1996 Archive

Researchers Pinpoint Brain Signals Linking Low-Calorie Diet To Infertility

GAINESVILLE—Scientists have long known that dieting, fasting and malnourishment can cause at least temporary infertility in women and men. Now, for the first time, they think they know how.

Filed under Research, Health on Friday, November 1, 1996.

UF Scientist’s Oyster Discovery Gives Clues About Evolution

GAINESVILLE — Understanding why an ancient oyster became as large as a dinner plate may help answer the evolutionary riddle of how generations of dinosaurs and other animals grew.

Filed under Research, Education, Natural History, Sciences on Thursday, October 31, 1996.

UF Study Says Cattle Are Champion Recyclers For Florida

GAINESVILLE—They produce mountains of manure and stinky, ozone- depleting (some scientists contend), methane gas. They also supply the nation with sweet, fresh milk. It’s a real public relations quandary for the nation’s dairy cattle.

Filed under Research, Environment, Florida on Thursday, October 31, 1996.

New Dean Named At UF College Of Veterinary Medicine

GAINESVILLE — Dr. Joseph A. DiPietro has been named the new dean of the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, following a national search.

Filed under Campus on Wednesday, October 30, 1996.

Ghosts And Haunted Houses Can Be A Nightmare For Home Owners

GAINESVILLE — You’ve just moved into your dream house. There’s just one problem: You think it may be haunted.

Filed under Research, Law on Wednesday, October 30, 1996.

UF Researchers Looking To Alternative Sources For Tomorrow’s Water

GAINESVILLE —The old saying, “You don’t miss your water until your well runs dry,” soon could ring true in Florida, experts say, unless someone figures out where the state’s future water supplies will come from.

Filed under Research, Engineering, Environment, Florida on Monday, October 28, 1996.

UF Researchers: Gene Therapy Method To Treat Cystic Fibrosis Is Safe

ORLANDO—An experimental method of delivering gene therapy into the damaged airways of cystic fibrosis patients is safe, University of Florida researchers announced today (10/25) at the 10th Annual North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference.

Filed under Research, Health on Friday, October 25, 1996.

Today’s Scary Stories Are Tame Compared To Victorian Age Tales

GAINESVILLE — The “Goosebumps” series might frighten kids today into sleeping with the lights on, but these tales are tame compared to stories written in the 17th and 18th centuries that told of children baking in ovens, being eaten or transforming into wild animals.

Filed under Research, Arts, Education, Family, Florida on Friday, October 25, 1996.

Great Pumpkin Is Great Surprise of 1996 Crop Of Mammoth Veggies

GAINESVILLE—For all you Halloween skeptics, Jim Stephens has this to report: The Great Pumpkin is real.

Filed under Research, Agriculture on Thursday, October 24, 1996.

Temperament May Make Learning Easy As A, B, C, Says UF Researcher

GAINESVILLE — Temperament plays a major role in how children learn, says a University of Florida researcher who has found differences in personality type by race, age and gender.

Filed under Research, Education, Family on Tuesday, October 22, 1996.