Category: News

A new international analysis of marine fossils shows that warming of the polar oceans during the Eocene, a greenhouse period that provides a glimpse of Earth’s potential future climate, was […]

UF Research and the Division of Sponsored Programs (DSP) are closely monitoring the 2018 government shutdown in Washington, D.C. As there are few federal workers available to answer questions and […]

The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) announces an $8.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation over five years to fund research aimed […]

University of Florida neuroscientists have validated a potential pathway to halt the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder that affects millions of Americans and is the most common […]

Verity Mathis wore holes in her jeans and a half-smile as she jumped out of the pickup truck and grabbed a shovel from the back. She’d need it to free […]

Sweet sorghum is not just for breakfast anymore. Although sorghum is a source for table syrup, scientists see a future in which we convert sorghum to biofuel, rather than relying […]

Steven Munger gestures to a bowl of noses. “Take one,” he offers, catching a visitor staring. “It’s what they’re there for.” The foam noses bear the logo of the University […]

Adania Flemming pulled rubber waders on over her clothes, grabbed a net and stepped into the murky creek, stained with tree resin. She was looking for the tiny swamp darter […]

The heat was over 90 degrees at the Florida Museum’s Montbrook fossil site – a crater-like hole in the ground near Williston, Florida, that’s revealed thousands of rock-encased animal remains, […]

Black holes are famous for their muscle: an intense gravitational pull known to gobble up entire stars and launch streams of matter into space at almost the speed of light. […]