Published: June 27 1997
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.
Published: June 27 1997
GAINESVILLE—Is the pesticide malathion dangerous or safe?
Published: June 25 1997
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.
Published: June 24 1997
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.
Published: June 20 1997
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.
Published: June 19 1997
GAINESVILLE—Denture wearers who fear their new false teeth will slip and slide may have reason to smile.
Published: June 18 1997
GAINESVILLE — Politicians’ plans to prod students into graduating on time have little chance of success, a new University of Florida study finds.
Published: June 17 1997
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.
Published: June 16 1997
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.
Published: June 5 1997
GAINESVILLE — Millions of older Americans may find that their best care comes not from government programs or their own children, but from grown-up grandchildren, a University of Florida researcher has found in a study that spanned 23 years.
Published: June 4 1997
GAINESVILLE — Beginning in summer 1998, all incoming University of Florida students will have to add computer savvy to their list of requirements for graduation.
Published: June 26 1997
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.
Published: June 4 1997
GAINESVILLE —The natural recovery of tropical forests leveled for agricultural use will be slow, but humans can encourage natural forest growth with such things as tree plantations, says a University of Florida researcher.