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Hunt for planets outside solar system uncovers a small one

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Perhaps edging closer to finding planets that harbor life, astronomers have discovered the smallest planet yet identified outside our solar system.

Filed under Astronomy, Research, Sciences on Wednesday, January 25, 2006.

Brazilian berry destroys cancer cells in lab, UF study shows

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A Brazilian berry popular in health food contains antioxidants that destroyed cultured human cancer cells in a recent University of Florida study, one of the first to investigate the fruit’s purported benefits.

Filed under Agriculture, Health, Research, Sciences on Thursday, January 12, 2006.

Planet finders use much faster instrument to discover distant planet

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered a planet orbiting a very young star nearly 100 light years away using a relatively small, publicly accessible telescope turbocharged with a new planet-finding instrument.

Filed under Astronomy, Research, Sciences on Wednesday, January 11, 2006.