Tag: NASA

Thanks to NASA, farmers may ask, ‘Hey Alexa, what’s the best way to keep my soil healthy?’

by Brad Buck
July 29, 2025

Someday soon, farmers might use technology equivalent to Siri or Alexa to check the status of their soil’s quality. Anastasia Kritharoula, a doctoral student in the Soil Science Artificial Intelligence lab of the University of Florida, ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: #aiatuf, Anastasia Kritharoula, Artificial Intelligence, Farmers, Generative AI, Grant, NASA, Nikolaos Tziolas, Non-expert Users, Prec-ag, Soil, Soil Health, Soil Science Artificial Intelligence Lab, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Water
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Biológo espacial viajó al espacio este jueves 29 de agosto

by Luz Bahder
August 23, 2024

Creado por Meredith Bauer, especialista sénior en relaciones públicas para UF/IFAS. ¿Cómo se adaptan las plantas al espacio? Esta es la pregunta que University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) espera ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Anna-Lisa Paul, Arabidopsis Thaliana, Blue Origin, Centro Interdisciplinario De Investigacion Biotecnologica, Cohete, Cohete New Shepard De Blue Origin, Division De Ciencias Biologicas Y Fisicas De La NASA, Entorno Espacial, Espacio, Espacio Subhorbital, Español, Esperimento Supervisado Por Un Investigador, Experimento, Exploracion Espacial, Expresion Genetica, Genes, Instituto Espacial Astraeus De UF, Instituto Espacial Astraeus De University Of Florida, Investigacion, Investigacion Biologica, Investigadores, Jordan Callaham, KFTs, Laboratorio De Plantas Espaciales De UF, NASA, NASA Flight Opportunities, Plantas, Rob Ferl, Robert Ferl, Spanish, Tubos, Tubos De Fijacion Del Centro Espacial Kennedy, UF, UF-IFAS, Vuelo

Veteran UF/IFAS scientist named interim chair of environmental horticulture

by Brad Buck
December 18, 2023

Wagner Vendrame, a 22-year veteran of UF/IFAS, has been named interim chair of the Department of Environmental Horticulture, effective Jan. 1. Vendrame, spent most of his career at the UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center. While ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Dean Kopsell, Environmental Horticulture, Interim Chair, Micropropagation, NASA, Robert Gilbert, Tropical Research And Education Center, Wagner Vendrame

UF scientists look to space to help ranchers on Earth

by Kristie Popa
February 18, 2021

Houston, we’re fixing a problem. [inlinetweet prefix="" tweeter="" suffix=""]A University of Florida scientist is leading a project to develop a tool -- based on data from satellites -- that ranchers can use to improve their pasture and grazing ... READ MORE

Category: Farm Management
Tags: Agronomy, Artificial Intelligence, Cattle, Chris Wilson, Dataset, Ecosystems, Forage, Management, NASA, North Florida Research And Education Center, Orbit, Pasture Biomass, Ranch, Satellite

Staph-free space, UF/IFAS researchers work to improve astronaut health

by Tory Moore
December 4, 2020

Staph is commonly found in the nose and on skin, but after long durations in space, may be a risk factor for serious infection Astronauts must remain healthy throughout space missions. But when the missions lengthen, more factors can make ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Department Of Microbiology And Cell Science, International Space Station, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, NASA, Space, Staph

Life in space – UF/IFAS faculty awarded three grants for further exploration

by Tory Moore
October 15, 2020

The NASA Biological and Physical Sciences Division’s Space Biology Program recently announced 18 grants that will advance our understanding of how living systems respond to life in space. Three of those grants were awarded to UF/IFAS faculty ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Department Of Microbiology And Cell Science, Grants, Horticultural Sciences, Horticultural Sciences Department, Mars, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, NASA

UF researchers to lead project on deforestation and expanding cities in Ghana

by Raychel Rabon
September 27, 2019

Deforestation has significantly impacted West Africa for several decades and Ghana is still experiencing pressures from an increasing population in urban areas. The challenge of identifying land cover change drivers due to the complex interactions ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Natural Resources
Tags: Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Deforestation, Ghana, Land Use, NASA, Research, SERVIR, UFABE, Urbanization, Usaid

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