Technology

Think of University of Florida scientists Nathan Boyd and Arnold Schumann a bit like surgeons. Except in this case, their operating room is a strawberry field. With their research, Boyd and Schumann hope to eventually help growers unleash surgical strikes on weeds – without vanquishing their fruit. Additionally, robots may replace tractors as the means...

A team of University of Florida Health neurosurgeons and neurologists recently became the first in the U.S. to implant a newly FDA-approved, technologically advanced deep brain stimulation system designed to more precisely target motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and two other movement disorders. The team performed the procedure to implant Medtronic’s SenSight™ Directional Lead System...

In advance of the 2021 Hurricane Season, Alachua County Emergency Management (ACEM) is informing the public about a new resource for real-time weather information within the County. ACEM has installed three new WeatherSTEM stations funded by the Florida Division of Emergency Management. The newest stations are located in Archer, Hawthorne, and Waldo. These WeatherSTEM stations...

Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: AGTC), a biotechnology company conducting human clinical trials of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapies for the treatment of rare diseases, today announced that it has initiated plans to lease a build-to-suit 21,000 square foot current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) manufacturing and quality control facility adjacent to its Florida facility to...

CHW Professional Consultants, a 30+ year planning, design, surveying, engineering, landscape architecture, and construction services firm, welcomes James “Jim” K. Harriott Jr. PE, Director of Engineering leading our Transportation department. Jim has over 25 years of professional engineering experience, bringing a wealth of knowledge in the public transportation field with specialties in Public Works, Environmental...

Infotech, a leader in infrastructure construction software solutions and expert statistical and econometric consulting services, has announced they are elevating their already comprehensive benefits package for the purpose of inclusion, offering employees access to critical services supporting fertility solutions, gender affirmation, holistic wellness and more. The new, inclusive benefits focused on additional value for employees...

Researchers with the University of Florida’s academic health center — UF Health — announced that they have collaborated with NVIDIA researchers to create GatorTron™, an artificial intelligence transformer natural language processing model intended to accelerate research and medical decision-making by extracting insights from massive volumes of clinical data with unprecedented speed and clarity. The new...

If surgery were gymnastics, a triple-organ transplant would be a feat worthy of the Olympics. It has everything: Complex and intricate procedure? Check. Frequency of pre-existing conditions that can increase risk? Check. Prerequisites of flawless technique and seamless intraoperative collaboration? Check and check. Rarely performed? Also check. If Clayton Barber were to overcome his congenital...

The Alachua County Building and Permitting Division continues to update its citizen access services. Following the implementation of building permitting in their new software, Citizenserve, and Code Enforcement data migration, is moving their Pre-Application Screening (PAS) process beginning on March 22, 2021.  Moving the PAS system to Citizenserve will allow for easier communication between applicants...

And now, there are three. Johnson & Johnson recently received emergency use authorization for its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. That step makes it the third vaccine to be approved in the battle against the novel coronavirus pandemic, joining vaccines made by Moderna and Pfizer with its German partner BioNTech....