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Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app researchers launch social media campaign to identify risk of mosquito-borne diseases in Tampa Bay
Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app researchers have launched a social media campaign inviting citizen scientists to upload images of mosquitoes found in the Tampa Bay region to the iNaturalist platform, a smartphone app. The app will automatically identify disease-carrying species such as Aedes aegypti, a known transmitter of Zika, dengue and yellow fever.
August 20, 2021Research and Innovation
Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app researchers develop new technologies to fight mosquito-borne diseases
Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app researchers have been awarded a $900,000, four-year grant from the National Science Foundation to use artificial intelligence to fight mosquito-borne diseases. Ryan Carney, assistant professor of integrative biology, and Sriram Chellappan, professor of computer science and engineering, will lead a multi-disciplinary effort to collect data through smartphone apps such as NASA’s GLOBE Observer Mosquito Habitat Mapper.
October 13, 2020Research and Innovation
Dinosaur feather study debunked
A new study provides substantial evidence that the first fossil feather ever to be discovered does belong to the iconic Archaeopteryx, a bird-like dinosaur named in Germany on this day in 1861.
September 30, 2020Research and Innovation