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Scientists close in on source of X-rays in lightning

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida and Florida Institute of Technology engineering researchers have narrowed the search for the source of X-rays emitted by lightning, a feat that could one day help predict where lightning will strike.

Filed under Research, Engineering, Environment, Sciences on Tuesday, July 15, 2008.

Computer engineers: Virtual patients also experience racial bias

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For black people, it doesn’t matter whether their color shows up in pigments or pixels. Doctors may be less likely to heed their complaints either way.

Filed under Research, Health, Engineering, Florida, Race on Thursday, June 26, 2008.

With $50 million, Florida universities to focus on renewable energy

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — With the cost of gas and electricity rising seemingly by the day, Florida’s universities will work together on research aimed at boosting a largely untapped resource: renewable energy.

Filed under Research, Business, Engineering, Environment, Florida on Thursday, June 26, 2008.

Researchers develop neural implant that learns with the brain

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Devices known as brain-machine interfaces could someday be used routinely to help paralyzed patients and amputees control prosthetic limbs with just their thoughts. Now, University of Florida researchers have taken the concept a step further, devising a way for computerized devices not only to translate brain […]

Filed under Research, Health, Engineering on Tuesday, June 24, 2008.

University of Florida professor designs plasma-propelled flying saucer

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Flying saucers may soon be more fact than mere science fiction.

Filed under Research, Engineering, Sciences on Wednesday, June 11, 2008.

Engineering students: Headset muffles loud, unnerving MRI noises

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Having an MRI exam, an experience many people describe as stressful and uncomfortable, could soon become a bit more pleasant, thanks to the work of a team of University of Florida engineering students.

Filed under Research, Health, Engineering on Tuesday, April 22, 2008.

Engineering students: Airbrush not just for artists

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The airbrush, that tool behind tattoos and T-shirts, may have an unexpected future — in technology.

Filed under Research, Technology, Engineering on Thursday, February 14, 2008.

Engineers announce record-setting high-frequency circuit

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Engineering researchers from the University of Florida and Texas Instruments have crafted the world’s highest-frequency circuit made with a common type of semiconductor transistor, a step that could slash the price of detectors useful in earlier cancer detection and quicker pollution spotting.

Filed under Research, Technology, Engineering on Wednesday, February 6, 2008.