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Published: July 29 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Just because salsa is acidic, don’t assume it can’t make you ill. A University of Florida researcher’s study shows that salmonella and staphylococcus can both survive long enough to pose risk in the often free, always popular appetizer.
Published: July 28 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The BP oil spill threatens to swamp a shaky Florida real estate industry that had been bottoming out because of repeated economic blows, the latest University of Florida survey finds.
Published: July 28 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Genetic investigators say the partnership between people and the ancestors of today’s donkeys was sealed not by monarchs trying to establish kingdoms, but by mobile, pastoral people who had to recruit animals to help them survive the harsh Saharan landscape in northern Africa more than 5,000 years ago.
Published: July 28 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The BP oil spill threatens to swamp a shaky Florida real estate industry that had been bottoming out because of repeated economic blows, the latest University of Florida survey finds.
Published: July 28 2010
While the Gulf oil spill has peppered Panhandle beaches with tar balls, University of Florida experts say it has also swamped a shaky Florida real estate industry.
Published: July 27 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — To beat summer heat, winter cold and other harsh environmental conditions, many insects temporarily drop into a state similar to hibernation to conserve energy and reduce stress, and University of Florida researchers say this phenomenon could lead to new pest control methods.
Published: July 27 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Fears about the economic effects of the BP oil spill caused a slight decline in Florida’s consumer confidence in July, while expectations about personal finances reached a record low, according to a new University of Florida survey.
Published: July 26 2010
Much has been written about BP’s staggering liabilities for cleanup, compensation and fines for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Published: July 22 2010
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Published: July 22 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In what researchers say is one of the most direct illustrations of global climate change’s impact on animals, a new study shows that longer summers and milder winters have allowed yellow-bellied marmots to grow larger and increase in numbers.
Published: July 22 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Transmission of HIV to children before or at birth has dropped dramatically around the country in the last decade since the advent of powerful new therapies. That certainly is true for Florida, where each year, fewer than 10 babies are born with the disease despite the fact that more than 600 HIV-positive women each year, on average, give birth.
Published: July 21 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Surface tension isn't a very powerful force, but it matters for small things — water bugs, paint, and, it turns out, nanowires.
Published: July 21 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Many Florida tourists come for the perfect weather but do not know what to do in the perfect storm, finds a new University of Florida study of visiting vacationers and their preparedness for a hurricane strike.
Published: July 21 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Surface tension isn’t a very powerful force, but it matters for small things — water bugs, paint, and, it turns out, nanowires.
Published: July 20 2010
In a health conscious society, keeping food both fresh and healthy is just a sound wave away. University of Florida researchers have discovered that by firing ultrasonic sound waves into roasted peanuts and then coating the nuts with edible protectants and antioxidant extracts like tea, not only can they extend the shelf life of the peanuts, but also make them healthier.
Published: July 20 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Every peanut lover knows the disappointment of finding rancid goobers in a seemingly fresh package, and a University of Florida researcher is fighting the problem by using familiar technology in a new way.
Published: July 16 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Bladder Cancer Awareness Day will be celebrated from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 17, at Shands Cancer Hospital at the University of Florida. Bladder cancer survivors, caregivers and loved ones hope to raise awareness of the disease and inspire others who may feel like they are going through their bladder cancer journey alone.
Published: July 15 2010
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Published: July 15 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — How information from cancer research trials are reported in scientific journals may impact how quickly new treatments become therapies that can benefit human health.
Published: July 14 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As technicians maneuver remotely operated vehicles to try to stem the Gulf gusher, the next generation — submarines that perform missions on their own with no human control — will be in the spotlight in California.
Published: July 14 2010
The employees and political action committees of securities and investment firms like Goldman Sachs and Bank of America have given more than $577,000 to Florida members of Congress so far this election cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. While the boardrooms of these big banks might be thousands of miles away, their campaign checks are not.
Published: July 14 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Immune system cells called macrophages spring into action to surround and destroy threats such as viruses or cancer cells. But sometimes the would-be protective response leads to persistent inflammation, which, in turn, can cause disease.
Published: July 12 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have found that the variety of bacteria in a child’s digestive tract is strongly linked to whether that child develops type 1 diabetes. The connection could eventually give doctors an early test for the condition and a new way to treat the disease that afflicts more than 3 million Americans.
Published: July 8 2010
Tip sheet
Published: July 8 2010
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Published: July 7 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Having a partner reveal his true self is much more important to women in romantic relationships than it is for men in dating the opposite sex, a newly published University of Florida study finds.
Published: July 6 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Watching a loved one struggle with Alzheimer's disease can be a painful process, but for the patient, the experience may be a muted one.
Published: July 6 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A fruit fly that has given growers in the western United States fits has made its way to the Sunshine State and may spread throughout the Southeast, University of Florida researchers say.
Published: July 6 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Watching a loved one struggle with Alzheimer’s disease can be a painful process, but for the patient, the experience may be a muted one.
Published: July 1 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For Floridians hoping that the record-breaking cold of this past winter might have stemmed the number of pesky mosquitoes, University of Florida entomologists have this message: the mosquitoes are out in full force, and so are the diseases they carry.
Published: July 7 2014
Drion Boucias, an entomology professor, was quoted in a June 22
Wall Street Journal article about how Lucky Lure Cricket Farm,
Florida’s oldest commercial insect farm, was forced to file for
bankruptcy due to a nationwide virus that killed off the farm’s
cricket colony.
Published: July 27 2010
Clay Calvert, the Joseph L. Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication, was quoted in a July 22 Wall Street Journal story about litigation brought against an English newspaper by actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.
Published: July 7 2010
Alex Sevilla, director of executive and professional M.B.A.
programs, was quoted in a June 30 Wall Street Journal article
about innovations in online M.B.A. programs, including more
interactive and engaging projects and higher enrollment.
Published: July 16 2010
Kathleen Long, dean of the College of Nursing, was quoted in a July 9 USA Today story about the current job market for recent nursing graduates
Published: July 27 2010
About 120 incoming freshmen built shoebox-sized robots out of LEGO Mindstorm NXT kits in a summer class on engineering design and programming. They will pit the robots against each other in a race “recreating the chariot race from the movie ‘Ben-Hur,’ except with autonomously running LEGO chariots,” said Dan Dickrell , a UF department of mechanical and aerospace engineering faculty member. The students took the class as part of two summer programs, the Engineering Freshman Transition Program and STEP-UP, aimed at introducing engineering to students who have indicated an interest in the field. The Lego Mindstorms NXT kits played the role of textbooks for the class. “The summer class teaches both the basics of engineering design principles and computer programming to the incoming freshman, enabling the students to visualize and complete autonomous vehicles to compete in the final race,” Dickrell said.
Published: July 27 2010
Law professor Christopher Slobogin was quoted in a July 18 Orlando Sentinel article about the increased use of surveillance cameras for government, business and home security purposes and the
concerns over the misuse of increased surveillance. See related news release.
Published: July 27 2010
Dr. Shahla Masood, head of pathology at the UF College of Medicine in Jacksonville, was quoted in a July 19 New York Times story about the actions being taken in response to increased challenges
in diagnosing and detecting early stages of breast cancer.
Published: July 7 2010
Assistant professor of entomology Jamie Ellis was quoted in a June
28 New York Times article about airports that use bees to help
monitor air quality, a process known as biomonitoring.
Published: July 16 2010
Veterinary pathologist Brian Stacy was quoted in a July 15 New York Times story about efforts to determine the exact cause of death for sea turtles and other animals in the Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Published: July 16 2010
Pesticide expert Mark Mossler and environmental engineering professor Mike Annable were quoted in a July 11 Palm Beach Post story about the discovery of pesticides in wells in South Miami-Dade homes. The quotes were the results of referrals from the UF News Bureau.
Published: July 7 2010
Roger Fillingim, a psychologist and professor of community
dentistry and behavioral science, was quoted in a July 5 Los
Angeles Times article about factors that can influence how people
experience pain.
Published: July 7 2010
WHEN IT COMES TO DATING, IT TURNS OUT WOMEN REALLY DO VALUE HONESTY MORE THAN MEN.
Published: July 7 2010
Tracey Barnett, assistant professor behavioral science and
community health, was quoted in a July 1 Florida Trend article
about the health hazards associated with hookah smoking and the
actions different communities are taking to prevent hookah bars.
Published: July 7 2010
Professor of toxicology Bruce Goldberger was quoted in a June 30
Dallas Morning News story about the autopsy of the Dallas police
chief’s son, which revealed he had PCP and marijuana in his
bloodstream when he fatally shot a police officer and a bystander
on Father’s Day.