GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Fueled by pessimism about personal finances, Florida’s consumer confidence fell again this month and is unlikely to rebound quickly, University of Florida economists report.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Double-digit increases from almost every major funding source pushed the University of Florida to a record $437.2 million in research funding during fiscal year 2001-02, up more than 15 percent from the previous year.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In the newest test of gene therapy, University of Florida physicians today (8/27) applied a toothpaste-like gel to a chronic foot wound in a 67-year-old Jacksonville man with diabetes to determine if it will accelerate healing.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s notorious lightning season conflicts with playtime as most of the municipal park and recreation departments in the state lack written emergency plans to deal with these sudden flashes of electricity, a new University of Florida study finds.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It’s one bug against another. A University of Florida termite expert says tests on a new electronic bug are more than 98 percent accurate in detecting subterranean termites chewing on wood near homes.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Ever since Ben Franklin came up with the idea more than 200 years ago, lightning rods have helped save millions of homes from damaging or deadly strikes.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — To keep blood vessels from clogging, surgeons sometimes implant compressed stents that expand to the right size and shape when warmed by body heat.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The deer flies are so bad at Dick Coski’s farm near Lake Erie in northeast Ohio that he used to get covered in bites mowing his small field.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Despite U.S. efforts to curb its growth, the Cuban economy continues to develop, partly with the help of foreign investment that includes tourism and money sent from relatives living in United States, according to a University of Florida researcher.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - People really do let their emotions get the better of them when it comes to buying products sold in the consumer-driven U.S. economy, a new University of Florida study shows.