Category: Research

Legal jargon increases guilty verdicts, reduces trust

A wooden gavel on the left, a scale on the right, and a person out of focus in the background

Jurors grappling with complex legal jargon are more likely to vote guilty while coming away less confident, according to a new study.

NIH Director highlights national biomedical priorities in UF address

National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya gesturing with his hand while speaking into a microphone

NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D., shared his vision for biomedical research in the U.S. during a visit to UF earlier this month.

Thermal cameras can be tricked by heat sources, study finds

Thermal camera view of people walking on a busy street

Work by Sara Rampazzi, Ph.D., and her research group reveals thermal-based perception systems may be less reliable and secure than assumed.

UF’s RoboPI lab makes waves with marine robots

Doctor Md Jahidul Islam and another researcher sitting off the side of a boat with a piece of machinery.

As director of the UF RoboPI lab, Md Jahidul Islam, Ph.D., seeks to ease the danger for humans working and exploring in the ocean.

Cold-hardy avocados could transform Florida’s fruit industry

Associate Professor of Horticultural Sciences Doctor José Chaparro inspecting a branch of an avocado tree.

Associate Professor José Chaparro, Ph.D., is leading the effort to breed avocados that can thrive in North Central Florida.

Scientists create synthetic mucus to fight IBD

Synthetic mucuc being stretched between two fingers in front of a face that is out of focus in the background.

Luiz Roesch, Ph.D., and Brent Sumerlin, Ph.D., have created an artificial mucus that could prevent problems related to bowel inflammation.

Research-backed toolkit tackles childhood food insecurity

Amy Mobley, Ph.D., is leading a five-year program to improve access to nutritious foods for families with young children in Alachua and Leon counties.

UF EPI expert breaks down brain-colonizing fungus

Luis R. Martinez, Ph.D., addresses key questions surrounding cryptococcus neoformans, the leading cause of fungal meningitis.

Chasing the rare arogos skipper butterfly

A Florida Museum researcher walking through a field of rayless sunflowers and tall grass with a large butterfly net over one shoulder.

Florida Museum researchers hope to gather data that will guide conservation efforts and support future protections for the species.

How location — and thoughts on death — shape travel choices

A silhouette of a person holding onto a suitcase and looking out a floor-to-ceiling window at a silhouette of a plane flying in the background.

UF HHP researchers found that people’s responses to thoughts of their own mortality — and the travel decisions that follow — vary depending on where they live.

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