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UF Study Offers More Evidence That Deet Is a Safe Way to Ward Off Mosquitoes

Summer is back, with warmer temperatures, longer days, and… mosquitoes. When mosquitoes feast on humans, they can leave more than irritating bites behind. They can...

Pheronym Receives Grant to Achieve Commercialization Milestones

UF Innovate | The Hub and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Pheronym, an ag-biotech pest control company, received a $25,000 grant from Agstart to help reach commercialization...

SATLANTIS’ Optical Camera Is Already on the International Space Station

SATLANTIS‘ optical camera has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) after five days of travel. In a few days it will be manually placed...

Grit Drives Display Technology Expert to Advance the Field of Nanotechnology

For one researcher in the Florida High Tech Corridor, grit has always been the difference-maker. Courage to try something new and determination to be successful...

Is This Mushroom Safe? Expert Fields More Concerned Calls During Pandemic

For mushroom identification expert Matt Smith, spring is usually a slow time of year. “Mushrooms are less common during the spring in Florida, so this...

UF Mobilizes Campus, Exactech Expertise to Make Vital COVID-19 Nasal Swabs

When University of Florida Health needed a massive supply of nasal swabs for expanded COVID-19 testing, the solution was right on campus and just across...

Quicker Reviews, Designated Funding Speeds COVID-19 Research Efforts at UF Health

Amid the worst public health emergency in a lifetime, UF Health leaders have taken steps to speed novel coronavirus research, recognizing the urgent need to...

Could Rapid Home-Based Coronavirus Tests Become Reality?

Piyush Jain, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and a member of UF Health Cancer Center, developed an inexpensive home-based rapid testing kit that can...

UF Health Cardiologist: COVID-19 Might Be a Disease of the Lungs and the Heart

As researchers continue to unravel the mysteries of COVID-19, they are increasingly realizing the disease caused by the novel coronavirus often involves more than the...

Global Survey Supports Link Between COVID-19 and Loss of Smell and Taste

A new massive crowdsourced survey of COVID-19 patients from around the world provides the greatest evidence to date of a link between COVID-19 and the...

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