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No gains in Florida’s consumer confidence as economic woes increase

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s overall consumer confidence remained unchanged at 69 in December, but increasing pessimism about personal finances reflects the state’s worsening economic plight as housing prices fell and unemployment rose, according to a new University of Florida survey.

Filed under Business, Florida, Research on Tuesday, December 29, 2009.

UF researchers find lone culprit behind greening

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have shown that the disease that threatens to devastate the world’s citrus crop is almost certainly the result of a lone species of bacteria, and not that of a combination of bacterial or viral pathogens as some have feared.

Filed under Florida, Research, Sciences on Wednesday, December 9, 2009.

Computer model reveals where food pathogens grow

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An outbreak of food-related illness, such as E. coli-tainted spinach, often leaves food safety experts scratching their heads over the source of the contamination.

Filed under Environment, Florida, Research on Thursday, December 3, 2009.

New forensic technique gives clues about sharks from bite damage

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Hit-and-run attacks by sharks can be solved with a new technique that identifies the culprits by the unique chomp they put on their victims, according to a University of Florida researcher and shark expert.

Filed under Florida, Research, Sciences on Tuesday, December 1, 2009.