Science & Technology News

Anish Roshi of the Florida Space Institute and a team of astronomers made a significant observational breakthrough related to ionized helium emissions that could provide clues to our understanding of the Milky Way’s physical processes.

Researchers convening at UCF underscores the university’s national role as America’s Space University and its growing influence in hypersonic science, aerospace innovation and defense research.

Team Marque, led by Institute of Artificial Intelligence Director Mubarak Shah, beat 8,400 teams in a global challenge to predict behavioral responses from brain data, allowing them to contribute to future advancement of EEG research.

Meet two students who say UCF inspired them to pursue scientific discovery and innovation to solve problems in medicine and Florida’s coastal habitats.

Researcher Phil Metzger ’00MS ’05PhD prepares for the first real-world test of lunar dust theory that could have implications for activities being planned on the moon’s surface.

Ketty Dones ’23, who is graduating with dual master’s degrees in public administration and nonprofit management, works with the Applied AI Innovation Initiative at UCF to provide local nonprofit organizations with technical assistance for AI-integrated solutions that help drive their missions.

Alejandro Lopez Zelaya ’25 is one of many UCF College of Optics and Photonics alums who power industry across Florida.

UCF Physics Professor Lauren McKeown and colleagues are studying a spider-like formation on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa to understand how it formed and what it reveals about subsurface brine pools and potential habitability.

Professor Debashis Chanda’s low-cost, smartphone-based biosensor could bring rapid, reliable disease detection to areas with limited access to traditional diagnostics.