University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE–A new computer software program developed by a University of Florida graduate student will help protect Florida’s drinking water from pesticide contamination and could have worldwide application.

GAINESVILLE—Is the pesticide malathion dangerous or safe?

GAINESVILLE—For what may be the first time in the state, University of Florida physicians have performed a “mini” bone marrow transplant using much less intensive chemotherapy and no radiation.

GAINESVILLE—A University of Florida professor reports finding “the missing link” in how tiny ocean algae produce a chemical substance that influences cloud formation in the atmosphere. The breakthrough research could help explain global climate changes and make it possible to develop agricultural crops that resist freeze, drought and salt water damage.

GAINESVILLE — Florida’s consumer confidence index hit an eight-year high in June thanks to a rare combination of healthy wages and low unemployment, but retail sales are reaching a saturation point, University of Florida economists report.

GAINESVILLE—Extension agents in North Dakota — long trusted advisers for crop, business and home advice — now find flood victims turning to them for help with the stress of recovery.

GAINESVILLE—Denture wearers who fear their new false teeth will slip and slide may have reason to smile.

GAINESVILLE — Politicians’ plans to prod students into graduating on time have little chance of success, a new University of Florida study finds.

GAINESVILLE—A tree-killing beetle has invaded the Ocala National Forest, and by the time its work is done the face of the forest could be drastically changed, say entomologists with the University of Florida and the state Division of Forestry.

GAINESVILLE — The very reforms passed to correct the scandals of Watergate have spawned new abuses of their own, says a University of Florida political scientist on the 25th anniversary of the famous burglary.