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Brains come before beauty in boosting one’s career earnings

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Nice guys may finish last, but it’s the smart ones that come in first with the lookers close behind, according to a University of Florida study that finds people with intelligence earn more in their lifetime than those who are attractive or self-confident.

Filed under Business, Gender, Research on Monday, May 11, 2009.

Team of researchers achieves major step toward faster chips

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — New research findings could lead to faster, smaller and more versatile computer chips.

Filed under Engineering, Research, Sciences, Technology on Thursday, May 7, 2009.

UF researchers find potential malaria treatment may extend to Legionnaires’ disease, botulism

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have found that a potential strategy for treating malaria also extends to the bacteria behind maladies such as Legionnaires’ disease, Weil’s syndrome and botulism.

Filed under Health, Research, Sciences on Thursday, May 7, 2009.

UF biologists join world experts in experiment to explore flu origins

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As scientists rush to figure out how the virus responsible for the current influenza outbreak originated, a group of the world’s experts on evolutionary biology — including a University of Florida team — has set aside some academic traditions to work together toward a solution.
Rather than rush to publication with their individual [...]

Filed under Health, Research, Sciences on Wednesday, May 6, 2009.

New technique for vulture population estimates could aid control efforts, UF researcher says

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For months, Erik Anderson tried to persuade a flock of vultures to stop roosting at Santa Fe College’s main campus in northwest Gainesville. In the end, the vultures won. Years later, he sees them as he motors down Interstate 75 to work.
“I don’t fight them anymore,” says Anderson, the college’s director of [...]

Filed under Environment, Research on Tuesday, May 5, 2009.