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UF study first to quantify validity of DNA I.D. tool using marine snails

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A trendy holiday gift within a decade may be a hand-held device that instantly identifies any species from a snippet of animal tissue, says a University of Florida researcher.

Filed under Natural History, Research, Sciences on Monday, November 28, 2005.

Archaeologists: Ancient brewery tended by elite, female brewmasters

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — If the ancient mountaintop city in southern Peru was the vanished Wari empire’s unique imperial showplace, the brewery was its piece de resistance.

Filed under Gender, Natural History, Research on Monday, November 14, 2005.

UF researcher: Global warming dramatically changed ancient forests

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Palmettos in Pennsylvania? Magnolias in Minnesota? The migration of subtropical plants to northern climates may not be too far-fetched if future global warming patterns mirror a monumental shift that took place in the past, new research by an international team of scientists suggests.

Filed under Agriculture, Environment, Natural History, Research, Sciences on Thursday, November 10, 2005.