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Rude work behavior hurts job performance of observers as well as victims

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A destructive form of secondhand rudeness has been discovered by a University of Florida study, which concludes that employees who are not the intended targets of abusive workplace remarks still suffer from their effects.

Filed under Business, Research on Wednesday, July 29, 2009.

Florida’s consumer confidence dips as bleak employment picture persists

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The state’s double-digit unemployment rate is likely to blame for a two-point drop in Florida’s consumer confidence in July to 67, despite good news about housing prices and the stock market, a new University of Florida survey finds.

Filed under Business, Florida, Research on Tuesday, July 28, 2009.

UF researchers receive $643,000 federal grant to study wood-quality gene for fuel production

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A newly discovered gene may be the key to producing fuel ethanol more efficiently from trees, and the University of Florida researchers who identified it have received a prestigious federal grant to investigate further.
The gene, which helps regulate wood growth and the composition of wood fiber, could also lead to improved tree [...]

Filed under Agriculture, Business, Environment, Florida, Research on Thursday, July 23, 2009.

UF gets nearly $26 million to speed scientific discoveries to patient care

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida will receive nearly $26 million over five years to speed the transformation of scientific discoveries into medical advances for patients.
In winning the competitive National Institutes of Health’s Clinical and Translational Science Award, UF joins a prestigious national consortium of medical research institutions, whose membership will be capped at [...]

Filed under Business, Health, Research on Tuesday, July 14, 2009.

UF researchers turn up the heat on bedbugs with new low-tech treatment method

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Bedbug infestations are notoriously hard to eliminate, but University of Florida researchers have developed a low-cost, low-tech method to kill the bloodsucking insects in furniture and bedding, using heat.

Filed under Business, Research on Tuesday, July 7, 2009.