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ATOMICALLY THIN VAN DER WAALS MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS COULD REVOLUTIONIZE QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE
Current mobile phones, computers, and electronic appliances operate based on field-effect transistors (FETs) that use an electric field to switch on/off a charge current of electrons in a nonmagnetic semiconductor, encoding information in the 1/0 digital state.
December 9, 2020Research
BUILDING RESEARCH COMMUNITIES IN THE TIME OF COVID-19: MOBILIZING FOR RESEARCH
In March 2020 the global health crisis caused by COVID-19 changed our lives, including the way we approach research, teaching and community engagement. Having worked on health and migration issues for years, Beatriz Padilla, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean at the University of South Florida, was desperate to jump in.
December 9, 2020Research
COMPLEX RIGHTS AND WRONGS: THE STORIES WE DENY IN MAINSTREAM UNDERSTANDINGS OF PROSTITUTION AND TRAFFICKING IN THE SEX INDUSTRY
Dr. Jill McCracken, Professor of English and Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of South Florida, is currently involved in a study that explores how U.S. legislative and carceral approaches to trafficking in the sex industry (‘sex trafficking’) impact victims of trafficking and adult consensual sex workers.
December 9, 2020Research
LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY FOR LEARNING LANGUAGES IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
As the global COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect numerous aspects of daily life everywhere, the act of traveling, too, has continued to be limited. For university students who had planned on studying abroad and families who had planned trips internationally, the prospect of cancelling flights, hotels, and all other plans has become a near certainty, at least for the time being.
December 9, 2020Research
PROJECT ON HURRICANE EVACUATIONS IN THE AGE OF COVID-19 MOVES FORWARD
The 2020 hurricane season was initially forecasted to be “an extremely active hurricane season” by numerous forecasting groups – and has since turned out to be an accurate estimation. This expected activity is compounded by the fact that we are in the midst of a global pandemic.
December 9, 2020Research
ALCOHOL USE AND DEATH INCREASE DURING THE PANDEMIC
Dr. Lindsey Rodriguez, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, was recently quoted in an NBC News article about the pandemic and the relation to increase in alcohol related deaths among women.
December 9, 2020Accomplishments, Research
RESEARCH PROJECTS AT THE ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND CLIMATE LABORATORY
The Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Laboratory (ACCL) lead by USF Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate, Dr. Yasin Elshorbany is currently engaged in several interdisciplinary projects funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Pandemic Response Research Network (PRRN).
December 9, 2020Accomplishments, Research
SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH SHOWS THAW OF PERMAFROST DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE CAN LEAD TO THE RELEASE OF MERCURY, ENDANGERING MARINE LIFE
University of South Florida Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate, Dr. Yasin Elshorbany, is a co-author on a recent Nature Communications paper entitled “Potential Impacts of Mercury Released from Thawing Permafrost”.
December 9, 2020Accomplishments, Research
A PALEOHISTORY OF CLIMATE, VEGETATION, AND HUMAN LAND USE IN COASTAL PERU
The Institute for the Advanced Study of Culture in the Environment (IASCE) at the University of South Florida (USF) recently received a Collaborative Research grant from the National Science Foundation titled “The Ecological Context of Early Settlement in a Southern Peruvian Coastal Valley Circa 5000-1000 BP”.
ART OF FORENSICS DRAWINGS HELP IDENTIFY MAN MISSING FOR 36 YEARS
Forensic examination of the skeleton revealed violent trauma, and the death was determined to be a homicide. The victim was unable to be identified, and the case went cold... until a social media post started circulating, containing an illustration that helped close the case.
June 19, 2020Research
FLORIDA COASTLINES RESPOND TO SEA LEVEL RISE
Climate change is a familiar term to most, and the associated sea level rise has been one on the trademarks of this environmental threat. While rising seas remain a danger to coastal populations and can damage coastal ecosystems, some ecosystems appear to be building themselves up as the water rises.
June 19, 2020Research
LEADERSHIP DISCOURSE IN RESPONSE TO COVID CRISIS: ANALYSIS ANDREW CUOMO'S PRESS BRIEFINGS
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, people around the globe are looking to their political leaders for both information as well as guidance. In the United States, New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo, is being widely praised by the mass media and laypeople alike for standing out as a great leader in this time of uncertainty and adversity.
June 19, 2020Research