Natural Ponds Remove Nitrogen More Effectively Than Stormwater Ponds, Researchers Find
Designed to control flooding, stormwater ponds are not as effective as natural ponds at removing nitrogen, a pollutant that can go downstream into lakes, rivers and other bodies of water, new University of Florida research shows.
Beer in Space: UF Researchers Study Microgravity’s Effect on Fermentation
A recently published study by University of Florida researchers provides insight into how beer yeast might behave when fermented in outer space.
UF Graduate Student Start-Up Focuses on Creating Chemicals From Ocean Microbes
In Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Captain Nemo describes the sea as “everything,” the “vast reservoir of Nature.” A pair of UF Ph.D. students are diving into these vast depths. They are harnessing the power of marine microbes and unlocking their potential for sustainable chemical applications. Jessica Tittl Nielsen (CEO) and Monica Schul (Chief Science Officer) founded a biotechnology company, Cordelia Biosciences, to create sustainable chemicals from ocean microbes.
Research Professor Who Investigates Understudied Crop Roots Promoted to Associate Professor
University of Florida officials recognized Lorenzo Rossi’s precision planning and innovational research initiatives to confront the most serious citrus disease worldwide and advance alternative crops into diversification models with a promotion.
Tech Tuesday: Desigators
In this week’s Tech Tuesday for WCJB TV20, UF Innovate’s Bethany Gaffey interviews recent graduate Alexander Weaver from the University of Florida... Read More
UF Study Shows How Strawberry Growers Can Use Less Pesticide To Control Destructive Chilli Thrips
Florida strawberry growers can use less pesticide and save money as they try to control a mighty pest known as chilli thrips, University of Florida research shows.
UF Study Shows Orange Peel Extract May Improve Heart Health
Orange peels may hold a key to better cardiovascular health, new University of Florida-led research shows.
Where Will Artificial Intelligence Take the Produce Industry?
Yiannis Ampatzidis, a University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering, calls AI the fourth agri-revolution. Ampatzidis, who studies precision agriculture and mechanization for crop production, has seen firsthand the importance — and potential — of AI.
UF Scientists Plan To Lengthen the Shelf Life of Artichokes
Scientists from the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) are finding out how to extend the shelf life of artichokes.
Artichokes, Known as a Healthy Food Crop, Also Make for Pretty Plants
Artichokes are more than just a tasty dish. Their flowers bloom bright and colorful, as artichokes are immature flower buds.
Shinsuke Agehara, an associate professor of horticultural sciences at the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences began growing and harvesting Florida's first artichokes in 2017 at the UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center (GCREC) as well as the UF/IFAS Hastings Agricultural Extension Center.
