At-home test could pick up the ‘sound’ of heart disease

At-home test could pick up the ‘sound’ of heart disease

Imagine if you could hold a stethoscope to your heart and find out with almost 90 percent accuracy if you were developing heart disease. Ph.D. student Valentina Dargam is working on a method to do just that. Heart valves, like vocal cords, often make different noises...

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30 years later: Hurricane Andrew’s legacy

30 years later: Hurricane Andrew’s legacy

FIU’s Wall of Wind (WOW) is a direct legacy of Andrew. FIU’s International Hurricane Research Center – the WOW’s original home — was founded from money donated from the We Will Rebuild Foundation, which helped with Andrew recovery efforts. In its third generation, the...

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FIU team wins national EPA Campus RainWorks Challenge

FIU team wins national EPA Campus RainWorks Challenge

Surrounded by water, South Floridians know the problems that come with climate change, sea-level rise and extreme weather events. Heavy downpours bring flooding, hurricanes force a surge of water onshore and both cause polluted stormwater to run into precious coastal...

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FIU awarded $1 million to develop 5G/6G cybersecurity solutions

FIU awarded $1 million to develop 5G/6G cybersecurity solutions

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a team of researchers, including researchers from FIU’s College of Engineering and Computing, $1 million to continue their work to help thwart cyberattacks ― from computers and mobile devices to large-scale networks....

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