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Florida State University (Florida State or FSU) is a public space-grant and sea-grant research university in Tallahassee, Florida

Could rapid and widespread depletion of oxygen in the global oceans trigger a mass extinction event?

Late in the prehistoric Silurian Period, around 420 million years ago, a devastating mass extinction event wiped 23 percent of all marine animals from the face of the planet. For years, scientists struggled to connect a mechanism to this mass extinction, one of the 10 most dramatic ever recorded in Earth’s history. Now, researchers from

Could rapid and widespread depletion of oxygen in the global oceans trigger a mass extinction event?

Improved therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy?

A new multi-institution study spearheaded by researchers at Florida State University and the University of California, Los Angeles suggests a tiny protein could play a major role in combating heart failure related to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), the most common lethal genetic disorder among children. In collaboration with scientists from across the nation, FSU researchers

Improved therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy?

World’s first online polygraph for text messaging gets it right between 85 to 100 percent of the time

Can you spot a liar? It’s tricky enough in face-to-face conversations that offer facial expressions, gestures and tone of voice because those physical cues add context. Spotting a liar gets even tougher in blind computer conversations. Florida State University researcher Shuyuan Ho wants to shed those blinders by creating a revolutionary online polygraph. “The future

World’s first online polygraph for text messaging gets it right between 85 to 100 percent of the time

It’s complicated: Climate change is a major threat to bumble bees

New research from a team of Florida State University scientists and their collaborators is helping to explain the link between a changing global climate and a dramatic decline in bumble bee populations worldwide. In a study published Friday, Sept. 29, in the journal Ecology Letters, researchers examining three subalpine bumble bee species in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains

It’s complicated: Climate change is a major threat to bumble bees

Research team makes Zika drug breakthrough

Discovery shows existing drugs can treat virus A team of researchers from Florida State University, Johns Hopkins University and the National Institutes of Health has found existing drug compounds that can both stop Zika from replicating in the body and from damaging the crucial fetal brain cells that lead to birth defects in newborns. One

Research team makes Zika drug breakthrough

Chemists Pave the Way for an Activated Red Phosphorous Revolution

Florida State University researchers have discovered a way to safely activate red phosphorus, an element that will be critical in the creation of new electronics and the materials of the future. The discovery, which details the process to activate red phosphorus using inexpensive and widely available potassium ethoxide dissolved in ethanol, was achieved by FSU

Chemists Pave the Way for an Activated Red Phosphorous Revolution

Researchers Pushing Limits of Efficient Solar Cells

They’re one step closer. In a new paper in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Kenneth Hanson and his team have introduced a new strategy for generating more efficient solar cells. The team is composed of post-doctoral researcher Tanmay Banerjee and graduate students Sean Hill and Tristan Dilbeck. “We’re

Researchers Pushing Limits of Efficient Solar Cells

Researchers Create Cheaper, High Performing LED

A team of Florida State University materials researchers has developed a new type of light-emitting diode, or LED, using an organic-inorganic hybrid that could lead to cheaper, brighter and mass produced lights and displays in the future. Assistant Professor of Physics Hanwei Gao and Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering Biwu Ma are using a class

Researchers Create Cheaper, High Performing LED

Researcher develops inexpensive material to create sustainable energy source

A Florida State University researcher has discovered an artificial material that mimics photosynthesis and potentially creates a sustainable energy source. In The Journal of Physical Chemistry, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering Jose L. Mendoza-Cortes details how this new material efficiently captures sunlight and then, how the energy can be used to break down water into

Researcher develops inexpensive material to create sustainable energy source

Study on Element Could Change Ballgame on Radioactive Waste

Groundbreaking work by a team of chemists on a fringe element of the periodic table could change how the world stores radioactive waste and recycles fuel. The element is called californium — Cf if you’re looking at the Periodic Table of Elements — and it’s what Florida State Professor Thomas Albrecht-Schmitt, the lead researcher on

Study on Element Could Change Ballgame on Radioactive Waste

The Snowball Effect of Overfishing

“You don’t realize how interdependent species are until it all unravels” Florida State University researchers have spearheaded a major review of fisheries data that examines the domino effect that occurs when too many fish are harvested from one habitat. The loss of a major species from an ecosystem can have unintended consequences because of the

The Snowball Effect of Overfishing

Spider Silk Coated With Carbon Nanotubes Has Amazing Properties

The experiment may result in practical applications in electrical conductivity and more. Eden Steven, a physicist at Florida State University’s MagLab facility, discovered that simple methods can result in surprising and environmentally friendly high-tech outcomes during his experiments with spider silk and carbon nanotubes, the results of which are now published in the online research

Spider Silk Coated With Carbon Nanotubes Has Amazing Properties

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Florida State anti-racism task force votes against removing Doak Campbell's name from football stadium
on April 28, 2021 at 8:27 pm
The task force did vote to recommend a “high-profile” recognition of black and other underrepresented minority student athletes at the stadium.
Sprinkle list: FSU lands $18.4M for new research building
on April 27, 2021 at 2:20 pm
Under the budget, lawmakers are awarding more than $18.4 million toward construction of FSU’s Interdisciplinary Research Commercialization Building. According to the university, the building will ...
Florida State researchers find exposure to microplastics may alter cellular function
on April 27, 2021 at 1:32 pm
A team of FSU researchers is looking at what inhalation and ingestion of microplastic particles can do to humans on the cellular level.
FSU President Thrasher honored by Florida Legislature
on April 21, 2021 at 2:06 pm
Retiring Florida State University President John Thrasher was honored Wednesday by the Florida Legislature, where he served in both chambers before becoming FSU’s 15th President.
Reasons for Hope and Concern for Greek-Life Organizations at Florida State
on April 21, 2021 at 6:08 am
Florida State University is one of the top 20 public universities in America, according to U.S. News. It boasts an impressive research record and is home to several Greek organizations. When it ...

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April 21, 2021
Collaborative Collision program celebrates five years of bringing researchers together - Florida State News
April 6, 2021
FSU shines in latest US News graduate school rankings - Florida State News
March 30, 2021
Faculty and Staff Briefs: April 2021 - Florida State News
April 29, 2021
FSU undergraduate student research journal accepted into Directory of Open Access Journals - Florida State News
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‘Shocked and appalled’: How Florida lawmakers resurrected a transgender athlete ban, angered an FSU quarterback and left Democrats fuming
on April 29, 2021 at 11:16 am
You know when things will be dead? About 1 o’clock on Friday afternoon,” Senate President Wilton Simpson, R-Trilby, said when asked about 11th-hour legislative maneuvering that resurrected items ...
Florida State anti-racism task force votes against removing Doak Campbell's name from football stadium
on April 28, 2021 at 8:27 pm
The task force did vote to recommend a “high-profile” recognition of black and other underrepresented minority student athletes at the stadium.
FSU anti-racism task force votes to keep Doak Campbell name on football stadium
on April 28, 2021 at 3:30 pm
The task force did vote to recommend that the university and the Athletics Department institute a “high-profile” recognition of black and other underrepresented minority student athletes at the ...
Task force recommends not changing name of FSU football stadium
on April 28, 2021 at 12:21 pm
Florida State University created a group to study the history of its football stadium, Doak Campbell Stadium, to determine whether there was evidence to suggest the venue’s namesake carried with it a ...
FSU researchers develop tool to track marine litter polluting the ocean
on April 27, 2021 at 9:00 pm
In an effort to fight the millions of tons of marine litter floating in the ocean, Florida State University researchers have developed a new virtual tool to track this debris. Their work, which was ...