New Study: UF Contributes More Than $16 Billion to the State’s Economy
The University of Florida and related entities contributed $16.91 billion to the state’s economy in fiscal year 2017-2018, according to a newly released study on... Read More
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UF/IFAS Leads Multistate Research to Reduce Pepper Diseases; Boost Production
Peppers are popular. Consumers eat all kinds, including jalapenos, habaneros, chilis and more. Because people eat so much of the fruit, they’re worth hundreds of... Read More
Specnova Chooses Ashland to Distribute Tart Cherry Extract in the US
Ashland, a global leader in providing specialty chemical solutions to customers in a wide range of consumer and industrial markets, has signed an exclusive agreement... Read More
Age of Woman’s First Menstruation May Signal Higher Risk of Heart Disease, UF Health Research Finds
It might seem like an irrelevant question for a cardiologist to ask a female patient, but University of Florida Health researcher Carl J. Pepine, M.D.,... Read More
First Magnet Installed for the ALPS II Experiment at DESY
The international ALPS II (Any Light Particle Search) collaboration installed the first of 24 superconducting magnets, marking the start of the installation of a unique... Read More
An Ultrathin Nanoelectromechanical Transducer Made of Hafnium Zirconium Oxide
In a study published in Nature Electronics, researchers at the University of Florida were able to fabricate an ultrathin nanoelectromechanical transducer using 10-nm-thick ferroelectric hafnium... Read More
UF Listed Among the World’s Most Innovative Universities
The World’s Most Innovative Universities is a list that identifies and ranks the educational institutions doing the most to advance science, invent new technologies and... Read More
GatorWings Wins DARPA Spectrum Collaboration Challenge
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced that GatorWings, a team of undergraduate students, Ph.D. candidates, and professors from the University of Florida are... Read More
Jackson Streeter to Direct UF Innovate | Ventures
In March of 2019, Brammer Bio, a University of Florida spinout company, sold for $1.7 billion to Thermo Fisher Scientific. The story of Brammer is... Read More
Oragenics Making ‘Great Progress’ Enrolling Patients in Oral Mucositis Clinical Trial
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate company Oragenics, Inc., a leader in the development of novel antibiotics against infectious diseases and... Read More
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