Huge wind machine to simulate category three hurricanes
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — It will huff, and puff, and blow the house in — but only for research purposes.
Sciences Archive
Scientists: As rainfall changes, tropical plants may acclimate
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Tropical plants may be more adaptable than commonly thought to changing rainfall patterns expected to accompany a warming climate, new research shows.
UF scientists discover new genus of frogmouth bird in Solomon Islands
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Your bird field guide may be out of date now that University of Florida scientists discovered a new genus of frogmouth bird on a South Pacific island.
Study: Abandoning net neutrality discourages improvements in service
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Charging online content providers such as Yahoo! and Google for preferential access to the customers of Internet service providers might not be in the best interest of the millions of Americans, despite claims to the contrary, a new University of Florida study finds.
Human pubic lice acquired from gorillas gives evolutionary clues
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Humans acquired pubic lice from gorillas several million years ago, but this seemingly seedy connection does not mean that monkey business went on with the great apes, a new University of Florida study finds.
UF researchers design folate-packed tomato
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Leafy greens and beans now aren’t the only foods that pack a punch of folate, the vitamin essential for a healthy start to pregnancy. Researchers at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences have developed a tomato with a full day’s worth of the nutrient in a single serving.
UF study first to document evidence of ‘mafia’ behavior in cowbirds
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — “The Sopranos” have some competition — brown-headed cowbirds.
UF research: Termite digestion findings could lead to new strategies for ethanol production, pest control
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As scientists search for alternatives to fossil fuel, producing chemical energy from wood fiber has become something of a Holy Grail — but termites have been working this alchemy for millions of years.
Study: Inhabitants of early settlement were desperate to find metals
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new study provides evidence that the last inhabitants of Christopher Columbus’ first settlement desperately tried to extract silver from lead ore, originally brought from Spain for other uses, just before abandoning the failed mining operation in 1498. It is the first known European extraction of silver in the New World.