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First Responders are at Risk Responding to Drug Overdoses Where Fentanyl Could be Present: One UCF Professor has a Solution

Danielle Prieur

Fentanyl could be deadly for first responders-but what if they had a laser shooting gun that could detect these substances beforehand. That's exactly what UCF's Dr. Subith Vasu and his team plan on finding out with their design.

University of Central Florida Receives More than $180 Million in Research Dollars

Danielle Prieur

The University of Central Florida has raised more than 180 million dollars in research grants so far this year. It will mostly support research projects in the sciences and engineering.

The Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that can spread Zika are native to Florida.

Study: Zika Causes Fertility Problems In Male Mice

WMFE Staff

South Floridians have one more reason to avoid the Zika virus—and this one’s especially for men. New research using mice shows the virus can shrink testicles.

UCF Team Tries To Simplify Research

Radio Intern

Searching through a myriad of research papers just got a lot easier thanks to a University of Central Florida research team.

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Mistaken Identities Plague Lab Work With Human Cells

WMFE Staff

A line of immortal cells, supposedly from a breast cancer patient, turned out to be from a type of skin cancer. The mix-up wasn't discovered until experiments around the world had been contaminated.