IFAS in the news, 3/30

Good morning and happy Friday...here is the week's final IFAS news roundup:

Fireflies' Unique Flashes Help Distinguish Species http://www.livescience.com/19376-firefly-glow-signals.html

Could Tiny Tubes Be Made Safer?
http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/could_tiny_tubes_be_made_safer/id_45661

UF researchers develop plant-based technology that helps biofuels, may fight cancer
http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=44820

Ticks bad this year, but you can fight them (Treasure Coast) http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2012/mar/30/carol-cloud-bailey-ticks-bad-this-year-but-you/

Thirty-three faculty named UF Research Foundation Professors for 2012 http://news.ufl.edu/2012/03/29/ufrf-profs-2012/

EXTENSION CONNECTIONS: Celebrate National Peanut Month (Okaloosa) http://www.crestviewbulletin.com/news/peanut-17133-peanuts-butter.html

Manatee Ornamental Production
http://manateeornprod.wordpress.com/

Know a 'Water-Wise' Individual or Business? (Hillsborough) http://newtampa.patch.com/articles/know-a-water-wise-individual-or-business

Fort Myers Herb Day 2012 Is This Saturday (Lee) http://www.islandsunnews.com/FortMyers/033312.html

National, UF, health news:

$540M jackpot sparks Mega Millions mania http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-500395_162-57406915/$540m-jackpot-sparks-mega-millions-mania/

Harry Crews, Writer of Dark Fiction, Is Dead at 76 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/30/books/harry-crews-writer-of-dark-fiction-is-dead-at-76.html

Pesticides suspected in mass die-off of bees http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-bees-pesticides-20120330,0,4969345.story

University of Florida law school applications down; fewer LSATs administered http://www.alligator.org/news/campus/article_89a0bc74-7957-11e1-9eca-0019bb2963f4.html

Report links rise in cancer to inactivity, obesity
http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/story/2012-03-28/Report-links-rise-in-cancer-to-inactivity-obesity/53835044/1

UF trustees ponder how to survive budget cuts while students protest tuition hikes
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120329/ARTICLES/120329466/1109/sports?Title=UF-trustees-ponder-how-to-survive-budget-cuts-while-students-protest-tuition-hikes-

Shay steps down as wine institute head
http://www.capitalpress.com/oregon/ml-wine-institute-040612

Warm weather shaking up produce market
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120329/ARTICLES/120329473?p=1&tc=pg