Science

Was it really March last week and was it really 90 degrees? Sounds like a great time to escape to the beach. That had been my original intention until COVID-19 changed all of our plans.

It would have been so …

The St. Johns River is an estuary. The classic definition of an estuary is a semi-enclosed body of water, open to the ocean but diluted with fresh water. The lower basin of the St. Johns River fits that description precisely. …

It’s difficult to imagine Jacksonville University without the St. Johns River.

“Our location is critical to who we are,” says Dr. Quinton White, executive director of the Marine Science Institute (MSRI), one of the University’s signature waterfront programs along with …

Math might be everywhere, but how do you use it to make a difference?

That’s the question Dr. Tyler Kloefkorn tried to answer for students and faculty who attended the most recent Science and Engineering Lecture Series (SELS) event.

“It’s …

A Jacksonville-based technology company executive says his firm’s mission is to put space to work for everyone.

“We’re aimed at making tangible products that make peoples’ lives better,” Made In Space Vice President of Advanced Programs and Concepts Justin Kugler …

We live in a rhythmic world and hardly realize it. Usually when we think of rhythm, we think of music and the beat of the drums and bass as they set the tempo for the melody. But nature has its …

Jacksonville University Assistant Professor of Biology/Marine Science Dr. Bryan Franks and graduate student Christina LoBuglio will join the crew for OCEARCH’s latest expedition off the coast of Georgia and South Carolina.

The M/V OCEARCH vessel will search the Northwest Atlantic …

Boring is not a description normally associated with river or ocean life — at least not if the definition used means dull and uninteresting. But boring is the topic for this column — not in the unexciting way but in …

Water, water, everywhere and no place for it to go. When will the water level in the St. Johns River return to normal?

That seems to be a recurring question that I am getting more and more frequently. Normal is …

Jacksonville University’s Dr. LaTonya Summers has been rewarded for her hard work in incorporating ethnic considerations into mental health counseling. 

Her diligence in creating the Black Mental Health Symposium at Jacksonville University for students to learn more about mental health …