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Researcher Devises Cheap, Efficient Bedbug Trap

The contraption seems so simple, yet so clever, like something The Professor might have concocted on “Gilligan’s Island.” Researchers at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences have devised a bedbug trap that can be built with …

For Older Drivers One Drink May Be One Too Many: Study

You may have only had one glass of wine with dinner, but if you’re 55 or older, that single serving may hit you hard enough to make you a dangerous driver. So, baby boomers, what you suspected is true: you …

University of Florida Aims to Build Football Helmet of the Future

In a ground floor lab of the New Engineering Building at the University of Florida, radiologist Keith Peters and mechanical engineer Ghatu Subhash are building the football helmet of the future. They’ve spent several months dropping weights onto different types …

Tiny Planes, Subs From Florida College Could Be Next Hurricane Hunters

Kamran Mohseni envisions a day when the unmanned vehicles in his laboratory at the University of Florida will swarm over, under and through hurricanes to help predict the strength and path of the storms. The tiny, autonomous craft — some …

Designated Drivers Don’t Always Abstain

Maybe better call that cab, after all: A new University of Florida study found that 35 percent of designated drivers had quaffed alcohol and most had blood alcohol levels high enough to impair their driving. Adam Barry, an assistant professor …

University of Florida Student Injured When Chemistry Lab Explodes

A student received minor injuries during a chemistry lab explosion inside the University of Florida’s Sisler Hall. The Orlando Sentinel reports the building will be closed for at least a day following the Wednesday afternoon explosion. University police say the …