University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s consumer confidence fell eight points in February to 87, reflecting pessimism about higher gas prices and rising interest rates, which are beginning to hurt housing sales, refinancing and home equity loans, University of Florida economists report.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A cut can be life-threatening for people with hemophilia, whose bodies don’t produce enough of a protein that prevents prolonged bleeding.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Engineers have found a way to pinpoint and identify the tiny iron oxide particles associated with Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases in the brain.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida scientists have found that people have an ancient skeleton in their closets — a skeleton personified today by a jawless, eel-like fish.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Giving employees a built-in excuse for lousy performance in humdrum or nasty tasks also gives them a way out of doing a good job, a new University of Florida study finds.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The spate of devastating hurricanes should not deter Florida’s population growth, which is expected to increase steadily over the next quarter century with the fastest growth occurring in metropolitan fringe areas, a new University of Florida study finds.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Welcome to the bug-of-the-month club. Thanks to Florida’s balmy climate and popularity as a tourist destination, at least one new and unwanted insect pest hitchhikes its way into the state every month, according to University of Florida researchers.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Children living in the South are up to three times more likely to battle poor health and its consequences — including obesity, teen pregnancy and death — than those in all other regions of the United States, even if they receive the same medical care, a new University of Florida study reveals.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Assertive and even aggressive human behavior could explain why shark attacks worldwide dipped last year, continuing a five-year downward trend in close encounters with the oceanic predators, new University of Florida research suggests.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — They may not be able to make love last, but a team of University of Florida researchers has figured out how to at least make the flowers go the distance.