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Florida engineers head effort to map California’s San Andreas Fault

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A project being completed within the next few weeks to map California’s San Andreas Fault could bring the dream of forecasting earthquakes a bit closer to reality.

Filed under Research, Engineering on Thursday, March 29, 2007.

Engineers are first to measure lightning-caused polluting gas

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A flash of light, a boom of thunder, a puff of smog?
Researchers have long known that lightning produces lots of nitrogen oxide. Power plants and cars also give off the gas, which is a big ingredient in smog.
Now, engineering researchers have made the first direct measurements of the amount of nitrogen oxide […]

Filed under Research, Engineering, Environment on Monday, March 12, 2007.

New research center at UF expected to improve powerful computers

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new national research center led by the University of Florida will explore technologies that could revolutionize high-performance computing, a field crucial in areas of science ranging from space exploration to weather forecasting to medicine.

Filed under Research, Engineering on Tuesday, March 6, 2007.