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The next generation of smart weapons may "see" targets with a manmade version of that wonder of the natural world, the insect eye.

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Brazil nuts, those time-honored holiday stocking stuffers, will continue to help save the rainforest -- as long as at least a few of the brown morsels are left behind to grow into trees.

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The elderly aren't as stubborn as stereotyped in their unwillingness to admit hearing loss, although they may still deny the strain it creates for themselves and others, a new study finds.

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The most positive attitudes about the value of marriage and the importance of families are found among groups that experience the greatest difficulty forming and maintaining healthy family relationships, a new study finds.

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Researchers say they have shown that minerals were key to some of the initial processes that formed life on Earth.

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Smokers who have already blown their New Year's resolutions to kick the habit may find hope in a new approach that rewards them with shopping sprees if they shun cigarettes.

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In a series of unique experiments on a pregnant ewe designed to record exactly what sounds reach the fetal ear, research has bolstered previous findings suggesting that human fetuses likely hear mostly low-frequency rather than high-frequency sounds.

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The number of shark attacks worldwide took a dip for the third straight year, in part perhaps because more people are realizing the ocean is a wild place instead of a backyard swimming pool, a new University of Florida study finds.

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Odds are people think the glass is half empty when it is overflowing and half full when it is about to run dry, according to a new study on attitudes about risk.

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The American frontier experience is being replayed by nontraditional groups who are taking the bull by the horns and staging their own rugged rodeos.

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Nursing home and assisted living are yesterday's news "“ at least as far as baby boomers are concerned. For that still-youth-conscious group, think "DOUERs," "PERCs," and "elder parks."

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It looks like a cross between a Hummer and a tank. But the squat, pug-nosed car with brown body panels in place of its windshield and windows is radically different from any vehicle on today's roads or battlefields.

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A just-completed study by environmental engineers found that electronic-age gizmos ranging from cell phones to computer mice often release enough lead in laboratory tests to be classified as hazardous waste under federal Environmental Protection Agency regulations.

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A "blue curtain" has descended within police departments in the South, bringing to a standstill the progress made by black officers, research has found.

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Headed by UF engineers and sponsored by the Florida Department of Transportation, the experiments "“ which will involve at least a dozen planned barge vs. bridge rammings this month "“ are aimed at reducing the cost of bridge construction while making them safer.

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Trilobites, the primitive shelled creatures considered by many to be among the first animals to appear in the fossil record, may have originated in a place known today largely for its barren lifelessness: Siberia.

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Do chimpanzees understand why those who can't see them don't offer them treats? The answer depends on what is meant by "think," according to a psychology professor who writes about these creature features and others in a new 244-page book, "Do Animals Think?"

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Fireworks, music, and keynote address by U.S. Sen. John McCain will be among the highlights April 30 as the university honors the spring class of 2004 with a special convocation celebration.

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Brothers and sisters who fight while growing up lay the groundwork for battering their dates by the time they get to college, a new study finds.

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The illusion of smoking can be just as deadly as the real thing for minority inner-city girls who believe their mothers have the habit, a new study finds.

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Infantry soldiers suspicious that a truck or box may contain explosives or chemical weapons may soon be able to find out for sure by shooting the target with a sticky little projectile that can detect the danger and report it from afar.

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What's a little male fish's secret weapon for attracting the lady fish? Something some guys but few other males in the animal kingdom have thought of: It acts like a good dad.

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Neighborhood integration is necessary to reduce school segregation but Americans continue to remain separated in their neighborhoods a half century after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Brown vs. Board of Education decision, a new nationwide study.

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Electrical engineers have installed a radio antenna less than one-tenth of an inch long on a computer chip and demonstrated that it can send and receive signals across a room. The achievement is another step in the team's continuing efforts to build an "ultrasmall radio chip".

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Expensive government advertising campaigns, which play an important part in the national drug strategy, do little, if anything, to dissuade teenagers from using drugs.

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Potatoes may be on the no-no list for high-protein diets, but a researcher says a new low-carb potato will help win back die-hard carbohydrate counters.

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Unwanted, pulled or poisoned, the lowly weed is sometimes better than its highly touted "herbal" cousins for preventing and curing a host of diseases.

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The recent application of a geological technique to an archaeological problem may offer a unique tool for gleaning seemingly unknowable facts about the ancient Maya "“ based only on excavated bones and teeth.

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When the summer Olympic Games begin in Athens next month, the event will mark a return not only to the games' ancient roots but also to its modern ones.

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Like Radio Free Europe was to those behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War, black radio stations and disc jockeys often were as important as ministers and politicians in mobilizing support for the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

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Voters choosing a presidential candidate in November because they think he is the smartest contender may overlook other attributes that could be even more important "“ namely personality, a new study finds.

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In the wake of four deadly hurricanes, people in the hardest-hit areas face financial trauma that mirrors the economic devastation suffered nationally after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to a University of Florida law professor.

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Emotionally draining jobs bring few monetary rewards if the employment does not require great intellectual demands, a new University of Florida study finds.

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A team of University of Florida researchers has invented a way to rapidly detect traces of TNT or other hidden explosives simply by shining a light on any potentially contaminated object, from a speck of dust in the air to the surface of a suitcase.

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Sucking up or apple polishing are more likely to work in a job interview than boasting of one's accomplishments, a new University of Florida study finds.

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On-the-job exposure to low doses of powerful medications commonly administered to patients intravenously in the operating room may be a factor leading some anesthesiologists to abuse drugs.

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A University of Florida scientist has grown a living "brain" that can fly a simulated plane, giving scientists a novel way to observe how brain cells function as a network.

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Americans' reactions to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has been reminiscent of the alarm and panic the nation felt after the launch of the Soviets' Sputnik more than 45 years ago, but there's one key difference: Sputnik prompted far more national soul-searching.

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Like an episode of "CSI: Computers," a UF researcher has developed a technique that gives digital detectives twice the forensic evidence they now have to catch all kinds of hackers, from curious teenagers to disgruntled employees to agents of foreign governments.

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A good night's sleep may be the remedy for a bad day at work, suggests a new University of Florida study on the unexplored relationship between job satisfaction and the shifting moods of employees.

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The explosive growth of reverse mortgages can backfire for both elderly homeowners and the nation's cities, says a University of Florida researcher.

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There's plenty to debunk about the Bigfoot myth, but people may not listen because they have a love-hate relationship with the gigantic hairy monster, says a University of Florida researcher.

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University of Florida researchers have developed a technology that can tap waste heat from electrical power plants as its main source of energy, an advance that could significantly reduce the cost of desalination in some parts of the world.

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The language of sex has changed greatly in the past 15 years, but men and women often still don't connect when it comes to sexual subjects ranging from orgasm to rape, a new University of Florida study finds.

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Lifting weights can improve muscle strength and quality of life for people afflicted with the degenerative disease multiple sclerosis, a new University of Florida study finds.

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Digging into the past is more than child's play, says a University of Florida researcher whose study shows that archaeological finds of children's artifacts reveal missing clues about the world they lived in.

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University of Florida researchers are on a disease-fighting mission to ensure that the world's favorite confection -- chocolate -- will continue to be a Valentine's Day mainstay.

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For centuries, the Zuni Pueblo Indian tribe of New Mexico has been caring for eagles and collecting their feathers for use in tribal ceremonies. An aviary designed by a University of Florida professor ensures that tradition will continue for generations to come.

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The engineers who built the massive external fuel tank that will power the shuttle Discovery into orbit this spring used sophisticated X-ray detectors developed by UF researchers to reduce the chance of a defect in the foam insulation covering the tank.

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Ecologists know that when it comes to habitats, size matters, and now a new study finds that contrary to earlier beliefs, that maxim holds true right down to the tiny plants at the bottom of many oceanic and freshwater food chains.