University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The molecule of life just got a new job description.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — By growing crops and trees side by side, farmers can dramatically reduce groundwater pollution caused by fertilizers, a University of Florida study shows.

The violence following the transfer of sovereignty to the new Iraqi government should give conservatives pause. Three months before the presidential election, where have the policies of George W. Bush and his coterie of neoconservatives led the Republican Party?

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — With almost limitless gravitational power, black holes are supposed to gulp everything that comes near them, even weightless light photons.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Sea grasses — essential to Florida’s marine ecology — are changing near the mouths of rivers on the state’s west coast, and nutrients in runoff from farms, yards and septic tanks may be the cause, according to University of Florida researchers.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The allure of a new brain surgery technique to relieve the stiffness and shaking caused by Parkinson’s disease may lead to unnecessary operations, University of Florida researchers say, but a new screening tool they developed could prevent potentially dangerous procedures.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Black men battling oral and pharyngeal cancer in Florida don’t live as long as their white counterparts and are less likely to undergo the surgery necessary to optimally treat the disease, a University of Florida study reveals.