Money changes everything, and that includes changing people's motivations for the better and their behavior toward others for the worse, according to a new study published in the international journal Science.
Three Florida State University programs have joined forces to research how to better prepare teachers to combat science illiteracy in the United States "” and they are receiving a helping hand from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
As the Northern Hemisphere braces for another flu season, researchers at Florida State University's National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Fla. are making strides toward better understanding the mechanics of the virus that causes it "” a virus that kills between one-quarter and one-half million people each year.
People who get scared when they experience a pounding heart, sweaty palms or dizziness "” even if the cause is something as mundane as stress, exercise or caffeine "” are more likely to develop a clinical case of anxiety or panic disorder, according to a Florida State University researcher in Tallahassee, Fla.
A nursing student assigned to check a heart patient's vital statistics enters the patient's room. Suddenly, the patient stops breathing and exhibits an erratic heartbeat. Fortunately, the emergency was merely a simulation at the Human Performance Laboratory at Florida State University's Learning Systems Institute in Tallahassee, Fla.
Armed with a new grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services worth $2.6 million over five years, the Florida State University Family Institute in Tallahassee, Fla. will help undergraduates strengthen and sustain safe, healthy romantic relationships and reject negative, unhealthy ones now and in the future through a unique skills-based relationship education program.
Children who can accurately assess how their classmates feel about them "” even if those feelings are negative "” are less likely to show symptoms of depression, according to Florida State University researchers in Tallahassee, Fla.
Just how do changes in the environment cause organisms to evolve -- and how do those evolving organisms then change the ecosystem? To answer those big biology questions, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $5 million grant over five years to an interdisciplinary research team.
Not all young people sleep late and lie around in their pajamas watching cartoons on Saturday mornings. At Florida State University, in Tallahassee, Fla. a number of them are finding that learning about physics - yes, physics - can be an even more enjoyable activity.
Oceanographers worldwide pay close attention to phytoplankton and with good reason. The microscopic plants that form the vast foundation of the marine food chain generate a staggering amount of power, and now a groundbreaking study led by Florida State University in Tallahassee, Fla. has calculated just how much "“"“ about five times the annual total power consumption of the human world.
Florida State University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and the Florida Institute of Technology will combine their capabilities to pursue emerging research, technology development, and educational opportunities associated with government and commercial space and aerospace initiatives. The universities signed the agreement Oct. 5 in Orlando.
The Florida State University Real Estate Network's 12th Annual Real Estate Trends & Networking Conference, organized to inform participants of the emerging trends and issues facing the real estate industry and to focus on factors affecting markets in the southeastern United States, will be held next week in Tallahassee, Fla.
Florida State University's Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution in Tallahassee, Fla. will host a public lecture next week by a renowned expert on military and diplomatic history. Jeremy Black, a professor of history at the University of Exeter in England, will speak on "The Struggle for Mastery in North America, 1700-1871."
When Hurricane Dennis passed North Florida on July 10, 2005, it caused a 10-foot storm surge in some areas along Apalachee Bay "” about 3 to 4 feet more than forecasted"” that couldn't be explained only by the local winds that conventionally drive storm surge. Now, scientists at FSU and the NOAA have found that the surge in Apalachee Bay was amplified by a "trapped wave" that originated off the southwest Florida coast.
Policymakers across the country are pushing for implementation of faith-based prisoner reentry programming to reduce recidivism levels, but so far studies by proponents and practitioners of such programs haven't produced much hard evidence that they actually work, according to an extensive review led by a Florida State University researcher in Tallahassee, Fla. and funded in part by the National Institute of Justice.
A new statue of a Seminole family and special football uniforms will highlight Florida State University's salute to the Seminole Tribe of Florida during the weekend of the FSU vs. Boston College football game on Saturday, Oct. 21. FSU president T.K. Wetherell will unveil the statue, "Seminole Family in Bronze," at an afternoon ceremony on Friday, Oct. 20, in front of University Center Building A.
A biting satire from Iran, a musical journey through Istanbul and a gripping documentary from Iraq are on the bill as Florida State University in Tallahassee, Fla. presents its third annual Middle East Film Festival.
Everybody has heard of Martin Luther King Jr., but what about Edwin King? Or for that matter, how about Dave Dennis and Mildred Bell Johnson? A new book edited by Florida State University communication professor Davis Houck in Tallahassee, Fla. puts the spotlight on these and other little known players in the Civil Rights Movement.
Laws that require minors to notify or get the consent of one or both parents before having an abortion reduce risky sexual behavior among teens, according to a Florida State University law professor in Tallahassee, Fla.
The National Science Foundation has awarded the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Fla. an $11.7-million grant for construction of an innovative magnet that will have the potential to revolutionize a technique used to learn more about little-understood molecules.
Public libraries need more funding as they are increasingly becoming de facto e-government sites for everything from disaster relief to medical drug plans, according to a new Florida State University study.
Florida State University in Tallahassee, Fla. already has an excellent reputation for its various efforts to design, prepare and characterize new materials for research and commercial uses. Now that reputation is about to be burnished even further as scientists at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory ramp up a program for forming exotic crystals that possess unique properties.
Far from being a burden on the educational system, research from Florida State University in Tallahassee, Fla shows immigrant children perform as well or better than their same-race, American-born counterparts.
Nearly 60 years ago, Florida State University students in Tallahassee, Fla. voted to adopt the name "Seminoles" for the school's athletic teams. Now, FSU students are able to learn more about the history and culture of this "unconquered" American Indian tribe through a newly created course.
Concertgoers have long applauded the orchestral and chamber works of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich and television audiences will, too, when "Peanuts® Gallery" airs in October on PBS stations nationwide.
Economic freedom has a greater impact than foreign aid in helping people in poor nations escape poverty, according to Florida State University Economics Professor James Gwartney in Tallahassee, Fla, the co-author of the 10th edition of the Economic Freedom of the World: 2006 Annual Report to be released Thursday.
A study co-authored by a Florida State University scientist in Tallahassee, Fla., and published in the Sept. 7 issue of the journal Nature has found that as the permafrost melts in North Siberia due to climate change, carbon sequestered and buried there since the Pleistocene era is bubbling up to the surface of Siberian thaw lakes and into the atmosphere as methane, a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide.
The late 1960s and early 1970s were a turbulent time for the United States. In the South, perhaps nowhere was this more true than on the campus of FSU in Tallahassee, Fla. Now, for the first time in more than three decades, J. Stanley Marshall, the university's president from 1969 to 1976, will address some of the more contentious issues that took place during his presidency with a group of former FSU student leaders.
In the past, business professionals considering pursuit of a graduate degree in business had a difficult decision to make. They either could put their career on hold for two years and go back to college full time, or they could seek out a business school that allowed them to take classes part time in the evenings. Today, however, there is a third and increasingly popular option "” the FSU College of Business' online graduate degree program.
So your high school senior says she wants to be a doctor. Great news, right? It is if she's got the talent and the grades to back up her ambition. Unfortunately, the goals of too many teens now outpace what they are likely to achieve, a problem that can lead to wasted time and resources, not to mention anxiety and distress, according to a new Florida State University study.
Hurricanes have ravaged the U.S. Gulf Coast for the past three years "” a trend predicted to continue over the next decade. In response, a number of companies in the region have developed plans to deal with hurricanes before, during, and after their onset. Now, a Florida State University researcher in Tallahassee, Fla. has studied how the development of such plans affects employee health, wellbeing and willingness to participate at work.
The world's greatest golfer, Tiger Woods, will step up to the tee today and, with a mighty swing, will launch his ball down the fairway on the opening day of the 88th PGA Championship in Medinah, Ill. Not everyone who swings a club will be the next Tiger Woods, of course. But for young golfers, FSU offers another way to turn their love of the sport into a lucrative profession: the Professional Golf Management (PGM) major.
When a hurricane strikes, authorities are increasingly turning to satellite images and computer-based maps. While these maps can be beneficial in planning response and recovery, their imprecise nature can result in people not getting the help they need. That's why FSU geography Prof Mark W. Horner has received a $64,760 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop new spatial models for disaster relief.
In a landmark study, biologists at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Fla. have uncovered a specific genetic and molecular mechanism that causes cell polarity -- the asymmetric shape or composition critical to a cell's proper functioning. Their findings in fruit fly eggs may help to clarify how muscular dystrophy and some cancers develop in humans.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- State University's National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Fla. has led to the development of a new light microscope capable of looking at proteins on a molecular level.
The price of gas has doubled over the past three years, hovering around $3 a gallon nationally. Wayne Hochwarter, an associate professor of management in the College of Business at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Fla., recently conducted research to determine how increased gas prices have affected personal finance, as well as behavior at work. More than 300 employees across a wide range of occupations were surveyed.
Dementia may rob an older person of memory and focus, but the ability to offer timeless advice about life's big questions seems to be preserved, according to Florida State University researchers in Tallahassee, Fla.
Van Morrison sang about it, Peter Fonda starred in a movie about it, and people from all over the world will pay top dollar just to get some of it. It's tupelo honey, a honey so distinct, light and smooth that people describe it as they would a fine wine. But the future of tupelo honey production may not be so sweet.
Florida State University in Tallahassee, Fla. has been awarded a $6-million grant from the federal government over five years to fund research efforts aimed at more effectively understanding, predicting and preventing the development of learning disabilities such as dyslexia in children, it was announced today.
Florida State University in Tallahassee Fla., does not have a crystal ball, but it is developing a new tool that could possibly see the strength of future hurricane seasons. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded the FSU Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS) a $6.2 million, five-year grant to support the development of a model that may more accurately predict the number of hurricanes in an upcoming season, according to COAPS director emeritus James O'Brien, the Robert O. Lawton Professor of Meteorology and Oceanography and state climatologist. (VIDEO EMBEDDED)
Digging on a remote hilltop in Italy, a Florida State University classics professor from Tallahassee Fla., and her students have unearthed artifacts that dramatically reshape our knowledge of the religious practices of an ancient people, the Etruscans.
Making the transition from high school to college can be difficult for anyone. But for students who are the first in their family to go to college or who are disadvantaged by economic, cultural or educational circumstances, the culture shock can be particularly traumatic, hindering their chances for success.
The first images of a live specimen of a small, furry animal once believed to have gone extinct more than 11 million years ago have been captured during a Southeast Asian expedition led by a retired Florida State University researcher of Tallahassee, Fla.
Over the past three years, thousands of American soldiers in Iraq have been horribly injured or killed by improvised explosive devices (IEDs). At Florida State University, one researcher is working on new technologies that could reduce the carnage.
As the world marks the 25th year since the first diagnosed case of AIDS, groundbreaking research by scientists at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Fla., has produced remarkable three-dimensional images of the virus and the protein spikes on its surface that allow it to bind and fuse with human immune cells.
Approximately 2 billion of the world's people have no access to electricity. Without electricity to power factory operations or other commercial endeavors, those 2 billion people remain mired in an endless cycle of poverty. One FSU researcher is working to break that cycle through the development of new energy technologies that are easy to install, environmentally sound and, perhaps most importantly, inexpensive to produce.
A new study by Florida State University researchers in Tallahassee, Fla. has found that people who were verbally abused as children grow up to be self-critical adults prone to depression and anxiety.
For a scientist, having one's research published in a peer-reviewed journal signifies a high level of professional expertise and accomplishment. If that journal happens to be Science or Nature "” two of the world's top scientific publications "” so much the better.
You don't have to be a nerdy white guy to be a computer geek. In fact, you can be a woman, a minority, a person with a disability or someone who is downright cool. That's the message of a group of Florida State University professors who are participating in a 10-member university consortium.
How should science be taught in America's schools? Florida State University will host a panel of nationally known scholars from such disciplines as biology, law, philosophy and theology as they participate in a public forum to discuss that and other topics of critical importance to our nation's future.
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