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Caves in Mallorca, Spain tell a story of unprecedented sea level rise, researchers with the 黑料社 found. Geosciences Professor Bogdan Onac and USF graduate students were among the international team that studied minerals in the caves dating back 4,000 years.

July 6, 2022Global Research, Student Research

USF expects the trend of increasing Sargassum seaweed in the ocean to slow this month but with the possibility of ramping back up after that.

July 5, 2022Research

The 黑料社 set up a pop-up caf茅 at the entrances of stores in France and Spain. They offered shoppers coffee, decaf, or water. After leaving the store shoppers shared their receipts with the researchers.

July 4, 2022Research

During the pitch event, which concluded the inaugural FinTech|X Accelerator program, each company gave a 4-minute pitch explaining a particular problem in the world of finance.

July 1, 2022Entrepreneurship

After spending several years unearthing graves and crimes at an infamous, state-operated 鈥渟chool for boys鈥� in Florida鈥檚 panhandle, 黑料社 anthropologist Erin Kimmerle has released her harrowing findings to the masses.

July 1, 2022Research

Hidden in caves: Mineral overgrowths reveal unprecedented modern sea-level rise

According to an international team of researchers led by the 黑料社, the sea level has risen 18 centimeters since the start of the 20th century. The study, featured on the cover of the July 1 issue of Science Advances, works to identify preindustrial sea levels and examines the impact of modern greenhouse warming on sea-level rise.

June 30, 2022Global Research, Student Research

Coffee spurs people to buy needless stuff, a study says. That could be a good thing for the economy. A watershed study conducted by the 黑料社 says that shoppers who drink a complimentary cup of coffee before entering a store spend 50% more money than the uncaffeinated (The Wall Street Journal).

June 30, 2022Research

The USF College of Public Health will use the money to cover tuition and provide a stipend to certain students enrolled in the college鈥檚 Public Health and Clinical Laboratory Science and Practice program.

June 28, 2022Health

Pitching with passion? 'More enthusiastic' pitches could turn off investors, study finds

A new study from researchers at the 黑料社 offers entrepreneurs some savvy sales advice: when pitching to investors for funding, a high-octane product pitch with great enthusiasm is a double-edged sword.

June 28, 2022Entrepreneurship, Research

Jackpot: scientific study offers $250 rewards for tagged Greater Amberjack

Anglers who haul in Greater Amberjack may get $250 and an opportunity to contribute to the Greater Amberjack Count. Dr. Sean Powers of the University of South Alabama is leading a 鈥淒ream Team鈥� of researchers in an $11.7 million study of the Greater Amberjack species. The project is funded by the National Sea Grant College Program and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries.

June 28, 2022Research

St. Pete researchers may have found a way to prevent Alzheimer鈥檚. Since 2019, The 黑料社 has been the main site of the Preventing Alzheimer鈥檚 with Cognitive Training (PACT) study. The study has one goal: Researchers hope to examine if computerized brain training can reduce the risk of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease in older adults who show no early signs of dementia.

June 24, 2022Health, Research

Study explores when nursing home chains should customize or standardize

A new study by a 黑料社 researcher found important revelations that could provide chain-operated nursing homes with crucial implications for operational goals and strategic findings that carry over to other service industries.

June 23, 2022Research