Changes in temperature and weather patterns pose a serious threat to the millions of animal, plant and fungi species found in the tropics. In an article published in Science, lead authors and biology Ph.D. students Timothy ...
Ecology
Mar 25, 2016
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Researchers from FIU's Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Barry P. Rosen and Jian Chen, both from the Department of Cellular Biology and Pharmacology, are part of an international team that has identified how arsenic gets ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 22, 2015
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Just as Ebola was finally fading from the headlines, it came back in the news with shocking reports: a Scottish nurse rehospitalized nine months after beating Ebola is now suffering from meningitis caused by the virus. A ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 13, 2015
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Tropical forests in the Andes Mountains are changing in the face of climate change.
Environment
Aug 11, 2015
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Florida International University researchers have traced the evolution of bioluminescence in deep-sea shrimps.
Evolution
Feb 10, 2015
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Florida International University researchers are using technology and principles derived from the traditional Japanese art of origami to create remarkably compact and incredibly efficient antennas and electronics.
Engineering
Jan 24, 2014
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(Phys.org) —In the three years since the Nobel Committee awarded its prize in physics for the discovery of graphene – a new material that many think can change the world due to its unprecedented strength, flexibility ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 23, 2013
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Heather Bracken-Grissom, marine sciences professor in the FIU Department of Biological Sciences, has helped answer one of the most debated questions among evolutionary biologists: Did the hermit crab evolve into the king ...
Evolution
Aug 27, 2013
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(Phys.org) —In a study published in today's issue of Nature Communications, researchers from FIU's Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine describe a revolutionary technique they have developed that can deliver and fully release ...
Bio & Medicine
Apr 17, 2013
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(Phys.org) —A unique pair of eyeglasses developed by an FIU student team could revolutionize the lives of the blind, enabling them to walk into a library or a store, pick up any book or a can of soup, and read it.
Engineering
Apr 12, 2013
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