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Scientists close in on source of X-rays in lightning

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida and Florida Institute of Technology engineering researchers have narrowed the search for the source of X-rays emitted by lightning, a feat that could one day help predict where lightning will strike.

Filed under Research, Engineering, Environment, Sciences on Tuesday, July 15, 2008.

Research shows contraception could control problem parakeets

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — When monk parakeets began to infiltrate the United States in the 1960s, some feared they would ravage farm crops as they often had in their native South America.

Filed under Research, Environment, Florida on Tuesday, July 8, 2008.

New study points to agriculture in frog sexual abnormalities

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A farm irrigation canal would seem a healthier place for toads than a ditch by a supermarket parking lot.

Filed under Research, Environment, Agriculture on Thursday, July 3, 2008.