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Millennia-old mystery about insects and light at night gets new explanation: New study finds they turn their back toward the light source because they think it is the brightest thing they know — the sky.

8 months ago news.fiu.edu

Restoring the Everglades to ensure South Florida's freshwater supply

10 months ago news.fiu.edu florida

Research finds that speaking more than one language can be beneficial for children born prematurely: performing better at cognitive test, showing better organization, accuracy and response timer

11 months ago news.fiu.edu

New research in Nature evaluating the status of 8,011 species of amphibians shows nearly 41% are threatened with extinction — and climate change emerges as major driver of declines

12 months ago news.fiu.edu

Arsenic-based antibiotic can fight antibiotic resistance — and new research shows it can also stop transmission of malaria

15 months ago news.fiu.edu malaria medicine

Researchers determined a person’s biological sex can be confirmed by their hand odor with extreme accuracy — the novel approach can assist in forensic investigations when other biometric indicators…

15 months ago news.fiu.edu chemistry

Matching the sight and sound of speech in early infancy can predict vocabulary and language outcomes.

15 months ago news.fiu.edu psychology

Hurricanes have become prolific at producing damaging winds and storm surge

24 months ago news.fiu.edu

Research has found DDT exposure contributes to Alzheimer's disease risk

2 years ago news.fiu.edu disease

Scientists have found medication has no detectable impact on how much children with ADHD learn in the classroom

2 years ago news.fiu.edu

FIU professor: Collapsed Surfside building showed signs of subsidence in ‘90s

3 years ago news.fiu.edu

For more than 20 years, research has suggested children who are bilingual have an advantage when it comes to executive functions

5 years ago news.fiu.edu

While studying the critically endangered slender-snouted crocodile, researchers discovered what they thought was one species is actually two, making the discovery the first new living crocodile species to be defined and named in nearly 85 years.

5 years ago news.fiu.edu