With mutations, it turns out that context can be everything in determining whether or not they are beneficial to their evolutionary fate. New research led by UNL evolutionary biologist Jay Storz has found that whether a given mutation is good or bad is often determined by other mutations associated with it.
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A team of U.S. paleontologists, led by Jason Head of UNL, describes fossils of the giant lizard from Myanmar this week in the scientific journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Their analysis shows that it is one of the biggest known lizards ever to have lived on land.
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UNL engineer Angela Pannier is using nanotechnology to develop a gene delivery tool that could unleash the power of gene therapy. She recently earned a five-year, $419,051 Faculty Early Career Development Program Award from the National Science Foundation.
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Work by a group of UNL researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering and the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience was featured on the cover of the April issue of the journal Advanced Optical Materials.
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An edition of Civil War-era poems edited by UNL English research assistant professor Elizabeth Lorang and collaborator Rebecca Weir is available online, complete with images from the newspapers in which they appeared and with historical and literary analysis that provides insight into the role of newspapers and poetry during the Civil War.
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Increasingly, objectification and heightened masculinity in images of men is saturating popular culture and the media. A new UNL study examines how this objectification affects men's body image and how that in turn affects men's hopes of developing social and romantic relationships.
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Gary Thomson of Nebraska Public Power District and Prem Paul, vice chancellor for research and economic development, talk with Jim Specht, agronomy and horticulture.
Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences ResearchMichael Thompson, of the Pacific Northwest National Lab and a SAC member, talks with Gonghua Wang, a postdoc in mechanical and materials engineering.
Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences ResearchThe NCESR Scientific Advisory Committee is made up of representatives from several national laboratories and advises the center. These members visited campus last week. From left, Jose Olivares, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Michael Thompson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Charles Barbour, Sandia National Laboratories; John Miller, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; and David Miller, Idaho National Laboratory.
Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences ResearchWe've been hanging out at the Water for Food Conference today and have been very impressed by the speakers' expertise and research ideas. Follow the link to view conference photos.
