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New standards needed for elderly, disabled to remain in homes

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — “Build it and they will stay” would be wise policy with today’s growing number of elderly and disabled people who want to remain in their own homes, a new University of Florida study finds.

Filed under Research, Health, Business, Aging on Monday, June 30, 2008.

Major evolutionary study rewrites bird ‘tree of life’

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The flamingo looks like it should be closely related to the stork or crane, but its closest relative may actually be the diminutive, modest grebe.

Filed under Research, Natural History, Environment, Sciences on Thursday, June 26, 2008.

Computer engineers: Virtual patients also experience racial bias

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For black people, it doesn’t matter whether their color shows up in pigments or pixels. Doctors may be less likely to heed their complaints either way.

Filed under Research, Health, Engineering, Florida, Race on Thursday, June 26, 2008.

With $50 million, Florida universities to focus on renewable energy

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — With the cost of gas and electricity rising seemingly by the day, Florida’s universities will work together on research aimed at boosting a largely untapped resource: renewable energy.

Filed under Research, Business, Engineering, Environment, Florida on Thursday, June 26, 2008.

Florida consumer confidence index falls to lowest rate in its history

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Higher gas and food prices, continued declines in housing prices and last month’s large increase in unemployment caused Florida’s consumer confidence to plummet six points in June to 57, its all-time low record in the index’s 25-year history, a new University of Florida study finds.

Filed under Research, Business, Florida on Tuesday, June 24, 2008.

Researchers develop neural implant that learns with the brain

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Devices known as brain-machine interfaces could someday be used routinely to help paralyzed patients and amputees control prosthetic limbs with just their thoughts. Now, University of Florida researchers have taken the concept a step further, devising a way for computerized devices not only to translate brain […]

Filed under Research, Health, Engineering on Tuesday, June 24, 2008.

UF offers nation’s first master’s degree in environmental and land use law

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In a world grappling with critical shortages of water, increasing developmental pressures and the unknown but real threats of climate change, environmental and land use law policies and applications are changing almost as fast as the weather.
To prepare a new generation of environmental lawyers to meet these challenges, the University of Florida […]

Filed under Research, Environment, Law on Thursday, June 12, 2008.

University of Florida professor designs plasma-propelled flying saucer

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Flying saucers may soon be more fact than mere science fiction.

Filed under Research, Engineering, Sciences on Wednesday, June 11, 2008.

Stem cell discovery sheds light on placenta development

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Researchers studying embryonic stem cells have explored the first fork in the developmental road, getting a new look at what happens when fertilized eggs differentiate to build either an embryo or a placenta.

Filed under Research, Health, Sciences, Gender on Monday, June 9, 2008.

Andes Mountains grew in rapid spurts, not slowly, UF researcher says

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Mountain building may occur in faster fits and spurts than previously realized, according to a new study tracking the uplift of a central portion of the massive Andes Mountains in South America.

Filed under Research, Natural History, Sciences on Thursday, June 5, 2008.