University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have discovered the cause of severe muscle damage that occurs when people with poor circulation work up a good sweat: free radicals. Now they hope to use the information to unlock the secrets of how to shut down those pesky body wastes.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Thousands of feet below the surface of the Pacific, along a massive volcanic mountain range called the mid-ocean ridge, much of the ocean floor is pockmarked with jagged-edged semi-circular holes and collapsed pits of varying sizes.