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Artificial Intelligence is Reshaping Agricultural Practices to Address Extreme Weather and an Increasing Demand for Food

from UF News Welcome to From Florida, a podcast where you’ll learn how minds are connecting, great ideas are colliding and groundbreaking innovations become a reality because of the University of Florida. Researchers with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences are at the leading edge of...

UF/IFAS, UF College of Medicine Combine to Offer Health Screenings for Farmworkers

from UF/IFAS by Brad Buck WIMAUMA, Fla. — With about 200,000 migrant farmworkers in Florida, UF/IFAS Extension and the UF College of Medicine will screen as many as possible for various health conditions and give them nutrition information to help improve access to much-needed health care. First stop, Wimauma. Then,...

Building Blocks: From Ancient Times to the Space Age, Concrete has Staying Power

from UF Explore The earliest known use of concrete is a floor that dates back to Galilee, circa 7000 BCE, still sound when unearthed in 2007. After thousands of years as the go-to building material, it might seem like science surely could come up with something better, perhaps a material...

ICBR’s Dr. Yanping Zhang wins 2022 Superior Accomplishment Award

Director of ICBR’s Gene Expression & Genotyping core, Dr. Yanping Zhang has been recognized as winner of the 2022 Superior Accomplishment Award! On February 16th, Dr. Zhang joined hundreds of other nominees for this prestigious recognition of her work. The Superior Accomplishment Award (SAA) program recognizes faculty and staff members...

How to be a Good Coworker Make the Most of Your Professional Relationships with These 5 Research-Backed Tips

by Allison Alsup Enjoying your job stems from more than just the work you do. Anyone who’s experienced having a great coworker or having a not-so-great coworker can attest to how critical it is to have positive relationships with the people you spend your professional life with. To learn how...

Capturing Lightning in a Glass Cupola

from UF News At the Lightning Observatory in Gainesville, UF researchers are creating equipment that captures lightning signals from across the entire electromagnetic spectrum — allowing us to see lightning like never before. /// See Original Post ///

Jaw-Dropping Recovery: UF Veterinarians Save Injured Dairy Calf Using Creative 3D Solution

from VetMed by Sarah Carey Thanks to a creative solution devised by University of Florida veterinarians using 3D printing technology, a newborn calf that sustained a broken lower jaw soon after birth at the UF dairy farm in Hague has fully recovered and is now an 11-month-old growing heifer in...

UF Research Spending at Record $960 Million in 2021

from UF News by Joe Kays University of Florida faculty conducted a record $960 million in research during fiscal year 2021, according to data submitted to the National Science Foundation last week. UF’s submission to the NSF’s annual Higher Education Research and Development, or HERD, survey reported a $17.8 million...

UF is Bringing a Scientist to Every Florida School

from UF News Welcome to From Florida, a podcast where you’ll learn how minds are connecting, great ideas are colliding and groundbreaking innovations become a reality because of the University of Florida. Students and teachers throughout Florida are learning more about scientists and their work through UF’s Scientist in Every...

UF Study Finds ‘Doomscrolling’ is a Unique Behavior

from UF News by Cynthia Roldán Hernández A new University of Florida study has found that “doomscrolling” — a term used to describe the concept of binging on negative news — is a new and unique behavior, and not just another trendy, clickbaity phrase. The study, which was published on Monday in the...

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