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Crop Yields
International team calls for new approach to estimate crop yield potential, gaps
April 8, 2025

An international team of agronomists is calling for a new approach to estimate crop yield potential and gaps — information that is critical in planning how to meet growing food demand. 

University of Nebraska–Lincoln researchers made major contributions to the study, published online April 8 in the journal Nature Food.

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Computing
Interdisciplinary project aims to improve Nebraska farming
April 7, 2025

A new research initiative at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is turning precision farming techniques into predictive farming techniques. With support from the United States Department of Agriculture, Qiang Liu, assistant professor in the School of Computing, will collaborate on an interdisciplinary project with Hongzhi Guo, assistant professor in computing; Yufeng Ge, professor in biological systems […]

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Student Research
Hardin fuses science, arts for unique thesis presentation
April 4, 2025

Mason Hardin, a senior chemistry major from Sioux City, Iowa, incorporated many of his interests into a unique senior honors thesis presentation.

Hardin has been working for almost three years on research on protecting cattle from blood-feeding insects in the lab or Georgina Bingham, research associate professor of entomology. When it came time to share the work, Harding collaborated with the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts to integrate music and dance into his method of communicating the science.

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Center for Brain Biology and Behavior
Barlow patents groundbreaking frontline stroke treatment
April 2, 2025

Every year, more than 795,000 American adults suffer a stroke, and one in four adults worldwide will suffer a stroke in their lifetime. Early action can reduce rates of death and disability. 

Now, a group of Husker researchers, led by Steven Barlow, has patented a groundbreaking frontline treatment — the pTACS Somatosensory Biomedical Device — for cerebrovascular accidents that is portable, making it a versatile product for use in rehabilitation clinics, emergency rooms and, potentially, transport ambulances.

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NSRI welcomes 40 NU faculty to academic research network
March 31, 2025

The National Strategic Research Institute at the University of Nebraska has welcomed 40 faculty members into its collaborative research network, the NSRI Fellows Program, to further expand its transdisciplinary research capabilities.

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Nebraska undergrads uncover ancient secrets of human immunity
March 27, 2025

Three Husker students under the mentorship of Luwen Zhang, a leading University of Nebraska–Lincoln virologist, have achieved a rare feat for undergraduates. 

Vanessa Hubing, a junior biological sciences major from Castle Pine, Colorado; Avery Marquis, a senior pre-veterinary medicine student from Omaha; and Chanasei Ziemann, a recent biological sciences graduate from Hickman, Nebraska; are first authors of two recently published scientific research articles that describe significant findings about how human immune systems evolved.

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Pérez earns AAAS honor for contributions to engineering
March 27, 2025

University of Nebraska–Lincoln engineering Dean Lance C. Pérez has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society. Fellows are selected by their peers for scientifically or socially distinguished achievements that advance science or its application. 

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University Press brings Book, Jacket and Journal Show to Love Library
March 21, 2025

The Association of University Presses and the University of Nebraska Press are bringing the the 2024 Book, Jacket and Journal Show to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. 

The exhibit opens March 24 and runs through April 4. The exhibit is free and open to the public and will be on view in Love Library North, Room 219.

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Study Explores Companies Trapped by Quarterly Earnings Forecasts
March 19, 2025

A new study at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln sheds light on how external market pressures keep public companies locked into issuing quarterly earnings forecasts—a practice often criticized for encouraging short-term thinking over long-term growth.

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Markvicka selected as National Academy of Inventors Senior Member
March 17, 2025

Eric Markvicka, the Robert F. and Myrna L. Krohn Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has been selected to the 2025 Class of National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Senior Members.

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