December 2008 Archive


Evolution causes bad-tasting butterflies to share appearance and habitat, UF study shows

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Competition for resources can cause animal species in an ecological community to evolve away from each other, becoming less similar — but University of Florida research shows that sometimes mutual benefit causes just the opposite.

Filed under Environment, Research, Sciences on Thursday, December 4, 2008.

Rooted plants move mysteriously down greenways, scientists say

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The wild pea pod is big and heavy, with seemingly little prayer of escaping the shade of its parent plant.

Filed under Environment, Research, Sciences on Wednesday, December 3, 2008.

Baby Vital Signs

Radar can catch you for speeding and one day it might save your baby if he or she stops breathing. University of Florida engineers have developed a new system that uses radar technology to assess a person’s vital signs from a few feet away.

Filed under Video on Wednesday, December 3, 2008.

Research Report: Baby Vital Signs

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Radar can catch you for speeding and one day it might save your baby if he or she stops breathing. University of Florida engineers have developed a new system that uses radar technology to assess a person’s vital signs from a few feet away.

Filed under Audio on Wednesday, December 3, 2008.

Engineers: Wireless crib monitor keeps tabs on baby’s breathing

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Radar — the technology that tracks enemy bombers and hurricanes — is now being employed to detect another danger: when babies stop breathing.

Filed under Engineering, Family, Research, Sciences, Technology on Tuesday, December 2, 2008.

Endangered sawfish focus of national collection and recovery efforts

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida, keeper of the world’s shark attack records, is also now overseeing a national records collection for another toothy marine predator: the sawfish.

Filed under Environment, Florida, Natural History, Research, Sciences on Monday, December 1, 2008.