August 2004 Archive

School Test Rewards Produce Growing Disparity Between Rich, Poor

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Cash incentive programs that reward schools for high scores on standardized tests create a growing gulf between the rich and poor, a new University of Florida study suggests.

Filed under Research on Thursday, August 12, 2004.

UF Researchers: Tree, Cotton Combination Reduces Pollution

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.

Filed under Research on Wednesday, August 11, 2004.

Bush Policies Stray From Republican Principles

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?

Filed under Op-Eds on Thursday, August 5, 2004.

Astrophysicist Helps Crack A Black Hole Mystery: Energy Jets

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

Filed under Research on Thursday, August 5, 2004.

Sea grass research points to changing coastal environment

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.

Filed under Research, Environment on Wednesday, August 4, 2004.

UF Develops Screening Tool To Prevent Wrong Patients From Receiving Parkinson’s Surgery

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.

Filed under Research on Wednesday, August 4, 2004.

UF Researchers Discover Racial Disparities In Oral Cancer Treatment And Survival

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.

Filed under Research on Tuesday, August 3, 2004.