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This is University Update Weekly, your online source for University of Florida news and events for the week of January 29th.

Sponges have become one of the top sources of bacteria problems in most American homes. Now, University of Florida engineers have discovered that after a few minutes in a household microwave, a sponge once ridden with germs will come out bacteria-free.

(PLEASE NOTE: To guard against the risk of fire, people who wish to sterilize their sponges at home must ensure the sponge is completely wet. Two minutes of microwaving is sufficient for most sterilization. Sponges should also have no metallic content. Last, people should be careful when removing the sponge from the microwave as [...]

This is University Update Weekly, your online source for University of Florida news and events for the week of January 22nd.

Cell phone junkies may find it hard to remember how they survived before the text phone or the PDA came on the scene. Now Phychologists say that for some wireless users, the constant need to keep in touch can cause major static in personal relationships.

Eager students bring an apple for the teacher. Now, a University of Florida study shows teacher merit pay leads to juicy results- better test scores by their pupils. UF researchers surveyed more than five hundred U.S. schools. Results show students in schools that pay bonuses to teachers scored one to two percentage [...]

This is University Update Weekly, your online source for University of Florida news and events for the week of January 15th.

This is University Update Weekly, your online source for University of Florida news and events for the week of January 8th.

Eager students may bring an apple for the teacher, now a new University of Florida study shows that teacher merit pay does lead to juicy results and better test scores by their pupils. Here’s UF economics researcher David Figlio.