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Multimedia: UF researcher helps test next generation plug-in hybrid car technology

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Fluctuating gas prices and environmental concerns are leading many to electric-powered cars, and a new University of Florida partnership hopes to find out if it’s really a cleaner, cheaper and more reliable choice.

Filed under Multimedia on Tuesday, December 9, 2008.

Multimedia: Engineering researchers: Crib monitor keeps tabs on baby’s breathing

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Radar can catch you for speeding, detect enemy planes, and now it might save your baby if he or she stops breathing.

Filed under Multimedia on Tuesday, December 2, 2008.

Multimedia: 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 Multimedia on Monday, December 1, 2008.

Multimedia: To widen path to outer space, UF engineers build small satellite

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — It’s not much bigger than a softball and weighs just 2 pounds.

Filed under Multimedia on Thursday, November 13, 2008.

Multimedia: ‘Second China’ offers foreign service workers first impression

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Diplomats or military envoys making their first trip to China may soon have a chance to visit a Chinese office building, stop in at a traditional teahouse or hop a cab — all before they board a plane.

Filed under Multimedia on Thursday, October 30, 2008.

Multimedia: Finance worries cause Florida consumer confidence to drop

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Consumer confidence among Floridians plummeted eights points to 60 in October, reflecting people’s concerns about the volatility of financial markets and portending a shaky holiday season for retailers, a new University of Florida study finds.

Filed under Multimedia on Thursday, October 30, 2008.