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UF research helps tasty flowers emerge as haute cuisine

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As executive chef at one of Florida’s most popular resorts, Anthony Sicignano must know virtually every form of cooking to direct nearly 3,000 daily meals. This season, however, he also has to be part florist.

Filed under Florida, Research on Tuesday, March 11, 2008.

Physicists: After 30 years of study, rare particle confirms prediction

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — High-energy physicists devoted to recreating the conditions at the beginning of the universe have for the first time observed a new way to produce those basic particles of atoms, protons and neutrons.

Filed under Research, Sciences on Monday, March 10, 2008.

Excess worrying can harm parents’ relationships with grown children

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The amount of worry shared by parents and their grownup children can feel like a warm comforter or wet blanket, a new University of Florida study finds.

Filed under Family, Gender, Health, Research on Thursday, March 6, 2008.

UF researchers warn parents about dangers of childhood foot burns

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Warmer weather is just around the corner, but before families fire up the barbecue, roast marshmallows around a crackling campfire or burn yard debris, they should consider some common precautions to help snuff out a serious childhood health risk.

Filed under Health, Research on Wednesday, March 5, 2008.

Government surveillance harms society, UF law professor writes in new book

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Acts of government surveillance — from increasing use of closed-circuit televisions and global positioning systems to an array of sophisticated technologies that can access records about our activities — represent an insidious assault on the freedom of Americans that the law has failed to respond to, according to a new book from a University of Florida law professor.

Filed under Law, Research on Tuesday, March 4, 2008.

Overfertilizing St. Augustinegrass could encourage chinch bugs, UF researcher warns

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A little fertilizer can perk up a St. Augustinegrass lawn as spring arrives, but homeowners who overdo it may find they’re growing more than grass.

Filed under Environment, Florida, Research on Monday, March 3, 2008.