Personalized nutrition is program goal

Imagine a physician or dietitian handing you a set of individualized nutritional guidelines based on your unique genetic makeup -- one that could help you ward off such diseases as cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer's. That's the ultimate goal of the Nebraska Gateway for Nutrigenomics, a new research initiative at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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Study: Black women more likely to have trusted doctor

Younger black women are more likely to have a regular doctor -- and are more likely to feel cared for by that doctor -- than younger white women and women of other ethnic groups, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln study shows.
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New Ted Kooser book a top pick

Publishers Weekly magazine named UNL English professor Ted Kooser’s Lights on a Ground of Darkness one of the top 20 books published by university and independent presses this fall. Kooser is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and former U.S. poet laureate. Published by the University of Nebraska Press, the book was listed among the “dazzling array of works” from independent publishers in the Aug. 31 issue of Publishers Weekly.
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Molden: Intimate link between food, water

Global food production has outpaced population growth since 1960, but meeting growing demand for food and water in the future will be challenging.

"There is an intimate link between food and water," said David Molden, deputy director general for research at the International Water Management Institute and an internationally known expert on water management. In his public lecture, "Will there be Enough Water to Grow Enough Food?" Aug. 27 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Molden said the answer to this critical question is "no, unless we change the way we think and act on water issues."

View Molden's PowerPoint presentation here. View the lecture video here

Water for Food conference wraps up

Leading water experts from around the world discussed the global challenge of growing more food with less water at The Future of Water for Food conference May 4, hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the University of Nebraska. Jeffrey S. Raikes, CEO of the Gates Foundation, gave the conference keynote address. Speakers and panelists throughout discussed key issues in science, technology, policy and the human dimensions of the use of water for agriculture. The conference laid the groundwork for a global water institute that university officials envision as an international center for research, education and policy on the use of water for agriculture.

Poll: Dissatisfaction rises in rural areas

Rural Nebraskans generally are less positive about their communities this year than in the past, according to the 2009 Nebraska Rural Poll. The 14th annual UNL poll was taken last March and April, a time of great economic uncertainty, poll organizers noted. That uncertainty is reflected in this year's poll results.
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Scientists fighting phragmites

Invasive weeds that thrive in wetlands seriously impact wildlife habitat and water flows in the Platte River, but University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers are working to combat them.
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Alumnus Keasling to speak at UNL

"Bio-Bricks to Bio-Businesses: Building Synthetic Biology Companies" is the title of an address to be delivered twice Sept. 25 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln by Jay Keasling, biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, and a native of Harvard, Neb.
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Parents OK with homework load, study shows

Contrary to popular wisdom, most parents don't think their children are overburdened by too much homework, new University of Nebraska-Lincoln research shows. While students spend considerable time completing homework, parents generally are supportive of homework practices.
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IANR expands E. coli research

By focusing on how nutrition of ruminants affects colonization and growth of E. coli O157:H7, University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers hope to find a diet that limits the potentially deadly bacteria in feedlot cattle.
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Team explains how mice adapt to altitude

New research by an international team led by Jay Storz of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has succeeded in identifying the specific gene mutations that have allowed deer mice to migrate from grasslands at relatively low elevations to low-oxygen alpine peaks.
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Rural self-employment key

Self-employment continues to grow in rural Nebraska, especially as "people are pasting together bits and pieces of work" in tough economic times, according to the Nebraska Rural Poll conducted  by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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NASA awards grants to 2 UNL faculty

The NASA Nebraska Space Grant and EPSCoR office at the University of Nebraska at Omaha has announced that two University of Nebraska-Lincoln professors have been awarded NASA EPSCoR grants of $750,000 each. NASA EPSCoR received 50 proposals from across the country and awarded 27 grants.
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Lenses could record molecular processes

Finding a way to observe and record the behavior of matter at the molecular level has long been a holy grail among physicists. Now, a team at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has figured out a possible way to do that.
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Study gives clues into how eyes search

Like the robots in the "Terminator" movies, our eyes move methodically through a scene when seeking out an object. If we don't immediately find what we're searching for, our attention leaves the already-scanned area behind and moves on to new, unexplored regions of a scene, still seeking the target.
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Recession calls for building employee morale

Layoffs. Pay cuts. Hiring freezes and mandatory furloughs. The economy's effect on the average employee has been profound in the last year. In such an environment, staying upbeat on the job can be difficult. That's why University of Nebraska-Lincoln researcher Fred Luthans said it's essential during an economic downturn for businesses to help employees build "psychological capital" -- hopefulness, optimism, resiliency and self-confidence.
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HHG could lead to better X-rays

Three-dimensional, real-time X-ray images of patients could be closer to reality because of research recently completed by scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a pair of Russian institutes.
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Climate change report online

A report summarizing the 2008 Climate Change Workshop now is available online. The report, "Sustainability in a Time of Climate Change: Developing an Intensive Research Framework for the Platte River Basin and the High Plains," details issues, perspectives, research and recommendations discussed during the North Platte, Neb., conference, which UNL and the U.S. Geological Survey co-hosted as part of a broader climate research partnership.
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Carbon nanotubes key to new electronics

Scientists and engineers the world over have thought for years that the next generation of smaller, more-efficient electronic and photonic devices could be based on the use of carbon nanotubes, structures 10,000 times thinner than a human hair but with tremendous potential.
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