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University of Florida scholars are digitizing and transcribing hundreds of hours of interviews conducted during the 1960s and ‘70s with Native Americans throughout the Southeast so they can be preserved, shared and repatriated to their subjects’ tribes. Story with photos: https://explore.research.ufl.edu/native-voices-oral-histories-help-preserve-indigenous-heritage.html

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Scientists at the University of Florida have grown plants in soil from the moon, a first in human history and a milestone in lunar and space exploration. Using lunar soil brought back to Earth during the Apollo missions, the researchers showed that plants can successfully germinate, paving the way for one day growing plants for food and oxygen on the moon and beyond. Story with photos: https://explore.research.ufl.edu/one-small-sprout.html

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Researchers with the Loss Prevention Research Team at the University of Florida are pioneering high-tech solutions to retail theft. More than $44 billion in merchandise goes missing across the United States each year, but through collaborations with computer engineers, sociologists and political scientists across campus, UF’s team works to thwart these criminals. Story with photos: https://explore.research.ufl.edu/retail-security.html

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The 27,000-acre DeLuca Preserve was gifted to the University of Florida to protect one of the last natural areas of its kind and to serve as a living classroom and laboratory for faculty and students. Story with photos: https://explore.research.ufl.edu/in-27000-acre-preserve-scientists-begin-age-of-discovery.html

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University of Florida researchers are part of the fourth agricultural revolution, using artificial intelligence, drones, robots and other intelligent devices to improve and protect crops from harmful pests and diseases.

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University of Florida researchers are using artificial intelligence methods to develop algorithms that can detect deepfakes — images, text, video and audio that purport to be real but aren't, identify hardware trojans that can compromise computers, and teach "smart" cameras to focus on specific tasks.

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Dozens of University of Florida biomedical researchers are tackling Alzheimer’s disease, searching for clues to its causes and for better ways to treat patients. The neurodegenerative disease is projected to afflict more than 12 million Americans by 2050.

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University of Florida education experts are providing teachers and parents with innovative new tools to demystify the process of teaching children to read, and helping the state put more books in struggling students’ hands. To read the article, visit https://explore.research.ufl.edu/the-science-of-reading.html

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University of Florida agricultural researchers are working to establish carinata, a common mustard plant that has potential as a sustainable fuel and livestock feed, as a new crop in the Southeast. To read the article, visit https://explore.research.ufl.edu/flower-power.html

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Concrete has been a common building material for thousands of years, but as a warming climate creates new challenges, University of Florida civil and coastal engineering Professor Christopher Ferraro is studying new ways to make strong, sustainable concrete. To read the article, visit https://explore.research.ufl.edu/building-blocks.html

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