A new physics grant is going towards helping Florida Tech researchers better understand the properties of dark matter and the makeup of the universe.

New research at Florida Tech may help reduce the harmful effects of oil solvents as assistant professor M. Toufiq Reza was awarded a $110,000, 2-year grant.

Florida Tech’s NIST-funded grant is using wireless hurricane sensors and LiDAR to measure the wind the storms produce and possibly improve building codes.

One of the nation’s few laser filamentation specialists, Shermineh Rostami Fairchild will join the Optical Society’s Public Policy Council in January.