FAU Engineers Prosthetic Hand That Learns, Adapts to Each User
FAU researchers have developed an AI-powered prosthetic system that pairs custom 3D-printed wearable sleeves with soft magnetic sensors, enabling more natural, personalized and reliable hand control.
Out of Darkness, Blind Cavefish Illuminate Brain Evolution
FAU researchers discovered that blind Mexican cavefish have evolved brain circuits that reverse light and dark responses, offering new clues about evolution, sensory processing and neurological disorders.
FAU Study Identifies Immune Pathway to Slow Huntington Disease
FAU researchers found that blocking a key immune pathway reduced brain inflammation, protected neurons and improved movement in a Huntington disease mouse model, revealing a promising therapeutic target.
FAU Study Maps Brain Blueprint of a Fly's Split-Second Great Escape
A new FAU study maps the first neural blueprint behind a fly's lightning-fast escape reflexes, offering new insight into how brains rapidly coordinate movement.
FAU Review: Obesity and Alzheimer's Share Disease Metabolic Pathways
A review from FAU finds increasing evidence that obesity and Alzheimer's disease are biologically linked and share early metabolic disruptions.
FAU Discovery of Tiny Cell 'Tunnels' Could Slow Huntington's Disease
FAU researchers have discovered how the toxic protein behind Huntington's disease spreads between brain cells through tiny tunnels, revealing a promising target to slow or halt disease progression.
FAU's Lawrence Toll, Ph.D., Named Senior Member of the NAI
FAU's Lawrence Toll, Ph.D., has been named a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors for pioneering neuropharmacology research advancing safer pain therapies and addiction treatments.
FAU Awarded $2.4M NIH Grant for Immune Signaling and Social Behavior
FAU has received a $2.4M NIH grant to study how the neuronal immune receptor IL-1R1 shapes brain circuits, behavior, and social function, offering new insights into neurological and psychiatric disorders.
FAU Presents 'Insights VIII' Art Exhibition
FAU's Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute and Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters will host "Insights VIII: Creativity and the Bipolar Brain" at the Ritter Art Gallery, Boca Raton campus.
FAU Inductees of ³Ô¹ÏÍø Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine
Three FAU researchers - Randy Blakely, Ph.D., Gregg Fields, Ph.D., and Hari Kalva, Ph.D. - were inducted into the 2025 class of the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of ³Ô¹ÏÍø.