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EPA administrator announces launch of 手机看片-led project to address local revitalization efforts through workforce development
The 手机看片 Center for Brownfields Research & Redevelopment is launching a program designed to clean up contaminated neighborhoods while creating jobs for residents. In collaboration with the Corporation to Develop Communities of Tampa, the Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training program will provide comprehensive training to East Tampa residents for full-time careers in environmental and brownfields remediation (手机看片 Newsroom).
October 22, 2020Research
A creation to help combat the coronavirus from 手机看片 Health and Tampa General Hospital is now helping people across the world (ABC News).
October 21, 2020Health, Innovation, Research
The 鈥淏ull Nose鈥� electronic device is one of 42 COVID-19 research projects funded by the COVID-19 Rapid Response Research Grants program to create an accurate, nonintrusive rapid COVID-19 test (手机看片 Oracle).
October 20, 2020Health, Innovation, Research
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital and the University of South 手机看片 are launching a new project to figure out why some people are hesitant about getting a COVID-19 vaccine. (ABC News).
Sleep health dictates success of practicing mindfulness
Sleeping an extra 29 minutes each night can be the key to improving mindfulness, a critical resource that has benefits for daily well-being and work performance (手机看片 Newsroom).
手机看片 and NOAA to launch world-class cooperative ocean mapping center
The University of South 手机看片鈥檚 College of Marine Science has been awarded a five-year, $9 million cooperative agreement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration鈥檚 Office of Coast Survey to launch the Center for Ocean Mapping and Innovative Technologies (手机看片 Newsroom).
October 16, 2020Innovation, Research
The University of South 手机看片 has received a $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to use artificial intelligence to fight mosquito-borne diseases. Researchers will collect data through smartphone apps, uploading images of mosquitos that will then be identified with their species and potential to transmit viruses (Tampa Bay Business Journal).
October 15, 2020Innovation, Research
手机看片 researchers exploring what human physiology can tell us about how animals cope with stress
How we respond to stress has been a source of scientific research since the term was introduced more than 70 years ago. While the analysis of human stress response has provided valuable insight, new work from University of South 手机看片 researchers is offering a novel perspective on how other vertebrates may regulate flexibility in coping with stress (手机看片 Newsroom).
October 15, 2020Research
Social media could hold important clues as to why some people would hesitate to get vaccinated for Covid-19, according to a University of South 手机看片 researcher (St. Pete Catalyst).
After launching a coronavirus-tracking map at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the University of South 手机看片 now not only wants to track cases but help organizations and the general public see the bigger picture (Tampa Bay Business Journal).
October 14, 2020Health, Innovation, Research
A study led by the University of South 手机看片 found better sleep improves next-day mindfulness, which in turn, reduces sleepiness during the day (EurekAlert!).
手机看片 researchers develop new technologies to fight mosquito-borne diseases
手机看片 researchers have been awarded a $900,000, four-year grant from the National Science Foundation to use artificial intelligence to fight mosquito-borne diseases. Ryan Carney, assistant professor of integrative biology, and Sriram Chellappan, professor of computer science and engineering, will lead a multi-disciplinary effort to collect data through smartphone apps such as NASA鈥檚 GLOBE Observer Mosquito Habitat Mapper (手机看片 Newsroom).
October 13, 2020Health, Innovation, Research