Armed with a prestigious federal grant, University of Florida engineering professor Laura Kim, Ph.D., and her research team will develop technology to detect early-stage endometriosis.  

A simple pattern of black-and-white stripes could cause an autonomous vehicle or robot to misjudge how far away an obstacle is, potentially triggering an unexpected maneuver or even a collision, […]

As scientists edge closer to changing the lives of people with dementia by finding ways to diagnose it earlier and treat it more effectively, a University of Florida-led research network […]

Type 1 diabetes isn’t an overnight attack against the body’s ability to make insulin. It can be a sustained campaign over years that relentlessly targets insulin-producing cells in the pancreas.

In Ghana and many African countries, traditional medicine practitioners and faith healers play a prominent role in patient care. These practitioners use herbal remedies, spiritual healing or other practices rooted […]

Imagine arriving at a beautiful tropical beach on a summer afternoon. Families are swimming, children are splashing in the shallows, and seafood restaurants advertise fresh oysters harvested locally that morning. […]

Sanjay Ranka, Ph.D., and Todd Manini, Ph.D., are on a mission to bring health care for seniors into the smartphone age. When it comes to caring for our aging loved […]

Human development may be changing more than where pollinators live — it may also be changing when they are active. University of Florida researchers at the Institute of Food and […]

Like all other snakes, sea snakes shed their skin as they grow. But because they live near the surface of the open ocean, they don’t have the benefit of removing […]

The University of Florida officially opened its new Jacksonville campus Wednesday, marking a significant expansion of the university’s presence in Northeast Florida and bringing graduate education, research and workforce development […]