UCF Fuels America’s Space Program with Innovative Education, Medicine and Tech UCF is advancing cutting-edge space research while offering unique opportunities for students to launch their careers in the space industry.
Life-saving Spongelike “Bandage” Rapidly Stops Hemorrhaging, Mitigates Risk of Infection A UCF team of researchers worked together to create a liquid gel that quickly transforms into a spongelike antimicrobial foam to stymie severe bleeding and ultimately preserve lives.
UCF Research Blasts Into Space Aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard Rocket The experiments aim to enhance understanding of bone loss in space, how dust behaves in microgravity, and how seismic waves and shaking impact asteroids.
UCF Bone Researcher Receives National Recognition Professor of Medicine Melanie Coathup has earned one of the highest professional distinctions for medical and biological engineers.
UCF Researchers Design Treatment to Protect Bones During Cancer Therapy A novel nanoparticle could provide hope for millions of cancer patients at risk for bone damage from radiation therapy.