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Multimedia: Florida Population Growth

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The economic recession has cast a shadow over growth in the Sunshine State, according to the latest population projections from the University of Florida, which see Florida’s population increases plunging to their lowest level in 60 years and some counties actually shrinking.

Filed under Multimedia on Monday, March 23, 2009.

Multimedia: Engineer: Computer learning, electrical stimulation offer hope for paralyzed

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Trainers have used it for decades to help athletes build muscle. Late-night TV commercials hawk it as an effortless flab buster.

Filed under Multimedia on Wednesday, March 18, 2009.

Consumer medication information falls short, UF researchers say

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Two University of Florida pharmacy faculty members will tell a U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel this week that the information that accompanies prescription medicine often does not follow FDA format and content recommendations.

Filed under Multimedia on Thursday, February 26, 2009.

Multimedia: Vitamin supplements may protect against noise-induced hearing loss

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Vitamin supplements can prevent hearing loss in laboratory animals, according to two new studies, bringing investigators one step closer to the development of a pill that could stave off noise-induced and perhaps even age-related hearing loss in humans.

Filed under Multimedia on Tuesday, February 17, 2009.

Multimedia: Near Darwin’s bicentennial, UF researchers help reveal hidden aspect of evolutionary theory

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Although widely speculated, researchers have now shown that the evolution of one species can drive the evolution of another.

Filed under Multimedia on Thursday, February 5, 2009.

Multimedia: World’s largest snake shows tropics were hotter in the past

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The largest snake the world has ever known — as long as a school bus and as heavy as a small car — ruled tropical ecosystems only 6 million years after the demise of the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex, according to a new discovery published in the journal Nature.

Filed under Multimedia on Wednesday, February 4, 2009.

Multimedia: Researchers: Molecular forklifts overcome obstacle to ‘smart dust’

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Algae is a livid green giveaway of nutrient pollution in a lake. Scientists would love to reproduce that action in tiny particles that would turn different colors if exposed to biological weapons, food spoilage or signs of poor health in the blood.

Filed under Multimedia on Sunday, January 18, 2009.