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Chemists: Light-activated ‘lock’ can control blood clotting, drug delivery

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Scientists have shed new light — literally — on a possible way to starve cancer tumors or prevent side effects from a wide range of drugs.

Filed under Health, Research, Sciences on Monday, March 30, 2009.

Fern gene reduces arsenic in model plant; could make rice safer, UF expert says

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Chinese brake fern accumulates huge quantities of arsenic, but one of its genes caused a model plant to do just the opposite, a discovery that surprised University of Florida scientists and could lead to low-arsenic rice varieties.

Filed under Environment, Research, Sciences on Wednesday, March 25, 2009.

UF study: Preserved shark fossil adds evidence to great white’s origins

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new University of Florida study could help resolve a long-standing debate in shark paleontology: From which line of species did the modern great white shark evolve?

Filed under Natural History, Research, Sciences on Thursday, March 12, 2009.