×ó°®ÊÓƵ-Max Planck Sign Innovative Agreement
×ó°®ÊÓƵ and Max Planck have signed an innovative agreement to facilitate a research and education program that will recruit promising scientists to ×ó°®ÊÓƵ's John D. MacArthur Campus in Jupiter.
Three-Minute Test Detects Common Form of Dementia
An ×ó°®ÊÓƵ neuroscientist has developed a new test that can assess clinical signs and symptoms of Lewy Body dementia, a common form of dementia that's difficult to diagnose, with 96.8 percent accuracy.
Sex and Sea Turtles: Climate Change, Sea Level Rise Impacts
The shift in climate is shifting turtles as well, because as the temperature of their nests change so do their reproduction patterns. Warmer conditions produce females and cooler conditions produce males.
×ó°®ÊÓƵ High Student Named Top Young Scientist
×ó°®ÊÓƵ High School student Hannah Herbst was named the winner of the 2015 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge, recently held at the 3M Innovation Center in St. Paul, Minn.
Bioinspired Robotic Finger Advances Prosthetics Technology
Most robotic parts used today are rigid, have a limited range of motion and don't look lifelike. Inspired by nature and biology, a robotic finger designed at ×ó°®ÊÓƵ looks, feels and works like the real thing.
Project Enhances Teamwork Among Varied Health Professions
×ó°®ÊÓƵ and Boca Raton Regional Hospital have partnered on a unique project to eliminate barriers between healthcare disciplines and build crucial communication and teambuilding skills to support collaboration.
×ó°®ÊÓƵ Professor Discusses Visit to Syrian Refugee Camps
This past summer, Rabil spent 16 days visiting 70 Syrian refugee camps in the Bekaa region of Lebanon and along the Lebanon-Syria border.
First Study on Hard-to-treat Depression in Older People
About half of older adults don't respond to first-line medication for depression. A new study shows that adding a second drug to treatment with an antidepressant medication alone helps many of these patients.
×ó°®ÊÓƵ Receives NSF Grant for Critical Infrastructure Systems
Extreme events like hurricanes can disrupt infrastructure systems like power and water. Researchers will develop a decision framework to rapidly restore these functions and services for disaster management.
Harbor Branch ECC Takes Students to Ocean Floor of Hawaii
A new graduate course is allowing ×ó°®ÊÓƵ students to see Hawaii's ocean floor without leaving Harbor Branch.