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Using AI, UF startup companies boost ailing citrus industry

Using AI, UF startup companies boost ailing citrus industry Sara Dagen As news broke that Florida’s citrus industry ended this year’s growing season with its lowest production in eight decades, an unlikely union has formed between two University of Florida startup companies to help reverse the trend. By combining expertise...

Heatstroke’s long-term damage to the body

Heatstroke’s long-term damage to the body Eric Hamilton This summer, huge swaths of the U.S. have already faced record-breaking heat waves. Heat kills more people than any other extreme weather event, and deadly heat waves are getting longer and hotter as the climate warms. Staying cool – and informed – is essential. So we...

Miniature frogs set record as first vertebrates to lose the ability to balance

Miniature frogs set record as first vertebrates to lose the ability to balance Florida Museum Kyle Chambers Amphibians are exceptionally good at being small. There are salamanders the size of your thumb nail, pygmy newts that live in moss patches and feast on microscopic insects, and inch-long African frogs that...

UF nursing researcher gets to the ‘heart’ of cardiac health disparities

UF nursing researcher gets to the ‘heart’ of cardiac health disparities UF Health Kyle Chambers When diagnostic tests for the heart were first created, scientists at the time did not fully consider that no two bodies are the same, especially between the sexes. According to University of Florida College of...

Record number of UF faculty earn National Science Foundation awards

Record number of UF faculty earn National Science Foundation awards UF News Helen Goh The National Science Foundation has recognized a record nine University of Florida faculty members from a wide variety of academic disciplines with 2022 Early Career Development Awards, one of its most prestigious honors. The award recognizes...

Gardening can cultivate better mental health

Gardening can cultivate better mental health UF/IFAS Samantha Murray Many longtime gardeners will tell you that the garden is their happy place. New research suggests that many people may indeed reap mental health benefits from working with plants — even if they’ve never gardened before. In a study published in...

UF Health designated Center of Excellence for rare inherited condition involving blood vessels

UF Health designated Center of Excellence for rare inherited condition involving blood vessels UF Health Bill Levesque The nosebleeds started in elementary school for Bernadette Guthrie as she furtively dabbed her nose with a tissue lest any classmate notice. “You certainly didn’t want anyone to know you had a problem,”...

UF/IFAS researchers will use AI to assess livestock mobility

UF/IFAS researchers will use AI to assess livestock mobility UF News Kyle Chambers University of Florida scientists want to assess livestock mobility faster and more accurately, ultimately helping farm animal health and production. To do so, they’ll use artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze high-definition video of the animals as they...

UF Health names chief diversity officer

UF Health names chief diversity officer UF Health Samantha Murray Lakesha Butler, Pharm.D., a professor of pharmacy practice and director of diversity, equity and inclusion at Southern Illinois University deeply trained in facilitating diversity-related discussion and policy change, has been named UF Health’s associate vice president for inclusion, diversity and...

Plants can grow in Moon dirt — here’s why knowing that is so important

Plants can grow in Moon dirt — here’s why knowing that is so important The Hill Anna-Lisa Paul and Robert Ferl Humans are once again headed to the Moon. This return to the Moon means we will, for the first time, witness humans not only visiting, but living and working...

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