UF Astronomers Send School Spirit Soaring From Hawaaiin Mountain
GAINESVILLE — Leave it to astronomers to take something as simple as school spirit and build it up to global proportions.
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UF Researcher Helps Establish New Views On Human Origins
GAINESVILLE —A University of Florida anthropologist is part of an international research team whose new findings could change the way human evolution theory is taught in some classrooms.
Seasonal Change Brings White Sharks To Florida, Says UF Shark Expert
GAINESVILLE — Cooler temperatures that mark the terrestrial migration of human snowbirds to the Sunshine State also encourage the ocean’s most dangerous predator to make its voyage here, says a University of Florida researcher.
Rich Archaeological Site Gives UF Scientists New Clues About Early Man
GAINESVILLE — A 10,000-year-old underwater time capsule is giving University of Florida scientists new clues about the first people to survive the tumultuous transition from the Ice Age to today’s modern climate.
UF Scientist’s Oyster Discovery Gives Clues About Evolution
GAINESVILLE — Understanding why an ancient oyster became as large as a dinner plate may help answer the evolutionary riddle of how generations of dinosaurs and other animals grew.
Solar For Schools Program Takes Solar Science Into Middle School
GAINESVILLE—University of Florida energy specialist Roy Johannesen works with a group of dedicated solar scientists, investigating ways to harvest the sun’s energy.
UF Scientists Confirm Three Genes Linked To Diabetes
GAINESVILLE—University of Florida researchers are making steady progress in solving one of nature’s most challenging genetic puzzles: finding the intricate bits of DNA that make some people susceptible to developing insulin-dependent diabetes.
Modern Darwin Focuses On Extinction Of Species In Galapagos
GAINESVILLE — Humans have erased eons of evolution on remote Pacific islands, says a University of Florida researcher who follows in Charles Darwin’s footsteps on an upcoming television special.
Little-Understood Weather Pattern May Cause Floods, Says UF Scientist
GAINESVILLE —Ocean cooling in another part of the world may help explain sudden storms that flood Florida rivers and streams during summer, says a University of Florida researcher.
Environmental Chemicals Can Combine To Create Potential Hazzard
NEW ORLEANS — The combination of two environmental chemicals commonly found in insecticides and pesticides produces a response 1,000 times more powerful than each individual chemical, possibly causing harmful effects to the endocrine system, according to scientists at the Tulane-Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research (CBR) in New Orleans.