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May 24 | News
Doping may be a no-no for athletes, but researchers at the University of Florida say it was key in getting unprecedented power conversion efficiency from a new graphene solar cell created in their laboratory.
Mar 30 | News
For the first time, University of Florida researchers have developed plant-based technology that could reduce America's dependence on foreign oil and may also help treat cancer. Known as lignin nanotubes, these cylindrical containers are smaller than viruses and tiny enough to travel through the body, carrying cancer patients' medicine.
Mar 22 | News
The percentage of electronic waste occupying our landfills has grown at an alarming rate over the last decade, giving rise to concerns about the toxicity of components used in consumer electronics. Researchers at the University of Florida are looking for ways to minimize environmental hazards associated with a material likely to play an increasingly important role in the manufacture of these goods in the future.
10/11/2011 | News
The world's largest optical telescope has allowed University of Florida
astronomers to see new details
about deep space galaxies, finding new clues to explain the evolution of
galaxies like our own.
9/6/2011 | News
University of Florida researchers may help resolve the public
debate over America's future
light source of choice: Edison's incandescent
bulb or the more energy efficient compact fluorescent lamp. It could be neither. Instead, America's
future lighting needs may be supplied by a new breed of light-emitting
diode,
or LED, that conjures light from the invisible world of quantum dots.
8/19/2011 | News
Researchers have recovered and analyzed the oldest fossil evidence of fingernails in modern primates, confirming the idea nails developed with small body size and disproving previous theories nails evolved with an increase in primate body size.
7/29/2011 | News
After a 10,000-year absence, wildfires have returned to the Arctic tundra, and a University of Florida study shows that their impact could extend far beyond the areas blackened by flames. With the amount of carbon released in these tundra wildfires, roughly twice the amount of greenhouse gases put out by the city of Miami in a year, the study suggests that these fires could impact the global climate.
7/8/2011 | News
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a University
of Florida (UF)-led team more than $6.5 million to study the
environmental and
psychological effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on communities
along
the Gulf coasts of Florida and Alabama.
6/13/2011 | News
A Univ. of Florida researcher has developed a new technique to make peanuts safer for people with peanut allergies. Using a pulsed ultraviolet light, or PUV, the researcher reduced the allergenic potential of peanuts by up to 90%.
6/10/2011 | News
Airport security workers this year will employ an array
of pre-boarding detection measures to scan for deadly materials smuggled
into
the luggage of the world’s 625 million passengers expected to travel
this year. None, however, yet uses what researchers at the Univ.
of Florida believe
is the world's first explosive detection system that utilizes
ultraviolet light
to zero in on specks of dangerous explosives found on these items.
