Category: Research
UF Scripps scientists to receive $15 million to help fight current and future pandemics
Multiple scientists from UF Scripps Biomedical Research will join a massive federal effort to develop antiviral drugs to treat coronavirus and other viral threats.
UF researchers evaluate how to improve dignity for seriously ill patients
UF researchers are serving as co-PIs on a three-year, $1 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to analyze the effectiveness of one of the few therapeutic interventions available today: Dignity Therapy.
Why doomsday reporting is not the answer for environmental journalism
In a recent From Florida episode, UF environmental journalist-in-residence Cynthia Barnett explained why doomsday reporting is not the solution for motivating people to take action.
NSF Director to visit UF this week
UF is honored to welcome National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Sethuraman Panchanathan, Ph.D., to Gainesville.
Help design a mobile app for physical activity promotion
Researchers in the UF Department of Health Education and Behavior are designing an app-based program to help increase physical activity in families.
The double-edged sword of being politically correct at work
While new research from the UF Warrington College of Business shows that being politically correct at work is motivated by a desire to benefit coworkers, it can also be a double-edged sword.
A first — UF scientists grow plants in soil from the Moon
UF scientists have grown plants in soil from the Moon, a first in human history and a milestone in lunar and space exploration.
Aging and fake news: It’s not the story you think it is
Not being able to distinguish fake news from real news can have serious consequences for a person’s physical, emotional and financial well-being.
Oral histories help preserve Indigenous heritage
With a $170,000 grant from tobacco heiress and philanthropist Doris Duke, representatives of the UF Oral History Program interviewed about 1,000 Native Americans from various tribes between 1966 and 1975.
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.
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