The University of South Florida is looking to score a six-figure Federal Grant to help make their main education building even more energy-efficient.

For University of South Florida Associate Professor of Engineering Daniel Yeh, there are some unvarnished facts about life on our planet that need addressing.

First, there are 7 billion people who live here. They need clean water to grow food and energy to power their communities.

And another fact about those 7 billion people: they all poop.

Finger waving, talking and using imagery.

Could these seemingly simple actions hold the key to cracking PTSD, or post traumatic stress disorder?

The University of South Florida’s Dr. Carrie Elk thinks so. Using a grant funded by the Department of Defense, Dr. Elk is currently treating veterans suffering from PTSD through a process called accelerated resolution therapy.

On Friday, Oct. 21, the University of South Florida’s Office of Sustainability and USF Dining teamed up to perform the university’s first food waste audit.

Scientists speak to each other in complexities, while journalists seek to tell stories simply.

Yet the two need to find common ground to help the public understand scientific and medical topics accurately –especially in a world in which science often becomes politicized and scientific funding can depend on public perceptions.

Officials with the city, state and University of South Florida Thursday announced that a clinical stage biotechnology company is moving its operations from New York to St. Petersburg’s Gateway Area – a significant new stage in its long-term partnership with USF.

The White House and the National Science Foundation (NSF) launched a major initiative last week designed to provide greater flexibility in the career paths of professionals in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), with the goal of reducing the rate at which women drop out of these fields.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued the final rule that amends the Public Health Service (PHS) regulation on Responsibility of Applicants for Promoting Objectivity in Research for Which PHS Funding is Sought (42 CFR Part 50, Subpart F), commonly referred to as the Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) regulation.

Most of us know that GPS-enabled devices, such as cell phones, can
pinpoint our location when the device is turned on and that pinpointing can have a lot of benefits. Lost
hikers have been found; crime victims have been located; stolen property has been returned, because
an application on that device was generating a locating signal every few seconds.

Using innovative techniques for unbiased counting of brain cells, Peter R. Mouton, PhD, of the USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute and a diverse team of researchers have confirmed a new theory about a cause of autism.

Researchers at the University of South Florida (USF) College of Public College Health have shown for the first time in a rodent model that the earliest form of malaria parasites can lay dormant in red blood cells and “wake up,” or recover, following treatment with the antimalarial drug artesunate.

University of South Florida’s Sameer Varma, an assistant professor in the Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, was recognized by R&D Magazine’s top 100 inventions of the year his work developing a water desalinization membrane.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has awarded USF researchers $1.2 million to determine if a computerized protocol will help community health centers provide better therapy to children with anxiety disorders.

Dr. Dennis Kyle, Professor in the Department of Global Health was recently selected as one of only two USF Health Distinguished Professors awarded this year. This is the highest honor bestowed on a member of the USF Health faculty and we know that Dr. Kyle clearly merits this distinction.

Translational technology is more important than ever. It is the engine that will drive the economies of the 21st century and possibly take us out of the current economic situation. Invention and innovation are critical to the success of the nation and the world. Innovation, based on new inventions and technologies, has proven to be a key factor in global industrial and economic development. The support, encouragement and development of technology and innovation are also fundamental to the success of a university, non-profit research institute or federal research laboratory.