September 1997 Archive

Super-Thin Computer Screens Near Reality For Use In Tight Spaces

GAINESVILLE — Hospital rooms, surgery suites, fighter plane cockpits and tanks — high-priced real estate where space is at a premium. They also are perfect places for super-thin color computer monitors that will result from technology being developed at the University of Florida.

Filed under Engineering, Research, Technology on Wednesday, September 10, 1997.

Sustainable Development: Taking The Message To The Marketplace

GAINESVILLE Home builders and real estate agents in rapidly growing Florida are learning that being green-minded can put more green in the bottom line under a new program developed at the University of Florida.

Filed under Agriculture, Architecture, Business, Florida, Research on Tuesday, September 9, 1997.

UF Researcher: Race Has No Place As An Official Category In Census

GAINESVILLE — Racial categories have no scientific validity, despite their political importance, says a University of Florida anthropologist whose group is asking that census takers ax such references altogether.

Filed under Black, Hispanic, Race, Research on Monday, September 8, 1997.

New Land Mine Detectors May Help Fulfill Princess Diana’s Dream

GAINESVILLE — A revolutionary new land mine detection system, developed at the University of Florida originally for military use, is ready to be converted for a humanitarian effort to rid the world of leftover land mines lurking in former war areas.

Filed under Engineering, Florida, Politics, Research, Technology on Wednesday, September 3, 1997.

Tropical Perennials Can Help Florida Gardens Survive Summer

GAINESVILLE—Petunias are pooped and roses are ragged, geraniums are goners and daffodils are dead. The dog days of summer are here, and flowers everywhere are wilting and withering in the Florida heat.

Filed under Agriculture, Environment, Florida, Research on Tuesday, September 2, 1997.