Global team of scientists determine ‘fingerprint’ for how much heat, drought is too much for forests UF News Kirsten Romaguera How hot is too hot, and how dry is too dry, for the Earth’s forests? A new study from an international team of researchers found the answers – by looking at decades of dying trees.... Read More

This is how we can double food production by 2050 The Hill Scott Angle It’s a collision course: We’ll need to feed another 2 billion people by mid-century, even as climate change threatens our ability to produce food. Georgia, Florida and other Southeastern states must play a central role if we’re to feed the world and... Read More

UF, Scripps Florida complete integration to create science research powerhouse UF Health Doug Bennet Two of the nation’s most respected research institutions have closed their transaction that adds a Florida powerhouse meant to accelerate the pace of biomedical discoveries that benefit patients. Effective April 2, the Florida campus of Scripps Research is integrated with and... Read More

Leveraging AI to increase the value of museum collections from UF News Earlier this year, Nicolas Gauthier joined the Florida Museum of Natural History as its first curator of artificial intelligence, part of a broad initiative by the University of Florida to spur innovation in AI and data science. Gauthier has spent over a decade studying the... Read More

Using “baby talk” with infants isn’t just cute: It could help them learn to make words from UF News A new study suggests that when parents baby talk to their infants, they might be helping them learn to produce speech. The way we instinctively speak to babies — higher pitch, slower speed, exaggerated pronunciation —... Read More