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UF scientists use AI technology to breed better-tasting strawberries
UF scientists use AI technology to breed better-tasting strawberries April 8, 2021

A tastier strawberry may come from a computer. New University of Florida research shows artificial intelligence can help scientists breed more flavor into the fruit.

UF collaborates with conservation foundation on coastal solutions April 6, 2021
Sustainable baking: UF students reimagine the stroopwafel
Sustainable baking: UF students reimagine the stroopwafel April 5, 2021

More than 80 billion pounds of food are wasted each year in the United States. For a team of graduate students in the UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, this number was a catalyst to do something differently.

A hole-in-one for golf courses: more pollinators
A hole-in-one for golf courses: more pollinators April 5, 2021

It may come as a surprise to know that about half of the land at golf courses is not actually used to play the game. Adam Dale, a UF/IFAS assistant professor of entomology, wants to do something useful with the rest of the acreage at golf courses. Specifically, he’d like to see more wildflowers benefit from pollinating insects.

UF researcher links muscles to immune response
UF researcher links muscles to immune response April 1, 2021

A team of investigators, led by Thomas Clanton, Ph.D. from the Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, College of Health and Human Performance, demonstrated for the first time that skeletal muscles do indeed play an important but poorly understood role in immunity.

UF scientists help wildlife parks mobilize against poaching March 31, 2021
With beginning of Florida blueberry season comes new UF/IFAS variety
With beginning of Florida blueberry season comes new UF/IFAS variety March 30, 2021

As April starts this week, we’re getting into another Florida blueberry season and the sweet taste that comes with the fruit. You can pick them yourself or buy them from the store. Recently, the University of Florida developed and released another tasty blueberry variety.

UF study: Silent MRSA carriers have twice the mortality rate of adults without the bacteria
UF study: Silent MRSA carriers have twice the mortality rate of adults without the bacteria March 29, 2021

A University of Florida study of middle-aged and older adults finds those who unknowingly carry methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, on their skin are twice as likely to die within the next decade as people who do not have the bacteria.

 

UF researchers use AI datasets to track feral pigs, minimize disease risk
UF researchers use AI datasets to track feral pigs, minimize disease risk March 25, 2021

Feral pigs cost the agriculture industry at least $1.5 billion in damage, disease and control costs around the United States annually, running rampant on large swaths of grazing lands. The swine root in soil and eat most everything in sight.

Invasive big-headed ants pose a major threat to a Kenyan ecosystem
Invasive big-headed ants pose a major threat to a Kenyan ecosystem March 22, 2021

Anew paper published in Ecology Letters brings attention to a species of invasive ants that are wiping out the local population of ants and harming plant life in Kenya.

Florida-grown coffee? How UF scientists are using AI to serve up the possibilities
Florida-grown coffee? How UF scientists are using AI to serve up the possibilities March 22, 2021

Most of the world’s coffee is grown in tropical regions. However, a changing climate could allow coffee to grow farther north — for example, in Florida. This project is just one example of how UF researchers are using artificial intelligence to advance Florida’s agricultural sector. 

These moths are one of Hawaii’s oldest animal groups. Can they survive the next century?
These moths are one of Hawaii’s oldest animal groups. Can they survive the next century? March 19, 2021

Shrinking habitat, disease and invasive species have wiped out much of Hawaii’s native flora and fauna, and more than 530 species on the islands are federally listed as endangered or threatened. Somehow, these micromoths, with a wingspan the length of an eyelash, have persisted.

New AI tool to be tested in NIH-funded study to improve diagnosis of Parkinson’s and related disorders
New AI tool to be tested in NIH-funded study to improve diagnosis of Parkinson’s and related disorders March 18, 2021

University of Florida researchers will broadly test a new artificial intelligence tool aimed at distinguishing the precise diagnosis for patients with early Parkinson’s disease or two related but distinct Parkinson’s-like syndromes under a new $5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

Extinct Caribbean bird’s closest relatives hail from Africa, South Pacific
Extinct Caribbean bird’s closest relatives hail from Africa, South Pacific March 17, 2021

In a genetic surprise, ancient DNA shows the closest family members of an extinct bird known as the Haitian cave-rail are not in the Americas, but Africa and the South Pacific, uncovering an unexpected link between Caribbean bird life and the Old World.

UF professor and students work to free the Ocklawaha River
UF professor and students work to free the Ocklawaha River March 16, 2021

Fifty miles separates the University of Florida campus from the Ocklawaha River, considered one of the most endangered rivers in America. For 50 years, UF faculty and students have been helping to free it by applying science and design with advocates for the river.

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