Florida State University


Florida State University (FSU) was founded in 1851 in Tallahassee. FSU is ranked by the Carnegie Foundation as with a high degree of research activity. FSU has over 40,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional degree students. FSU has a complete doctoral, post-doctoral and medical school curriculum. FSU has 16 colleges, 39 centers, institutes and labs. FSU is home of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. FSU is ranks in the top 200 of universities world-wide and is ranked nationally among the top 100 comparable Tier 1 public universities.

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Tallahassee FL 32306-1380

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Digital divide: Psychologists suggest ways to include the aging population in the tech revolution

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Technology is no longer what it used to be: Computers have replaced typewriters and landlines are in rapid decline. Technological advances are being made every day, making many of our lives easier and allowing information ...


Discrimination takes its toll on Black women

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Racial discrimination is a major threat to African American women's mental health. It undermines their view of themselves as masters of their own life circumstances and makes them less psychologically resilient and more prone ...


Green is cool, but US land changes generally are not

Green is cool, but US land changes generally are not

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Most land use changes occurring in the continental U.S result in raised regional surface temperatures, says a new study by scientists at the University of Maryland, Purdue University and the University of ...


No elder left behind: Researchers say designers can help close tech gap

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

While more older adults than ever are using cell phones and computers, a technology gap still exists that threatens to turn senior citizens into second-class citizens, according to Florida State University researchers.


Scientists ID fossil bones of smallest dinosaur

Scientists find fossil bones of smallest dinosaur

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new dinosaur species, Fruitadens haagarorum, is the smallest dinosaur ever discovered from North America. The tiny Fruitadens weighed less than a kilogram (two pounds) and was just 70 c ...


Catching a killer one spore at a time

Catching a killer one spore at a time

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A workshop at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama has dramatically improved the ability of conservationists and regulatory agencies to monitor the spread of chytridiomycosis—one of the deadliest ...


Magnet Lab to Investigate Promising Superconductor

Physics / Superconductivity

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Applied Superconductivity Center at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory has received $1.2 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to understand and enhance a new form of superconducting ...


Researchers to model the life cycles of successful virtual teams

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Each year, hundreds of scientists from all over the world come to the Florida State University campus to conduct research at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. Starting in January, the researchers themselves will ...


Inside the First Bird, Surprising Signs of a Dinosaur

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The raptor-like Archaeopteryx has long been viewed as the archetypal first bird, but new research reveals that it was actually a lot less “bird-like” than scientists had believed.


Researcher solves mystery about proteins that package the genome

Researcher solves mystery about proteins that package the genome

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Florida State University College of Medicine researcher has solved a century-old mystery about proteins that play a vital role in the transfer of the human genetic code from one cell to ...


How will future sea-level rise linked to climate change affect coastal areas?

How will future sea-level rise linked to climate change affect coastal areas?

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1

The anticipated sea-level rise associated with climate change, including increased storminess, over the next 100 years and the impact on the nation's low-lying coastal infrastructure is the focus of a new, ...


Bizarre new horned tyrannosaur from Asia described

Bizarre new horned tyrannosaur from Asia described

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Now, just a few weeks after tiny, early Raptorex kriegsteini was unveiled, a new wrench has been thrown into the family tree of the tyrannosaurs. The new Alioramus altai—a horned, long-snouted, gracile cousi ...


Algae and pollen grains provide evidence of remarkably warm period in Antarctica's history

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 2

For Sophie Warny, LSU assistant professor of geology and geophysics and curator at the LSU Museum of Natural Science, years of patience in analyzing Antarctic samples with low fossil recovery finally led to a scientific breakthrough. ...


Landmark study sheds new light on human chromosomal birth defects

Landmark study sheds new light on human chromosomal birth defects

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Using yeast genetics and a novel scheme to selectively remove a single protein from the cell division process called meiosis, a cell biologist at The Florida State University found that when a key molecular ...


Researcher: Narcissistic bosses destroy morale, drive down bottom line

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 2

In recent years, the motivations of business leaders such as financier Bernard Madoff and former Enron CEO Ken Lay have come under increased scrutiny as a result of behavior that caused both their employees and the public ...