UCF Researchers Develop Nano-treatment to Help Save Florida Mangroves from Deadly Disease The scientists are harnessing nanoscience to concoct a special nutritional formula to fight a latent yet potentially lethal disease that is increasingly threatening mangroves in Florida and across the world.
Global Ag Company Licenses UCF Scientist’s Tech to Fight Crop Disease An international agricultural company has licensed a formula for fighting crop disease that a UCF scientist spent more than five years perfecting. Gowan Co. recently…
Early-Career Faculty Recognized for Big Impact The UCF community recognized six stellar professors who have had a national impact with their research or creative activities. The early-career professors were given Reach…
Federal Grant Funds UCF Scientists’ Effort to Control Deadly Crop Disease UCF scientists have been awarded a $477,000 grant to develop a method of combatting a bacterium that attacks tomatoes and other crops. The grant is…
$1.9 Million Federal Grant Recognizes UCF as ‘Center of Excellence’ UCF researcher Swadeshmukul Santra has been awarded a $1.9 million grant to develop a method for protecting the troubled citrus industry from the disease HLB,…
UCF Researcher May Have Found Key to Plague of Citrus Greening Since it was discovered in South Florida in 2005, the plague of citrus greening has spread to nearly every grove in the state, stoking fears…
Community Event Aims to Explain Nanotechnology in Everyday Terms From antibacterial hand gels to the special coating on vehicle tires that repels water, nanotechnology is increasingly used in daily life, but most people don’t…
New UCF Nanotechnology May Speed Up Drug Testing Some drug testing can take a decade or more, but UCF associate professor Swadeshmukul Santra and his team have created an electronic quantum dots (Qdots)…
