UNL Office of Research News and Information

Monsanto official to speak Nov. 20 at UNL

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT

The director of agriculture, economics and sustainability for Monsanto Co. will present a public lecture – “Producing More While Conserving More: Can We Do It?” – at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Friday (Nov. 20).

Laying groundwork for Antarctic drilling

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT

A U.S. scientific team is laying groundwork to expand geological drilling beneath Antarctica to reveal clues to past and future global climate change, thanks to a nearly $2.7 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant from the National Science Foundation.

UNL earns $3.1 million IGERT grant

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT

UNL has received a $3.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation for a new, multidisciplinary graduate education program that will prepare future scientists, policymakers and natural resource managers to address increasingly complex global water issues.

Undergrads experience nanomaterials research

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT

Future scientists can enhance their skills in nanomaterials and nanoscience through a summer research program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln that's funded by the National Science Foundation through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Developing tools to find key genetic info

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT

Scientific advances in areas as diverse as medicine and agriculture often require finding specific snippets of DNA within an organism’s vast genetic information.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln biologist Etsuko Moriyama received $95,017 from the National Institutes of Health National Library of Medicine through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to help her develop tools to locate them.

Wood presents Nebraska Lecture on HIV/AIDS

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:00:00 GMT

HIV/AIDS is a public health crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa. The disease's widespread prevalence -- two-thirds of people living with the disease reside there -- has greatly affected the region's health and economy. During the fall Nebraska Lecture Nov. 10, UNL virologist Charles Wood reviewed the historical aspect of HIV/AIDS since its discovery in 1981, focusing on the disease's impact in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Clues could aid human health

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT

A tiny mouse living high in the mountains is providing evolutionary clues that might someday help people with blood and lung disorders.

UNL evolutionary biologist Jay Storz is comparing the genetics of deer mice living at high altitudes with their relatively oxygen-rich lowland cousins to understand how animals evolve to adapt to low-oxygen environments. A $220,774 American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) grant from the National Institutes of Health’s Heart, Lung and Blood Disorder Institute is enabling Storz and colleagues to expand their ongoing, NIH-funded research.

UNL earns $15.7 million in stimulus funding

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:00:00 GMT

University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty have been awarded $15.7 million in grants funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act through Sept. 30 to support research projects, according to UNL's Office of Research and Economic Development.

UNL earns $15.7 million in stimulus funding

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT

NU Press author wins Nobel Prize

Thu, 8 Oct 2009 14:00:00 GMT

For the second time in as many years, a University of Nebraska Press author is the winner of the Nobel Prize in literature. German writer Herta Müller, whose short story collection Nadirs was published by the Press in 1999, is the 2009 Nobel Laureate in Literature.

UNL receives grant to study water, energy

Mon, 5 Oct 2009 14:00:00 GMT

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded nearly $1.25 million to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering's Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction to work on Advanced Decentralized Water/Energy Network Design for Sustainable Infrastructure.

Article examines rare quantum physics effect

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:00:00 GMT

There's nothing UNL physicist Herman Batelaan likes more than a challenge. And there are few areas of science more challenging than working at the sub-atomic, or quantum, world, where the laws of physics are different from those of our macro world.

UNL receives $3 million for education consortium

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:00:00 GMT

UNL has received a $3 million grant to establish the Great Plains National Security Education Consortium. The consortium, sponsored by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, will provide rich academic, research, cultural immersion and outreach activities focused on national security-related topics to students with diverse interests and backgrounds.

Research funding hits record $122 million

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:00:00 GMT

Total research funding at UNL increased nearly 13 percent to a record of more than $122 million this year. Total research funding, which includes all external funds awarded for university research, was $122,452,344 in the fiscal year ending June 30. The increase, up from $108.3 million in fiscal 2008, is UNL's largest ever year-to-year research funding growth.

UNL establishes rural education center

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:00:00 GMT

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has received a nearly $10 million grant from the U.S. Department Education Institute of Education Sciences to establish the National Center for Research on Rural Education, the only one of its kind in the U.S.