major cascades, which could help to predict sudden shifts in power grids, ecosystems and social networks.