GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Relatively cheap gas prices, a record high stock market and low unemployment all contributed to a rise in Floridians’ consumer confidence by two points to 91 in February, four points higher than at the same time a year ago, University of Florida economists report.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As scientists search for alternatives to fossil fuel, producing chemical energy from wood fiber has become something of a Holy Grail — but termites have been working this alchemy for millions of years.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new study provides evidence that the last inhabitants of Christopher Columbus’ first settlement desperately tried to extract silver from lead ore, originally brought from Spain for other uses, just before abandoning the failed mining operation in 1498. It is the first known European extraction of silver in the New World.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida zoology professor Brian Silliman likes to say that little guys can have big effects.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Apparently, most grocery-store goers shop for what they don’t want.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Better tie that string around your finger a little tighter.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A massive international effort aimed at making the first direct observations of gravitational waves now has a University of Florida professor at its helm.
GAINESVILLE, FLA. — Finding realistic and equitable legal solutions to a wide range of important growth management issues – especially those that affect agriculture, green space, water resources and energy – is easier thanks to a new partnership between the University of Florida’s Extension Service and UF’s Levin College of Law.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Hispanic students at community colleges with large Hispanic populations are more likely to earn higher grades and complete their courses, according to a study headed by a professor at the University of Florida’s College of Education.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Changes in roadway intersection design can keep older drivers safer and on the road longer, report University of Florida researchers in the current issue of Traffic Injury Prevention.