UF's new Astraeus Space Institute promotes research collaboration

Featured Researcher:

Rob Ferl

UF's new Astraeus Space Institute promotes research collaboration
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Featured Researcher:
Rob Ferl

Space Exploration Hub

UF space researchers play pivotal roles in major missions

Featured Researchers (alphabetical order by last name):

John Conklin, Amy Williams

UF space researchers play pivotal roles in major missions
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Featured Researchers (alphabetical order by last name):
John Conklin, Amy Williams

Percy and LISA

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UF astronomer shares his research on exoplanets

Featured Researcher:

Jason Dittmann

UF astronomer shares his research on exoplanets
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Featured Researcher:
Jason Dittmann

9 Questions with Jason Dittmann

UF leads the way at the Space Life Sciences Lab

Featured Researchers (alphabetical order by last name):

Nils Averesch, Jamie Foster, Andrew Schuerger

UF leads the way at the Space Life Sciences Lab
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Featured Researchers (alphabetical order by last name):
Nils Averesch, Jamie Foster, Andrew Schuerger

Mission Control

Making space more hospitable, for people and machines

Featured Researchers: Christopher "Chrispy" Petersen, Rachael Seidler and Siobhan Malany

Making space more hospitable, for people and machines
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Featured Researchers: Christopher "Chrispy" Petersen, Rachael Seidler and Siobhan Malany

A Harsh Environment

It’s one thing to keep your late mother’s hairbrush, but most of us wouldn’t feel the need to keep the hair stuck in it. For Dr. Carol Mathews’ patients, though, shedding items can feel like losing part of their identity.

It’s one thing to keep your late mother’s hairbrush, but most of us wouldn’t feel the need to keep the hair stuck in it. For Dr. Carol Mathews’ patients, though, shedding items can feel like losing part of their identity.

Unpacking Hoarding

If you thought leprosy was eradicated long ago, you’re not alone. But each year, more than 200,000 people worldwide are diagnosed with the condition now known as Hansen’s disease, a bacterial infection that can cause irreparable damage if untreated. A UF team is putting science over stigma to stop the spread of Hansen’s disease in Florida and beyond.

Story: https://explore.research.ufl.edu/leprosy-is-here.html

If you thought leprosy was eradicated long ago, you’re not alone. But each year, more than 200,000 people worldwide are diagnosed with the condition now known as Hansen’s disease, a bacterial infection that can cause irreparable damage if untreated. A UF team is putting science over stigma to stop the spread of Hansen’s disease in Florida and beyond.
Story: <a href="https://explore.research.ufl.edu/leprosy-is-here.html">https://explore.research.ufl.edu/leprosy-is-here.html</a>

Leprosy is here

Chemist Matthew Disney is leading a revolution in drug discovery. Disney and his team at The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology in Jupiter, Florida, have discovered more than 200 unique RNA-targeting compounds. His methods and discoveries have changed minds, igniting a global race to treat incurable diseases via their RNA.

Story: https://explore.research.ufl.edu/targeting-rna.html

Chemist Matthew Disney is leading a revolution in drug discovery. Disney and his team at The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation &amp; Technology in Jupiter, Florida, have discovered more than 200 unique RNA-targeting compounds. His methods and discoveries have changed minds, igniting a global race to treat incurable diseases via their RNA.
Story: <a href="https://explore.research.ufl.edu/targeting-rna.html">https://explore.research.ufl.edu/targeting-rna.html</a>

Targeting RNA

The Consortium for Nuclear Forensics, a University of Florida-led team of 32 scientists and engineers at 16 universities, has been awarded a five-year, $26.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop nuclear forensic technologies and train the next generation of nuclear sleuths.

Story: https://explore.research.ufl.edu/uf-led-group-develops-new-tools-to-track-illicit-nuclear-materials.html

The <a href="https://www.nuclearforensicsconsortium.org/">Consortium for Nuclear Forensics</a>, a University of Florida-led team of 32 scientists and engineers at 16 universities, has been awarded a five-year, $26.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop nuclear forensic technologies and train the next generation of nuclear sleuths.
Story: <a href="https://explore.research.ufl.edu/uf-led-group-develops-new-tools-to-track-illicit-nuclear-materials.html">https://explore.research.ufl.edu/uf-led-group-develops-new-tools-to-track-illicit-nuclear-materials.html</a>

Going Rogue

What happens when moments you share online embarrass your kids — or worse? What rights do kids and parents have about what's posted on social media? We talked to University of Florida legal expert Stacey Steinberg about the legal and social questions surrounding what families and others share and what to keep in mind.

Story: https://explore.research.ufl.edu/snap-decisions.html

What happens when moments you share online embarrass your kids — or worse? What rights do kids and parents have about what's posted on social media? We talked to University of Florida legal expert Stacey Steinberg about the legal and social questions surrounding what families and others share and what to keep in mind.
Story: https://explore.research.ufl.edu/snap-decisions.html

Interview: Stacey Steinberg on "sharenting"

Explore Audio brings you narrated stories from the University of Florida’s Explore research magazine. In each episode, you'll find amazing discoveries and the determined and inspiring people behind them.

Explore Audio brings you narrated stories from the University of Florida’s Explore research magazine. In each episode, you'll find amazing discoveries and the determined and inspiring people behind them.

Narrated stories from Explore, the University of Florida research magazine

Explore Audio

Explore Audio brings you narrated stories from the University of Florida’s Explore research magazine. Each professionally recorded, 10- to 12-minute episode introduces you to some of the amazing science underway at UF while you’re doing other things – like commuting to work, going for a walk or cutting the lawn.

Explore Audio brings you narrated stories from the University of Florida’s Explore research magazine. Each professionally recorded, 10- to 12-minute episode introduces you to some of the amazing science underway at UF while you’re doing other things – like commuting to work, going for a walk or cutting the lawn.

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