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Engineers are first to measure lightning-caused polluting gas

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A flash of light, a boom of thunder, a puff of smog?
Researchers have long known that lightning produces lots of nitrogen oxide. Power plants and cars also give off the gas, which is a big ingredient in smog.
Now, engineering researchers have made the first direct measurements of the amount of nitrogen oxide […]

Filed under Research, Engineering, Environment on Monday, March 12, 2007.

Location, location, location: Cell sizes, lives influenced by host size

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Cells from the smallest to the largest of mammals often seem to be “one size fits all.” Now a closer look reveals that whether a cell lives in an elephant, mouse or something in between can make a big difference in its life.

Filed under Research, Health on Thursday, March 8, 2007.

Florida’s single-family housing market hits bottom; market stabilizes

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Hopeful homebuyers in Florida should act now: The price is right as the state’s single-family residential housing market bottoms out, according to a University of Florida study released today.

Filed under Research, Business, Florida on Thursday, March 8, 2007.

Study: Abandoning net neutrality discourages improvements in service

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Charging online content providers such as Yahoo! and Google for preferential access to the customers of Internet service providers might not be in the best interest of the millions of Americans, despite claims to the contrary, a new University of Florida study finds.

Filed under Research, Business, Technology, Sciences on Wednesday, March 7, 2007.

Human pubic lice acquired from gorillas gives evolutionary clues

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Humans acquired pubic lice from gorillas several million years ago, but this seemingly seedy connection does not mean that monkey business went on with the great apes, a new University of Florida study finds.

Filed under Research, Natural History, Sciences on Wednesday, March 7, 2007.

New research center at UF expected to improve powerful computers

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new national research center led by the University of Florida will explore technologies that could revolutionize high-performance computing, a field crucial in areas of science ranging from space exploration to weather forecasting to medicine.

Filed under Research, Engineering on Tuesday, March 6, 2007.

UF researchers design folate-packed tomato

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Leafy greens and beans now aren’t the only foods that pack a punch of folate, the vitamin essential for a healthy start to pregnancy. Researchers at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences have developed a tomato with a full day’s worth of the nutrient in a single serving.

Filed under Research, Health, Sciences, Agriculture on Tuesday, March 6, 2007.

UF study first to document evidence of ‘mafia’ behavior in cowbirds

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — “The Sopranos” have some competition — brown-headed cowbirds.

Filed under Research, Natural History, Sciences on Monday, March 5, 2007.