Past Issues
Fall 2011
- Loblolly Legacy
- Universities and growers are helping the South"s most abundant pine species adapt to climate change.
- Seafood Sleuths
- Applied Food Technologies collaborates with UF fish experts to ensure the seafood you order is what you get.
- Roots
- A forgotten farming method gets a new look.
- Foodborne Focus
- Report identifies riskiest combinations of foods and disease-causing microorganisms.
- Mouthing Off
- Researchers are helping break down barriers to oral health care among rural African-American men.
- Q and A
- UF Vice President for Research Win Phillips recently assumed a new role as the university's senior vice president and chief operating officer.
- Extracts
- Research Briefs
Summer 2011
- Gulf of Mystery
- Without a basic understanding of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem, scientists will never be able to evaluate the impact of environmental disasters.
- Collision Course
- For the past 150 years, humans have been on a collision course with the Gulf of Mexico and its enriching presence.
- Stressed Out
- The Gulf oil spill impacted hundreds of thousands of Floridians mentally, economically and legally.
- Extracts
- Research briefs from around the University of Florida — from planet creation to species extinction.
Spring 2011
- The Right Fit
- UF pharmacy Professor Julie Johnson is using genetics to fine-tune prescriptions.
- Rhythms of the Region
- UF's Center for Latin American Studies continues its long history of research and outreach in the Americas.
- Agricultural Assembly Line
- By decoding the genomes for two fruits vital to Florida's economy, UF researchers are helping to write the agricultural instruction manual.
- Sleep Tight?
- Bed bugs are biting again, but UF entomologists are fighting back.
- A More Perfect Military
- UF legal scholar Diane Mazur looks at how social change has impacted the military.
- Excel
- Doctoral Mentors Prepare Students For Academic Life
- Extracts
- Research Briefs
Fall 2010
- Teaching Toolbox
- Florida Master Teacher Initiative is a national model for giving teachers tools to promote student success.
- Extraordinary Measures
- The true story of Barry Byrne's efforts to cure Pompe disease is even more compelling than the movie.
- RE:FOCUSed on the Future
- UF's entry in the Solar Decathlon Europe teaches everyone about sustainable housing.
- Sniffing Out Germs
- UF Spin-off Xhale Innovations' HyGreen System Makes Sure Health-care Workers Wash Their Hands.
- Business Expense
- The Retail Industry Relies On UF's Annual Security Survey To Track Trends In Shoplifting And Employee Theft.
- Excel
- Training Tomorrow's Biotech Workforce
- Extracts
- Research Briefs
Summer 2010
- Growth Industry
- A strange-looking salamander provides a window into how vertebrates repair themselves.
- Reading Rocks
- UF geologists travel back in time to understand what made Antarctica cold and what that tells us about climate change today.
- Street Smarts
- UF computer engineers are developing ways for roads and cars to talk to each other.
- Fit For LIFE
- UF's Institute on Aging is leading efforts to keep older Americans moving longer.
- Innovation Hub
- Florida Innovation Hub at UF Expected To Lead Downtown Gainesville Job Growth.
- Extracts
- Research Briefs
Spring 2010
- Pharma Sea
- Marine natural products may provide new weapons against cancer and other diseases.
- The 'Master' Equation
- Biologist Jamie Gillooly thinks metabolic theory offers new insights into the relationships between organisms.
- Cultural Crusade
- UF psychology Professor Carolyn Tucker promotes healthy lifestyles in African-American communitites.
- Global Vision
- UF's Emerging Pathogens Institute monitors disease worldwide in its efforts to protect Florida.
- Arachno Hydro Phobia
- UF materials scientists turn to spiders for a surface that repels water like no other.
- Extracts
- Research Briefs
Fall 2009
- Darwin's Decendents
- The concept's outlined in Origin of Species 150 years ago are applied daily across the UF campus.
- Out On A Limb
- Development biologist Martin J. Cohn studies the molexular building blocks that shape appendages from feet to flippers.
- Networking Malaria
- Scientists with UF's Emerging Pathogens Institute are trying to help governments eliminate one of the world's most deadly diseases.
- Gran Telescopio Canarias
- UF's partnership in the world's largest telescope opens a universe of scientific opportunities.
- Ditch Of Dreams
- A new book chronicles the history of the Cross Florida Barge Canal and the role UF faculty played in the fight against it.
- Extracts
- Research Briefs
Summer 2009
- Sharkskin Solutions
- Sharklet Technologies draws on nature to prevent infections
- Silent Epidemic
- Banyan Biomarkers promises a quick test for traumatic brain injury
- Smooth Sailing
- Sinmat's wafer polishing technology promises smaller, more-powerful semiconductor chips
- Why Not WiPower?
- UF spin-off promises tangle-free charging
- Tracking Florida's Trends
- For 80 years, the University of Florida’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR) has been the go-to resource for information about the state’s population and economy.
- Extracts
- Research Briefs
Spring 2009
- Cool Chain
- Grocers rely on a UF center to help them keep their products cool, from the field to your refrigerator.
- Bodies In Motion
- Researchers at UF's Biomechanics and Motion Analysis Lab use technology typically reserved for Hollywood movies to find and fix movement problems in athletes and others.
- Shrinking Satellites
- UF researchers are developing tiny satellites that could dramatically expand opportunities for space-based experiments.
- Night at the Museum
- A Colombian coal mine yields fossils of a school bus-sized prehistoric snake that succeeded T. Rex. as Earth's greatest land predator.
- Dream Team
- New additions are contributing to the McKnight Brain Institute's understanding of how the brain calls up new cells from its farm team throughout life.
- Extracts
- Research Briefs
Fall 2008
- Reef Relief
- UF researchers are creating artificial reefs that give young grouper room to grow, helping to ensure a healthy population long into the future.
- Cinderella Fruits
- UF geographer Nigel Smith studies Amazonian fruits most of us have never heard of, but which might someday be grocery staples.
- Vantage Point
- UF's Ordway-Swisher Biological Station has been protected from ecological contamination for more than 70 years, making it a perfect choice for a unique national effort to observe future environmental changes.
- Schools Without Walls
- Education Professor Rick Ferdig seeks to understand the impact of virtual environments on gaming and education.
- Codex Moment
- Susan Milbrath combines art and astronomy to unravel a 500-year-old mystery about an ancient Mexican artifact.
- Extracts
- Research Briefs
Summer 2008
- Patient Power
- Cancer care has a new paradigm, one focused on making it easier for patients to weather the storm.
- Body, Heal Thyself
- UF and Moffitt Cancer Center researchers try to teach the body's defenses to seek and destroy cancer.
- Molecular Mountaineers
- UF drug development researchers are forging new trails to cancer treatments.
- Counting the Days
- UF Cancer Survivor Program helps people transition from patient to survivor.
- Tumor Team
- Two UF neurosurgeons have spent decades inventing tools and techniques to destroy tumors with radiation.
- Extracts
- Research Briefs
Spring 2008
- Mission to Mars
- UF Plant Researchers Are Developing A Way To Grow Plants In Space
- Out of Africa
- How did I get into this situation I thought as I a took a blood sample from a bright-eyed young man holding an automatic rifle.
- Mutual Respect
- Zoologist Todd Palmer's cha nce observation reveals new insights into the unlikely bond between Africa's smallest insects and its largest mammals
- Fish Tale
- Research at UF's Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory is vital to Florida's $50 million ornamental fish industry
- Youngest Victims
- Maureen Goodenow Leads UF's Efforts to Understand AIDS in Children
- Extracts
- Research Briefs
Fall 2007
- Time Capsule
- Paleontologist Bruce MacFadden uses chemical clues preserved in fossils to tease out facts about 4-million-year-old giant sharks.
- White Box, Black Box
- UF bee researchers try to sort out what happens when bees already threatened by colony collapse disorder meet a growing population of Africanized cousins.
- Forces of Nature
- UF professors lead two of the most ambitious, costly and potentially groundbreaking research initiatives in modern physics.
- Our Heaviest Generation?
- Expanding waistlines mean kids today may be the first generation in history to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents, but UF experts are trying to change that.
- Eyewitness News
- UF communication researchers help newspapers track where their readers look, in print and online.
- Extracts
- Research Briefs