University of Florida
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Wade Yang from the University of Florida is taking a different approach to allow those with allergies to eat peanuts. Rather than altering the body's response to peanut allergens, he is altering the peanuts themselves.
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A scientist is developing tiny airplanes and submarines, that could study hurricanes by being carried along with them.
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Nanorobots developed by University of Florida researchers succeeded in clearing the Hepatitis C virus and could be used to treat cancer and other viral infections.
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Doping graphene with trifluoromethanesulfonyl-amide (TFSA) has enabled researchers at the University of Florida (UF) to set a new efficiency record of 8.6 percent for graphene solar cells.
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ScienceA new paper thin film adapted from flat screen television technology has been developed that can convert infra red light into visible light and could apply night vision cheaply to car windshields, phones and even eye glasses.
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Researchers have added a tiny microchip and digestible antenna to a standard pill capsule that automatically alerts doctors when the pill has actually been ingested.
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ScienceIgniting fullerene nanostructures via low-power lasers could find applications in the medical, computing and automotive fields.
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ScienceBy reproducing the shape and patterns of the minute hairs that grow on the bodies of spiders researchers have created an ultra-water-repellent surface.
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Research in ophthalmology has delivered promising results through a gene therapy that could safely eradicate color blindness based on the successful treatment of two squirrel monkeys with defective color perception.