Florida State University sociologists in Tallahassee, Fla. have found that some South Floridians who survived 1992's Hurricane Andrew suffered mental health problems many years later, a finding that has led the researchers to predict even more dire consequences for those who lived through last year's devastating Hurricane Katrina.
When it comes to fire ants, most people prefer to wipe the venomous little varmints off the face of the Earth "“ or at least out of their own back yards. The reviled South American native that invaded the U.S. Sun Belt via 1940s Mobile, Ala., is known in biology circles as Solenopsis invicta and everywhere else as a painful pest in the grass, so to speak. Then there's Walter R. Tschinkel.
For Harold Kroto, very few, if any, professional accomplishments can top being chosen to receive a Nobel Prize for Chemistry, as he was in 1996. However, his latest honor, announced Tuesday, might come close. Kroto, the Eppes Professor of Chemistry at Florida State University, has been elected as a foreign associate to the National Academy of Sciences "” one of the highest honors that can be accorded a scientist or engineer.
The first high-level public discussion of how science is taught in public schools "” in light of the recent federal court ruling on the intelligent-design challenge in Dover, Pa. "” will be conducted next month by a nationally known panel of scholars at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Fla.
This summer, Nancy Thomson de Grummond is heading back to Italy "” just as she has done nearly ever year since 1983. Although she will be spending plenty of time in the sun, this is no vacation: De Grummond, Professor of Classics at Florida State University, will be leading another group of FSU students into the Tuscan countryside to learn more about the region's ancient residents, the Etruscans.
Armed with an $840,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the latest in world-class body scanning technology, a Florida State University researcher in the College of Human Sciences soon will begin the largest, longest study to-date on the efficacy of calcium "“"“ through dairy products, supplements or both "“"“ for weight reduction and bone preservation in overweight or obese postmenopausal women.
Wayne Hochwarter, an associate professor of management in Florida State University's College of Business, has conducted several studies to examine the role of chronic pain on work factors such as job stress, employee performance and organizational profitability.
Every parent worries that his or her child may turn to drugs, or worse, become dependent on them, and a new study indicates that parents of boys who have very low self-esteem and have friends who approve of drug and alcohol use may have good cause to worry.
Life isn't easy in sub-Saharan Africa. An AIDS epidemic, crushing poverty, civil wars, a dearth of economic development and widespread illiteracy are just a few of the hurdles that confront many of the region's 650 million people each day.
From prediction to recovery, FSU's experts are among the best in the nation when it comes to the study of hurricanes and their impact on people and property. These experts are available to answer media questions and give perspective to news stories throughout the 2006 hurricane season.
The New Testament story describes Jesus walking on water in the Sea of Galilee but according to a study led by Florida State University Professor of Oceanography Doron Nof in Tallahassee, Fla., it's more likely that he walked on an isolated patch of floating ice.
The first high-level public discussion of teaching science in the public schools"”in light of the recent federal court ruling on the intelligent design challenge in Dover, Pennsylvania"”will be conducted by a nationally known panel of scholars at Florida State University on May 17.
A federal policy that allows developers to compensate for damaging or destroying wetlands by buying wetlands elsewhere has environmental consequences that can be especially harmful to urban areas.
Clinton M. Day "” earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from FSU in 1982. Now, with a gift from the Day family's charitable foundation, the university is impressing the importance of moral decision-making upon tomorrow's business leaders.
Children with personalities marked by aggressiveness, mood swings, a sense of alienation and a need for excitement may be at greater risk for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or conduct disorder.
The dot-com bust, the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and a recession all have made things more difficult for job hunters throughout the work force "” even those armed with the once-coveted Master of Business Administration degree. But the MBA isn't DOA just yet.
The oldest remains of seafaring ships in the world have been found in caves at the edge of the Egyptian desert along with cargo boxes that suggest ancient Egyptians sailed nearly 1,000 miles on rough waters to get treasures from a place they called God's Land, or Punt.
There may be a variety of reasons why a mother who abuses drugs or alcohol chooses to get treatment, but she may not do it for the sake of her children, according to surprising new results of a Florida State University study.
Researchers at Florida State University's National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and Scripps Florida have developed and evaluated a robust new system for analyzing how drugs bind to proteins. This groundbreaking work could speed the delivery of potential new drugs and improve existing ones.
A Florida State University scientist used a gene transfer technique to block the expression of a gene associated with clinical depression in a new study of mice that could lead to better treatment of human beings with this condition.
FSU paleobiologist Gregory M. Erickson sliced up some ancient dinosaur bones uncovered in China to help an international team of scientists identify a new genus and species. He determined that the two remarkably intact specimens were cousins of North America's hulking Tyrannosaurus rex.
The hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects more than 170 million people worldwide and leads to both acute and chronic liver diseases.
Parenthood is wonderful, joyful, rewarding and "¦ depressing. A study found that parents have significantly higher levels of depression than adults who do not have children. Even more surprising, the symptoms of depression do not go away when the kids grow up and move out of the house.
The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and its director, Greg Boebinger, will be featured next week as part of a History Channel special described by its producer as "a cross between a "˜NOVA' special and a "˜Twilight Zone' episode."
Working with an international team of scientists, a Florida State University physics professor has taken part in an experiment that resulted in the creation of a silver atom with exotic properties never before observed.
The Stardust spacecraft that left Florida seven years ago is expected to have its homecoming early Sunday in Utah, bringing with it tiny particles of comet dust that are expected to unlock big secrets about the origin of our solar system.
Groundbreaking new theory could prevent deaths by identifying those at greatest risk.
In an effort to help expose and combat human trafficking at home and abroad, Florida State University's School of Motion Picture, Television and Recording Arts will present a special screening of its critically acclaimed short film "Fields of Mudan" on Jan. 9 in Los Angeles.
Florida State University's department of religion, one of the nation's strongest and most diverse, is available to assist members of the news media who wish to place religion into a fuller context with regard to current events.
Parents of toddlers may be serving up stereotypes about body image that could contribute to eating disorders or behavioral problems later in life, according to a pair of new Florida State University studies conducted in Tallahassee, Fla.
The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Fla. is ending its year with another achievement of international importance as engineers and technicians this week completed testing of a world-record magnet.
Despite an increase in rape crisis centers and improvements in the treatment of rape victims over the past 30 years, many are still pervasively mistreated by the police, doctors, lawyers, judges and administrators who process them.
Steven W. Van Sciver, an expert in cryogenics at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, is working with a technology company on the first phase of a grant to help prove the concept behind a patent-pending cryogenic technique for particle separation from a few microns down to submicrons.
The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Fla. and two historically black colleges and universities have been awarded a $1.5-million, one-year collaborative grant from the National Nuclear Security Agency to increase the involvement of minority scientists and their students in cutting-edge research.
The economic forecast for 2006 is mostly sunny, but there are a few clouds on the horizon. The economy is still strong after three years of expansion, but growth will begin to slow in 2006, said James Gwartney, the Gus A. Stavros Eminent Scholar Chair.
Professor of Dance Suzanne Farrell has long been regarded as one of the most extraordinary and influential ballerinas of the late-20th century and on Dec. 3 and 4 in Washington, D.C., her contributions to the performing arts and American culture will be rewarded with 2005 Kennedy Center Honors.
The friendly facial expressions, the soothing hand gestures, the coolly intelligent voice: Put them all together, and she is both disarmingly lifelike and surprisingly persuasive.
As violence in urban areas throughout France enters a third week, one expert on French society and culture says the unrest is a result of long-festering social issues involving that country's immigrant population.
The Directors Guild of America has announced its 2005 Student Filmmakers Awards for African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos and women "“"“ and Florida State University's School of Motion Picture, Television and Recording Arts will take home half of them.
A single cell with the potential to repair damaged heart muscle tissue...regenerate injured bone...create new cartilage or skin...even reverse nerve damage. Human stem cells offer tremendous hope for the development of revolutionary medical treatments for these and a variety of other human health problems.
If subatomic particles had personalities, neutrinos would be the ultimate wallflowers. One of the most basic particles of matter in the universe, they've been around for 14 billion years and permeate every inch of space, but they're so inconceivably tiny that they've been called "almost nothing" and pass straight through things without a bump.
Retailers are dreaming of a green Christmas, and it looks like their dreams may come true, according to a Florida State University economist.
On college campuses across the country there are students who look much like everyone else, but they are anything but typical. They are more mature, independent and focused. They have seen things that their fellow students likely never will. They are military veterans.
Working with a material 10 times lighter than steel "” but 250 times stronger "” would be a dream come true for any engineer. If this material also had amazing properties that made it highly conductive of heat and electricity, it would start to sound like something out of a science fiction novel.
A Florida State University researcher who specializes in the evolutionary history of wasps is now creating a buzz about a new way for scientists to store, share and study plant and animal images.
Within a laboratory on the Florida State University campus, a chemist leads a team of researchers in a quest to develop synthetic versions of rare natural substances. If all goes well, the team's efforts could pay off in the form of the next generation of cancer-fighting drugs.
Biologists have uncovered the pivotal role of a gene called "Cut" that acts as a sort of middleman in cell-to-cell communication. A DNA-binding protein, Cut interprets and transcribes the developmental signals sent through the "Notch" gene, which regulates a layer of epithelial cells as they replicate and divide.
It's a major coup for Florida State University "” and one that holds significant potential for breakthroughs in a variety of scientific endeavors. "It" is Florida State's new Applied Superconductivity Center, which soon will be setting up shop in Tallahassee's Innovation Park.
Columbus not only discovered America, he also discovered race in the modern sense of the word, contends professor and cultural historian Gary Taylor. During his third voyage to the New World in 1498, Columbus realized that skin color wasn't attributable solely to proximity to the equator or poles, as believed by ancient and medieval scientists.
The work ethic of new entrants into the labor market is under assault. Members of this group, labeled the "Entitlement Generation" have been described as impatient, self-serving, disloyal, unable to delay gratification and, in short, feeling that they are entitled to everything without working for it.
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