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Environmentally-Friendly Controls for Peach Tree Pests.
- 2008-03-07
M2 PRESSWIRE-7 March 2008-USDA: Environmentally-Friendly Controls for Peach Tree PestsC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07032008 Peach growers combat several insects that harm their crop, usually using chemical pesticides to do so. Agricultural Research Service ARS scientists in the Southeastern Fruit...
Adolescent girls.(RESEARCH)
- 2008-02-01
Adolescent girls who diet to lose weight double the odds that they'll also start smoking, according to University of Florida researchers. The UF study focused on the dieting and smoking habits of 7,795 teens in grades 7, 8 and 9. The study didn't find the same ...
More Evidence that Being a Jerk Doesn't Work
- 2008-01-25
Stanford professor, Bob Sutton, has built a small industry around telling business people not to be assholes. You can check him out explaining the basic idea of his book, "The No Asshole Rule," in this BNET Book Briefing: working with rude, self-obsessed people isn't just aggravating, it's a drain on...
Study finds retail shrink on the rise
- 2006-12-11
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- For the first time in four years the rate of retail shrinkage has increased last year, a new study from researchers at the University of Florida shows. Shrinkage, which the report defines as a combination of employee theft, shoplifting, vendor fraud and administrative error, accounted...
Doctoral program in genetics.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
- 2006-01-01
GAINESVILLE -- The University of Florida's Faculty Senate has endorsed the formation of a doctoral program in genetics that will promote greater collaboration between genetics researchers and other academic disciplines. The program, which must be approved by university trustees in March, would Combine genetics with high-level...
Salt solution
- 2005-03-01
University of Florida researchers use waste heat from electrical power plants to power the desalination process, which could make fresh water cheaper and more available.
Slippery in space.(Materials And Assembly)
- 2004-09-01
Spacecraft blast through Earth's warm, humid atmosphere to carry delicate instruments into the cryogenic vacuum of space. Arriving at their distant coordinates in the void, the instruments must respond accurately to commands from Earth to make fine adjustments in their orientation from time to time. That...
Researcher Says Methyl Bromide Phaseout Will Hurt Farmers.(Brief Article)
- 2004-03-29
Local Florida newspaper the Bradenton Herald recently reported that University of Florida associate professor Jim Gilreath, who has been working to develop methyl bromide alternatives for the past 10 years, has expressed his belief that Manatee County farmers who work on "real low land" and deal...
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. (In the News).(Brief Article)
- 2003-06-01
University of Florida researchers will use a $250,000 grant from the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research to study whether supplemental testosterone alleviates some Parkinson's symptoms in men with low levels of the hormone.
Fire ants. (In the News: Sarasota).(plan to eradicate the ants in Sarasota, Florida)(Brief Article)
- 2003-02-01
The Department of Agriculture is introducing South American phorid flies in Sarasota as part of a University of Florida researcher's plan to eradicate fire ants. Professor Sanford Porter says phorid flies may be the only way to get rid of the ants. The flies inject their ...
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