South Florida's Housing Market is Overvalued by Nearly 20 Percent
South Florida homes are overvalued by close to 20 percent, the highest level in eight years.
School of Architecture Receives Grant to Produce PPE
Grant from Community Foundation of Broward will pay for 3D printers and supplies.
Like Humans, Beluga Whales Form Social Networks Beyond Family Ties
A researcher from FAU's Harbor Branch and collaborators are the first to uncover the role kinship plays in complex groupings and relationships of beluga whales in 10 locations across the Arctic.
Traffic Data Show Drastic Changes in Human Behavior at Pandemic Onset
Using same-day traffic volumes for March 2019 and March 2020 across Florida, researchers examined the relationship of key governmental requests for public isolation and travel limitations.
Telehealth is a Key Tool for Treating COVID-19 Patients
Rural hospitals are more likely than urban facilities to have access to telehealth, a once-underused service that now is playing a key role in treating coronavirus patients.
Seeing is Believing: Effectiveness of Facemasks
FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science researchers use flow visualization to qualitatively test social distancing and the efficacy of facemasks in obstructing respiratory droplets.
Climate Change Still is Key Topic for Floridians in Era of Coronavirus
The coronavirus crisis has not altered Floridians' belief in climate change, according to the third Florida Climate Resilience Survey.
COVID-19 Knowledge Base and Risk Assessment Tool is Powered by AI
FAU's College of Engineering and Computer Science has received an NSF RAPID grant for modeling outbreak and mutation of COVID-19 and to develop a multi-source deep neural network-based predictive tool.
FAU Research Shows Internet Crime Increasing in Florida, Other States
Ohio and Washington emerged as new hotspots for internet crime in 2019, though California continues to lead with the largest online fraud victim losses and number of victims.
Vets Walking Pets: Shelter Dogs, Military Veterans and PTSD Symptoms
An FAU nursing researcher led a study on the impacts of dog-walking interventions with shelter dogs on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in military veterans, which shows reduced PTSD symptoms.