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University of Florida researchers achieve unprecedented precision in nanomaterial chemistry, opening new doors for advanced applications.

Hundreds of millions of planets could have the right orbit to sport liquid water and possible life.

With a $350,000 federal grant, UF researchers will showcase recordings that tell how antislavery activists secretly assisted those escaping slavery.

A new study led by David Duffy, professor of wildlife disease genomics, reveals that advances in technology now allow scientists to extract DNA from the environment, but are we prepared for the consequences?

One of the college’s newest graduates in medieval studies, Jamie Paul, found her academic passion with the help of the program’s first graduate.

R. David Thomas Endowed Professor of Psychology Gregory Webster explains the human social behavior driving the holiday’s momentum.

The University of Florida hosted a panel on ethics in artificial intelligence, with faculty members exploring the important role of ethics as scientists race toward increasingly sophisticated AI technologies.

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected Vasudha Narayanan, a distinguished professor in the Department of Religion at the University of Florida, as a new member.

Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis, PhD, professor in the Departments of History and Biology within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals.

Researchers at the University of Rochester report this week in Nature a new material that is superconductive at room temperature, but while UF Professor James Hamlin, who was not involved with the work, says it would be ‘completely revolutionary,’ he also is not yet convinced.

The college received a record-breaking number of gifts from Gators all over the world on Giving Day 2023.

From trendy gender-reveal parties to entrenched rituals surrounding national holidays, spectacles can wreak havoc on the environment, according to Bron Taylor, a professor of religion, nature and ethics at the University of Florida, who was quoted in a recent article in Popular Science.

Dean of the International Center and Associate Provost Marta Wayne earns a prestigious scientific honor for her work in evolutionary genetics.

A team of physicists, including UF researchers, hunts down sub-atomic specters — stumbling across a new lens for exploring protons in the process.

Roberts, a champion for students’ voices, joins the ranks with respected leaders and powerhouse college coaches in forensics.

Why did the United States stop celebrating the “Glorious Eighth of January” as a national holiday? UF historian Sean Adams explores the obscure commemoration and controversial U.S. president at the heart of it all.

Chemist Austin M. Evans contributes to a groundbreaking discovery that unveils a new form of carbon.

Environmental storytellers, advocates and visionaries work to repair humanity’s relationship with a changing world.

Geological scientists traverse massive ice sheets to explore the causes and consequences of loss.

Triple-Gator Leandra Merz shows the value in embracing life’s unexpected detours.