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UF Researchers Report Improvement In The Treatment Of Heart Bypass Patients With Recurrent Problems

GAINESVILLE—Although bypass surgery is keeping heart disease patients alive longer, the veins most often used to circumvent their obstructed coronary arteries are prone to developing fatty blockages years later.

Filed under Research, Health on Friday, October 10, 1997.

Photocatalytic Air Cleaning System Promises To Help Allergy Sufferers

GAINESVILLE — Allergy and asthma sufferers soon may have a new weapon in their fight against airborne enemies: an indoor-air cleaning system that uses light and simple chemicals to destroy the dust mites and mold spores that cause many allergies.

Filed under Research, Health, Engineering, Environment, Sciences on Thursday, October 9, 1997.

New “Wonder Peanut” Beats Olive Oil In Healthful Benefits

GAINESVILLE — A new “wonder peanut” being harvested for the first time in the United States this month beats olive oil in healthful benefits, says a University of Florida peanut breeder.

Filed under Research, Health, Florida, Agriculture on Wednesday, October 8, 1997.

Value Of Some Agricultural Land In Florida Continues To Decline

GAINESVILLE—For the seventh consecutive year, the market value of Florida’s citrus lands has declined as a growing population and foreign agricultural competition continued to take their toll, according to a recent statewide survey conducted at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.

Filed under Research, Business, Agriculture on Thursday, October 2, 1997.

UF Researchers: Nuclear Power Will Make Mars Trip Shorter, Safer

GAINESVILLE — As the world marks the 40th anniversary Saturday of the first Sputnik launch and the dawn of the Space Age, scientists at the University of Florida are working on a nuclear propulsion system they say could shorten a 600-day manned trip to Mars by more than a year.

Filed under Research, Engineering, Florida, Sciences on Wednesday, October 1, 1997.