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FAU Receives $750,000 Philanthropic Grant for Alzheimer's Disease

By | September 18, 2023

FAU's Schmidt College of Medicine has received a grant from the Carl Angus DeSantis Foundation, which will transform the care of neurodegenerative diseases.

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Eureka! Groundbreaking Study Uncovers Origin of 'Conscious Awareness'

By | September 18, 2023

FAU researchers provide the first quantified observations of the "birth" of purpose in human infants, as they recognize their causal powers and transition from spontaneous to intentional behavior.

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U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths More Than Quadrupled from 1999 to 2020

By | September 12, 2023

Regardless of race, age, geography or urbanization, a new study by FAU's Schmidt College of Medicine shows U.S. drug overdose deaths more than quadrupled from 1999 to 2020, causing 1,013,852 deaths.

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FAU Researcher Receives U.S. Patent for Underwater Imaging Device

By | September 11, 2023

FAU Harbor Branch's Bing Ouyang, Ph.D., has received a patent for a new invention about the size of a soda can, which is a potential gamechanger in advanced underwater imaging technology.

U.S. Patent. Randy Blakely, Ph.D., Maureen Hahn, Ph.D., Addiction, Treatment

Gene Discovery Nets FAU Researchers U.S. Patent to Treat Addiction

By | September 7, 2023

An invention in the fields of pharmacology, medicine, neuroscience and psychiatry using a molecular approach to treat addiction has earned Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D., and Maureen Hahn, Ph.D., a U.S. patent.

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Study First to Show Impacts of Heat on U.S. Leatherback Hatchlings

By | September 7, 2023

FAU researchers have uncovered the correlation between nest temperatures on leatherback hatchling shape, performance and hatching success in the United States.

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FAU Rises in 'Washington Monthly's' Rankings

By | August 29, 2023

Florida Atlantic University has jumped in Washington Monthly's annual College Guide over its 2022 rankings.

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Geographic 'Hot Spots' for Cigarette, Firearm Deaths in the U.S.

By | August 29, 2023

A new FAU study shows geographically distinct areas of the highest death rates in the U.S. related to cigarettes as well as firearms, including both assault and suicide over two decades from 1999 to 2019.

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FAU Lands $4.2 Million NIH Grant for Air Quality, Alzheimer's Study

By | August 23, 2023

FAU researchers will examine the effects of smoke-related pollution from agricultural burns on Alzheimer's and related dementias risks on farmworkers and rural residents along Florida's Lake Okeechobee.

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Study Finds Massive Loss of U.S. Coastline Tidal Flats Over 31 Years

By | August 22, 2023

FAU researchers provide the first big picture nationwide of a 'coastal squeeze' in the contiguous U.S. from 1985 to 2015, which has resulted in degeneration of tidal flats due to urban expansion.