{"id":132783,"date":"2022-12-08T09:38:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T14:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=132783"},"modified":"2025-06-25T16:53:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T20:53:25","slug":"space-health-and-engineering-innovations-make-ucf-research-top-10-news-list-of-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/space-health-and-engineering-innovations-make-ucf-research-top-10-news-list-of-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Space, Health and Engineering Innovations Make Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Research Top 10 News List of 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
As high profile launches like Artemis 1 have propelled public interest in space exploration, the stories that topped Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½\u2019s Top 10 Research News list this year have reflected this renewed focus on reaching the moon and beyond.<\/p>\n
These were stories about innovative ways to build off-world settlements; prospecting for resources in understudied portions of the moon; creating new ways to power vehicles and spacecraft; and the strange behaviors of a near-Earth asteroid.<\/p>\n
Many of the top stories also highlighted amazing innovations achieved when disciplines, like engineering and medicine, intersect. These included stories about the development of a rapid test for Lyme disease; a real-time, optics-based device for monitoring blood clots; and engineering solutions for physiological problems of the heart.<\/p>\n
And in one of the most popular stories of the past year, mechanical and aerospace engineers used jet propulsion research techniques to answer a top question during the pandemic \u2014do face masks work?<\/p>\n
Rounding out the top 10 were stories focused on sustainability, including the genetic rescue of Florida panthers and developing zero-carbon emission jet engines.<\/p>\n
Here are the Top 10 Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Research News Stories of 2022:<\/p>\n