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Multimedia: Rude work behavior hurts job performance of observers as well as victims

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A destructive form of secondhand rudeness has been discovered by a University of Florida study, which concludes that employees who are not the intended targets of abusive workplace remarks still suffer from their effects.

Filed under Multimedia on Wednesday, July 29, 2009.

Multimedia: Cold weather may reduce Cuban tree frogs’ impact as they move north, UF researchers say

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Invasive Cuban tree frogs are spreading through Florida, but a new University of Florida study suggests their impact could weaken as they move farther north, because colder weather seems to reduce their average size.

Filed under Multimedia on Thursday, July 16, 2009.

Multimedia: Astronomers, royalty, rock stars to inaugurate world’s largest telescope

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Four hundred years after Galileo first turned his handmade telescope toward the heavens, the world’s largest, most technologically advanced telescope is set to make its formal debut.

Filed under Multimedia on Monday, July 13, 2009.

Multimedia: UF researchers turn up the heat on bedbugs with new low-tech treatment method

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Bedbug infestations are notoriously hard to eliminate, but University of Florida researchers have developed a low-cost, low-tech method to kill the bloodsucking insects in furniture and bedding, using heat.

Filed under Multimedia on Tuesday, July 7, 2009.

Multimedia: Native holly can provide caffeinated, antioxidant-rich beverage, UF experts say

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Coffee and tea drinkers, take note — a University of Florida study says a beverage made from a native holly tree might be just the thing to give you a caffeinated kick-start, plus a dose of antioxidants.

Filed under Multimedia on Thursday, June 25, 2009.

Multimedia: ‘Mixed reality’ human helps medical students learn to do intimate exams

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — “What brings you in to see me today?”

Filed under Multimedia on Tuesday, June 23, 2009.

Multimedia: 54-million-year-old skull reveals early evolution of primate brains

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Researchers at the University of Florida and the University of Winnipeg have developed the first detailed images of a primitive primate brain, unexpectedly revealing that cousins of our earliest ancestors relied on smell more than sight.

Filed under Multimedia on Monday, June 22, 2009.

Multimedia: Wrong type of help from parents could worsen child’s OCD

GAINESVILLE — For most parents, soothing a child’s anxiety is just part of the job. But for a parent whose child has obsessive-compulsive disorder, soothing anxiety and helping with behaviors linked to the disease could lead to more severe symptoms, University of Florida researchers say.

Filed under Multimedia on Wednesday, June 17, 2009.

Multimedia: Soap-sniffing technology encourages hand washing to reduce infections, save money

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Call it a Breathalyzer for the hands.

Filed under Multimedia on Wednesday, June 3, 2009.

Multimedia: Research: Mockingbirds, no bird brains, can recognize a face in a crowd

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The birds are watching. They know who you are. And they will attack.

Filed under Multimedia on Monday, May 18, 2009.