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Published: February 28 2002
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In a lesson for the music and movie industries, software makers appear to be winning the war against software piracy – at least among chronically offending college students, says a University of Florida researcher.
Published: February 21 2002
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida engineering professor and expert in particle science and technology is the state’s only researcher elected to the National Academy of Engineering this year.
Published: February 20 2002
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Investors seeking the next big trend in produce might want to remember the name “Galia.”
Published: February 19 2002
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Gay men in Nazi Germany were treated worse than any group except the Jews, with castrations, torture, beatings and death common in Hitler’s concentration camps, says a University of Florida researcher.
Published: February 15 2002
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — With termite damage at record levels, a University of Florida pest control expert says a new statewide building code will help stop the tiny home wreckers.
Published: February 14 2002
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Forget Starship Troopers and steely-eyed astronauts – the right stuff for spaceship travel to faraway solar systems is more likely to be a family affair conducted by mom, dad, the kids, kinfolk, and generations to come, says a University of Florida anthropologist.
Published: February 13 2002
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s Alliance program, designed to give at-risk high school students a better chance of attending college and obtaining a baccalaureate degree, is expanding to two new schools in Orlando.
Published: February 12 2002
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Latin American veterinarians who hope to practice in the United States are receiving help through a new distance-education course offered by the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine in collaboration with Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale.
Published: February 11 2002
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — DNA tests on female skeletal bones at a University of Florida laboratory have ended a Central Florida family’s traumatic 19-year search to find a loved one and launched them on a new mission to apprehend her killer.
Published: February 11 2002
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida and Procter & Gamble today announced they have joined forces to advance research on Photoprotective Iron Chelator Technology, which was developed by P&G and shows promise for preventing or reducing the harmful effects of the sun, particularly skin cancer.
Published: February 8 2002
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Loving like an animal can actually bring out the finer, more altruistic side of your nature, a new University of Florida study suggests.
Published: February 7 2002
GAINESVILLE — In a study that may eventually provide hope for millions suffering from disease-damaged hearts, University of Florida researchers have transformed adult bone marrow stem cells from humans into heart muscle cells that remained healthy and functioning in mice for more than two months.
MARIANNA, Fla. — If you plant it, they will come. Maybe.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Scientists have known for years that the heart is one of the first organs to show the ravages of time. Now, two University of Florida researchers say they know why: cell suicide.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — DNA tests on female skeletal bones at a University of Florida laboratory have ended a Central Florida family's traumatic 19-year search to find a loved one and launched them on a new mission to apprehend her killer.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Recent news that the Internal Revenue Service plans to randomly audit 50,000 extra returns this tax season may discourage cheaters, but it could also have some unintended consequences, say University of Florida economists.
Published: February 18 2002
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Despite Time magazine labeling it the “Summer of the Shark” and the prevailing perception that 2001 was a banner year for shark attacks, actual numbers were slightly down, a new University of Florida study shows.
Published: February 12 2002
BRADENTON, Fla. — If the flowering plants you bought for Valentine’s Day don’t live up to your expectations, maybe the “flower power” judges can help.
Published: February 26 2002
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Jitters about the Enron scandal helped sink consumer confidence in February after a slow but steady recovery since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, University of Florida economists said Tuesday.
Published: February 26 2002
BRADENTON, Fla. — A new kind of moonlight will soon brighten yards, but it comes from the University of Florida and it’s best seen during the day.