Science & Technology News

The National Center for Forensic Science at UCF is the only university laboratory participating in a global study.

Advocacy and philanthropic efforts from a UCF alum and two members of the UCF Parent and Family Philanthropy Council have helped support the new MicroGrid Control Lab, as well as the College of Medicine and Limbitless Solutions.

Researchers say the device can tell with 95% percent accuracy if someone has a virus, a significant improvement over current rapid tests.

Phil Metzger ’00MS’05PhD, a planetary scientist with nearly 30 years of experience at NASA, shares stories from working on the space shuttle missions, his controversial research on whether Pluto is a planet, and what the future of space exploration will look like. 

UCF researchers are working with private companies to develop some intriguing ways to get astronauts to the moon safely.

The hospitality industry’s labor shortage could be an issue with holiday travel starting and international travel restrictions lifting.

UCF beat out 119 other teams that represented 105 universities from 33 states and the District of Columbia to earn its second top title at competition.

A collaboration among UCF, the Arecibo Observatory and others wins Best High-Performance Computing (HPC) Collaboration Recognition for their efforts to preserve 50 years of data at the observatory.

The academy, who selected UCF Pegasus Professors Deborah Beidel and Sudipta Seal among this year’s inductees, is a group that brings together the nation’s most distinguished scholars who live and work in Florida.