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UF professor flies high in the small world of owl-pellet gathering

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Dissecting owl pellets and reconstructing animal skeletons inside can be a gruesomely great educational experience for youngsters – so much so, that demand for owl pellets has spawned a cottage industry.

Filed under Education, Environment, Florida, Research on Monday, October 26, 2009.

UF releases first citrus cultivar; Sugar Belle packs a tasty punch

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Sugar Belle — a bold mandarin orange hybrid that ripens in time for the winter holiday market — will be the first University of Florida-created citrus variety intended for commercial production.

Filed under Agriculture, Business, Economic Impact, Florida, Research on Thursday, October 22, 2009.

Phytochemicals in plant-based foods could help battle obesity, disease

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The cheeseburger and French fries might look tempting, but eating a serving of broccoli or leafy greens first could help people battle metabolic processes that lead to obesity and heart disease, a new University of Florida study shows.

Filed under Health, Research on Wednesday, October 21, 2009.

UF wins award for excellence in technology commercialization

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — UF Tech Connect, a part of the University of Florida Office of Technology Licensing, has received an award from a national organization for its role in the creation of high-tech companies, jobs and private investments in Florida.

Filed under Business, Economic Impact, Florida, Research, Technology on Wednesday, October 21, 2009.

New hospital’s therapeutic design supports healing, green practices

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Heading to the hospital? These days, the newest member of your medical team just might be the building itself — and it’s likely to play a bigger role in your healing than you might think.

Filed under Architecture, Health, Research on Tuesday, October 20, 2009.

UF receives $12.2 million to establish national network of scientists

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Imagine a Web site like Facebook, but instead of using it to share videos or post quizzes like “What ’80s song are you?” scientists could scour a national network of researchers, only a few mouse clicks separating them from information needed for a scientific breakthrough.

Filed under Health, Research, Technology on Tuesday, October 20, 2009.

Plant fossils give first real picture of earliest Neotropical rainforests

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A team of researchers including a University of Florida paleontologist has used a rich cache of plant fossils discovered in Colombia to provide the first reliable evidence of how Neotropical rainforests looked 58 million years ago.

Filed under Natural History, Research on Thursday, October 15, 2009.

Improved hearing aid technology also benefits economy

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — New technology that dramatically improves the effectiveness of hearing aids stands to help millions of Americans suffering from hearing loss, says a University of Florida professor whose research helped to develop the product.

Filed under Aging, Business, Economic Impact, Florida, Health, Research on Thursday, October 15, 2009.

Goodbye ‘R’ rule? Oyster pathogen test may help make shellfish safer

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The oyster lover’s axiom of edibility — that this shellfish is safest to eat in any month with an “r” in it — may soon become somewhat of a culinary anachronism, thanks to a new food-safety test developed with help from the University of Florida.

Filed under Agriculture, Business, Economic Impact, Florida, Health, Research on Wednesday, October 14, 2009.

Donation of Lepidoptera collection to UF will boost biodiversity research

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A gift of more than 2 million butterfly and moth specimens to the University of Florida contains hundreds and possibly more than 1,000 new unnamed species, and will help researchers better understand biodiversity and environmental changes.

Filed under Environment, Florida, Research on Tuesday, October 13, 2009.