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UF engineer’s circuit to help enable miniature medical implants

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida engineering researcher is helping to pave the way for tiny implanted medical devices that could one day administer medicine to ill patients, help disabled people use artificial limbs or perform other therapeutic tasks within the body.

Filed under Engineering, Health, Research on Tuesday, December 18, 2007.

UF engineers: Wireless charger provides efficient cord-free charging

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Good news about that annoying jumble of electronic device charger power cords — it may soon be history.

Filed under Engineering, Research, Technology on Wednesday, December 12, 2007.

Soil-moisture sensors may produce big water savings for homeowners, UF study shows

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Soil-moisture sensors hooked to sprinkler systems could put a huge dent in homeowners’ utility bills—and help conserve much-needed water, a new University of Florida study says.

Filed under Engineering, Environment, Research on Tuesday, November 13, 2007.

UF research: Homeowners can cut irrigation without hurting lawns

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — With drought persisting across the Southeast, homeowners can slash water consumption by simply readjusting irrigation systems – with no harm to lawns or landscaping plants, a new University of Florida study finds.

Filed under Engineering, Environment, Research on Tuesday, November 13, 2007.

From moths and cicadas come improvements to solar cells

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Designing better solar cells might seem a question of electronics or chemistry, but for one University of Florida engineer, it starts with bugs.

Filed under Engineering, Environment, Research, Sciences on Tuesday, October 23, 2007.

Arsenic imports for lumber plunge; UF Center sets sights on disposal

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — It’s a success story so far – but the end has yet to be written.

Filed under Engineering, Environment, Research on Wednesday, August 22, 2007.

The future of medicine: Insert chip, cure disease?

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Imagine a chip, strategically placed in the brain, that could prevent epileptic seizures or allow someone who has lost a limb to control an artificial arm just by thinking about it.

Filed under Engineering, Health, Research on Tuesday, July 24, 2007.

From UF and IBM, a blueprint for “smart” health care

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Always on, connected, cheap and on sale everywhere.

Filed under Engineering, Health, Research, Technology on Tuesday, July 24, 2007.

World’s largest telescope to make first observations Friday

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The world’s largest telescope will take its first peek into the heavens this week, ushering the University of Florida into the top ranks of the “big observers,” as one astronomy professor put it.

Filed under Astronomy, Engineering, Research on Monday, July 9, 2007.

New UF computer system could one day help citrus growers count fruit before harvest

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Farmers are told not to count chickens before they hatch, but for citrus growers it’s a little different – knowing how much fruit is on their trees can help them make better decisions about managing and harvesting the crop.

Filed under Agriculture, Engineering, Florida, Research on Thursday, June 21, 2007.