GAINESVILLE — People who suffer from asthma won’t have to breathe into inhalers repeatedly throughout the day — or worry about harmful side effects of asthma drugs — if a University of Florida-developed coating proves as successful in humans as it has in rats.
GAINESVILLE — Combining computer technology with molecular biology — a union that may improve the study of disease development such as cancer — is the newest marriage of genetic sciences being forged by the University of Florida Genetics Institute.
GAINESVILLE — The University of Florida’s research enterprise received a record $296 million in awards during fiscal year 1998-99, up 5.7 percent from the previous year, according to figures released Monday.
GAINESVILLE — University of Florida engineers are pioneering an inexpensive method for making a new breed of exceptionally thin and cheap solar cells expected to make solar power a more widespread source of electricity in the new millennium.
GAINESVILLE—It’s not a World Wide Web site that will draw big crowds, but it is the only one of its kind in the world.
GAINESVILLE — A University of Florida astronomer is part of an international team that has captured the first images of the very earliest stages of a “dark cloud” — the coldest astronomical object in the universe — becoming a new star and planetary system.
GAINESVILLE - With summer thunderstorms once again in full swing, University of Florida researchers are reminding those playing or working outdoors to be wary of the deadly lightning that comes with them.
GAINESVILLE — An experiment aimed at gathering new information about what occurs at ground zero of a lightning strike may lead to more effective lightning protection for airplanes, University of Florida researchers say.
GAINESVILLE — Even as the hype portrays the Internet as a tool that will level the economic playing fields for big cities and small towns, the virtual reality is that a few select cities will get the lion’s share of the information action, a new University of Florida study finds.
GAINESVILLE — It’s touted for boosting your energy and helping your immune system.