Science Articles

Regulation makes crypto markets more efficient

Voluntary regulation by exchanges helps investors

Sea otters’ homecoming to a California estuary shows payoff in conservation efforts

A new study from a team of scientists that includes UF's Christine Angelini reveals that the simple action of conservation can lead to a resounding impact for coastal communities

AI-powered app can detect poison ivy

University of Florida scientists at the Gulf Coast Research and Education Center published a new study in which they show how they used artificial intelligence to confirm that an app can identify poison ivy. 

SpaceX launches UF/IFAS microbiology experiment to ISS

The experiment will study dangerous infectious microbes in microgravity

Paranoid CEOs hide from government, react strongly to competitors

When their suspicions are confirmed, paranoid CEOs start lobbying more

Study reveals compounding risks of atmospheric river storms

Back-to-back storms create more damage than expected

Tiny ant species disrupts lion’s hunting behavior

Scientists reveal how an unassuming ant in East Africa is forcing the area’s lions to pivot away from hunting zebra and turn their attention to buffaloes. 

How scientists are using UF’s supercomputer

From detecting crop diseases and pests to analyzing decades of hand-written doctor's notes and medical records, the University of Florida's supercomputer, known as HiPerGator, is helping researchers push the limits of science.

Climate change threatens global forest carbon sequestration, study finds

Eastern and Western forests respond differently to climate change

With only the pawprints, researchers study elusive bobcat

For the first time in bobcats, scientists are using errant DNA to gather extensive data

Feathers from deceased birds help scientists understand new threat to avian populations

Animal ecologists study remains of birds killed at wind and solar energy plants to help develop ways to minimize fatalities

Unlocking secrets from under the sea

A newly published comprehensive digital database on what animals are known to make sounds brings us one step closer to understanding aquatic ecosystems

UF astronomers illuminate dark region of Milky Way

A research team harnesses the James Webb Space Telescope to explore a galactic enigma.

Scientists find ethyl vanillin in a UF/IFAS-bred strawberry: A key finding for food and beverage industry

The aroma compound is synthesized in labs and one of the most widely used artificial flavors for foods, beverages and food supplements.