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Published: March 29 2002
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — As anthrax and other biological weapons continue to be worrisome threats, a University of Florida researcher has found a common pest control agent called methyl bromide is more effective and cheaper than current treatments in eradicating deadly bacterial spores from buildings.
Published: March 28 2002
GAINESVILLE, Fla.-For healthy older men and women, strength training not only firms muscles, but also significantly improves physical endurance and aerobic power, which can help prevent or delay a number of diseases including heart disease, according to a University of Florida study.
Published: March 26 2002
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Consumer confidence among Floridians experienced its most dramatic increase in more than a decade in March, signaling an end to anxiety over terrorism and the Enron scandal, University of Florida economists said Tuesday.
Published: March 25 2002
GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Heart disease patients have more to fear than the threat posed by a couch potato lifestyle or high-fat foods such as burgers and fries: Mental stress can markedly decrease blood flow to the heart, hiking their risk of dying three-fold, University of Florida cardiologists reported today (3/25).
Published: March 22 2002
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – In a major scientific breakthrough, a University of Florida researcher has developed a feline AIDS vaccine that the federal government has approved for commercial use.
Published: March 21 2002
QUINCY, Fla. — Low profits are driving many small peanut and cotton farmers out of business in the Southeast, but University of Florida experts say the downward spiral could be halted — and some of the region’s heritage saved — if farmers adopt a “less-is-more” approach to farming.
Published: March 21 2002
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Adult stem cell research holds great promise for treating some neurological disorders, but much work remains before laboratory efforts can be translated into safe treatments, two University of Florida researchers write in a position paper in Saturday’s issue of The Lancet.
Published: March 20 2002
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Crossing the street may soon be safer, thanks to a computer program developed at the University of Florida that tells where and how cars and pedestrians cross paths the wrong way.
Published: March 14 2002
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — No St. Patrick’s Day meal would be complete without cabbage. While the leafy vegetable is a nutritional pot o’ gold, it also is the centerpiece of a weeklong crash diet that’s mostly blarney, says a University of Florida dietary expert.
Published: March 13 2002
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s population will grow faster than expected thanks to more accurate census counts, according to the latest projections from the University of Florida.
Published: March 12 2002
FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Gardeners in drought-prone Southeastern states may want to “go native” this spring and beautify yards with native plants requiring little irrigation, says a University of Florida horticulturalist.
Published: March 11 2002
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Women see solo vacations as adventures in freedom and liberation, despite portrayals of those travelers as foolish risk-takers, a new University of Florida study shows.
Published: March 4 2002
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida-led research team has developed a new mathematical approach to airline scheduling that could lead to substantial savings for United Airlines, which helped sponsor the research, and eventually for other airlines as well.
GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Heart disease patients have more to fear than the threat posed by a couch potato lifestyle or high-fat foods such as burgers and fries: Mental stress can markedly decrease blood flow to the heart, hiking their risk of dying three-fold, University of Florida cardiologists reported today (3/25).
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Chris Marshall noticed it when he snorkeled with manatees: Even when he remained still and quiet in murky water, they kept a safe distance.
Published: March 13 2002
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Researchers may need to look more closely before concluding that adult stem cells can transform into other types of cells, according to University of Florida research to be published Thursday in Nature.
Published: March 26 2002
GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Scientists report this week they have demonstrated that the injection of two corrective genes into a specific brain region generated significant restoration of normal limb movement in rats with a chemical-induced form of Parkinson’s disease.