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In a newly published study, scientists showed that several compounds can be bred into modern tomatoes to improve their flavor.
Researchers found a significant correlation between an increase in tic severity and reduced quality of life with increased social media use during the COVID-19 pandemic.
UF professor Michele Manuel, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has been recognized for her research, implementation and teaching involving dissolving medical implants for surgery as well as self-healing metals and lightweight, high-performance alloys.
The team aims to understand and explain the variations in responses to the effects of climate change in the region.
The study will serve as an unprecedented look at the health of adults living with congenital heart disease and will allow researchers to get a full spectrum view by combining clinical data with patient-reported health data.
A team of researchers has found that adults ages 50 or older who had owned any kind of pet for more than five years showed slower decline in verbal memory over time compared to non-pet owners.
A program will teach Florida middle school teachers and students how to use machine learning and teach computers to identify the teeth of the extinct giant shark megalodon.
A team of UF researchers was presented the Air Force Research Laboratory Corporate Award in the category of External Support by the organization's Munitions Directorate for their exemplary technological expertise, customer service, and quick development and deployment of a secure research and collaboration infrastructure and capability.
The National Science Foundation has awarded the geomatics faculty at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences a grant to boost enrollment of talented low-income students and learn what support services can lead to success and why.
The University of Florida joins a select group of institutions nationwide in a new National Humanities Center initiative to design college-level curriculum that explores how to develop and deploy ethical artificial intelligence technologies.
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A new $1.5 million grant will allow researchers to better understand the brains and nervous systems of animals and humans by studying gelatinous ocean comb jellies, sea creatures that can lead us to insights about how brains began.
A new long-term study shows how climate change and invasive plants can have synergistic effects on native tree species. The findings can help inform land management and control of invasive plants to reduce their impacts.
UF/IFAS breeder and geneticist Marcio Resende wants to create a model that tells researchers which chemical compounds — that is to say, volatiles, sugars, acids and other chemical compounds — produce the best fruit flavors.
Work is underway after the University of Florida received a recent grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to expand its research on livestock systems in Africa. The $1.3 million grant expands the Innovation Lab’s research engagement to Nigeria in addition to its 8 previous target countries.