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For peppers, ‘hot’ quite literally the spice of life, UF research shows

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — It adds the fire to chili and the hot to salsa, but what does the zing do for the pepper?

Filed under Research, Environment, Florida on Wednesday, July 25, 2001.

UF researchers: Florida has fewest older baby boomers

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida is missing a large part of the nation’s greatest growth explosion as the Sunshine State ranks dead last in the percentage of households with older baby boomers, according to the latest statistics available in a newly released University of Florida publication.

Filed under Research, Business, Florida on Friday, July 13, 2001.

UF scientists say global warming could spread mosquito

VERO BEACH, Fla. — Vanishing coastlines may not be the only peril in a global-warming world; disease-carrying Asian tiger mosquitoes may find the hotter temperatures to their liking and may show up in places they’ve never been seen before, according to new research published this week.

Filed under Research, Environment, Florida on Thursday, July 5, 2001.