GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- We have more in common with Dead Sea-dwelling microbes than previously thought. University of Florida researchers have found that one of the most common proteins in complex life forms may have evolved from proteins found ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS ResearchClick for full image. Caption at the bottom of the story. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida researchers have shown that the disease that threatens to devastate the world's citrus crop is almost certainly the result of a lone species ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida mosquito researchers are watching with a wary eye as dengue virus returns to the state after more than 50 years. By late last week, 20 cases of locally transmitted dengue had been confirmed in Key ... READ MORE
Category: Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS ResearchGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Termite damage costs the U.S. more than $1 billion each year, but that same destructive power might help solve one of the nation's most pressing economic quandaries: sustainable fuel production. After years of genetic ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchCaption at bottom of page. Click for full image. The oyster lover's axiom of edibility -- that this shellfish is safest to eat in any month with an "r" in it -- may soon become somewhat of a culinary anachronism, thanks to a new food-safety ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Food Safety, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchCaption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image Multimedia available: http://news.ufl.edu/2009/09/17/eden-multimedia/ GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- When scientists discuss Everglades restoration, one phrase pops up again and again -- "getting ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS ResearchGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Just in time for what federal authorities warn could be an extremely severe flu season, University of Florida research has revealed a fundamental mechanism behind zinc's immune-boosting power-it ramps up one of the body's ... READ MORE
Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS Research, Work & LifeGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Fuel isn't the only product derived from petroleum. Byproducts of the refining process are used to create other substances, such as plastics. However, in the race to replace our dependence on petroleum with biofuels, these ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Plans for a new cellulosic ethanol research and demonstration plant to be built by the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences are being revamped for a location closer to Gainesville. IFAS officials ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida research has helped uncover a potential treatment for the type of anemia that commonly exacerbates chronic illnesses such as cancer and AIDS. In a study published in the April issue of Nature Genetics, ... READ MORE
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