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UF Researchers Develop Computer Program To Accurately Stage Prostate Cancer

GAINESVILLE—University of Florida researchers have developed a novel computer program, a silicon soothsayer that predicts the likelihood prostate cancer has spread.

Filed under Health, Research, Technology on Friday, September 26, 1997.

Faster, Cheaper Computer Revolution May End Soon, Say UF Researchers

GAINESVILLE — The era of smaller, faster and cheaper computers may soon end because microscopic silicon chips are getting so small that eventually they will contain too few atoms to work, warn two University of Florida researchers.

Filed under Business, Engineering, Florida, Research, Technology on Tuesday, September 23, 1997.

Super-Thin Computer Screens Near Reality For Use In Tight Spaces

GAINESVILLE — Hospital rooms, surgery suites, fighter plane cockpits and tanks — high-priced real estate where space is at a premium. They also are perfect places for super-thin color computer monitors that will result from technology being developed at the University of Florida.

Filed under Engineering, Research, Technology on Wednesday, September 10, 1997.

New Land Mine Detectors May Help Fulfill Princess Diana’s Dream

GAINESVILLE — A revolutionary new land mine detection system, developed at the University of Florida originally for military use, is ready to be converted for a humanitarian effort to rid the world of leftover land mines lurking in former war areas.

Filed under Engineering, Florida, Politics, Research, Technology on Wednesday, September 3, 1997.