Aging and fake news: It’s not the story you think it is UF News Brooke Adams Not being able to distinguish fake news from real news can have serious consequences for a person’s physical, emotional and financial well-being — especially for older adults, who in general have more financial assets... Read More

Pushy plants? Student discovery ‘adds new dimension to plant biology’ UF News Catherine Arnold A new University of Florida study has found that a local plant, the tall elephant’s foot, can be pushy — which wasn’t previously known. The research, conducted by mathematics and botany senior Camille Sicangco, has been... Read More

How Florida’s professors are using UF’s supercomputer to address society’s pressing issues and more UF News Blake Trauschke The University of Florida Information Technology Research Computing hosted its Spring 2022 HiPerGator Symposium Thursday. The spring symposium was virtual and showcased artificial intelligence research conducted on HiPerGator AI by members from... Read More

Does medical marijuana work? Florida consortium seeks answers 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. A consortium of nine universities in Florida, led by two professors... Read More

SEC Consortium hosts AI Across Curriculum conference UF News Blake Trauschke In its latest step to expand artificial intelligence education, the Southeastern Conference AI Consortium will host a conference this Friday to discuss the impact of AI across academic fields as well as potential opportunities for collaboration. The Mini-Conference on Artificial... Read More

Study reveals previously unknown autism-related behavioral deficit UF Health Doug Bennett For people with autism, overstimulating sensory experiences such as noise can have a profound effect on their lives. Now, a group of scientists at UF Scripps Biomedical Research has shed new light on brain development that can lead to... Read More

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... 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... Read More