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Published: January 31 2000
GAINESVILLE — Florida Hispanics who are fluent in Spanish and English earn significantly higher incomes and are less likely to live in poverty than those who speak only English, according to a new study.
Published: January 28 2000
LAKE ALFRED — A homeowner curious about a strange weed in his garden, the fifth-grader writing a report on the Monarch butterfly and the horticulturist stumped by an unfamiliar plant disease all have a new source of information on the World Wide Web.
Published: January 27 2000
GAINESVILLE, Fla.—University of Florida Brain Institute researchers today announced plans to open a first-of-its-kind bank of human brain tissue to support studies of traumatic brain injury, which affects someone in the United States every 15 seconds.
Published: January 27 2000
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A simple, new mathematical model enables scientists to predict epidemics of infectious diseases such as measles.
Published: January 25 2000
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Consumer confidence in Florida rose three points in January, reflecting unbridled optimism in the nation’s economy and waning concerns over the vanquished Y2K bug, University of Florida economists report.
Published: January 24 2000
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — New research by a University of Florida professor suggests the complex computer models underlying regulations on pollution from cars and other sources in many of the nation’s largest cities may significantly underestimate pollution levels.
Published: January 20 2000
LIVE OAK—Faced with a 2005 ban on a widely used chemical that controls soil pests, University of Florida researchers are working with growers to develop new high-tech growing methods that eliminate the need for soil.
Published: January 19 2000
GAINESVILLE — This is no tall fish story. Scientists have identified a new species of bass, making the finned fighter likely the last game fish in North America to get a scientific name, says a University of Florida researcher.
Published: January 13 2000
GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Mothers have long suspected what medical science in recent years has largely confirmed: Breast-feeding offers infection protection for newborns. But exactly which ingredient in human milk provides the benefit is not entirely understood.
Published: January 12 2000
GAINESVILLE — AIDS has joined traffic accidents as an occupational hazard for the nation’s long-haul truckers, a new University of Florida study finds.
Published: January 11 2000
Published: January 6 2000
GAINESVILLE, Fla.—A rare species of St. John’s Wort found only in four counties of Central Florida is disappearing, and University of Florida researchers are studying the plant’s genetics and local environmental conditions in hopes of conserving it and other endangered plants.
Published: January 5 2000
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — To address the nation’s critical need for skilled workers, University of Florida researchers have developed plans for a construction academy that will reduce traditional training time by at least 50 percent.
Published: January 4 2000
GAINESVILLE — Formal crossing-guard training makes walking to and from school safer for children by instilling competence and dedication in guards and their trainers, according to a new University of Florida study.
Published: January 13 2000
BRADENTON—The redder the better, when it comes to tomatoes, says a University of Florida researcher.
Horticulturist Jay Scott is breeding new varieties of tomatoes that contain a crimson gene, which gives tomatoes a deeper red color. More importantly, however, the gene also increases tomatoes’ levels of lycopene, a substance recently shown to have health benefits.