Tag: National Science Foundation

Nine Husker researchers earned National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program awards during the 2025 cycle, tying an institutional record set in 2024.

Increasing the number of external honorific awards is one of UNL’s strategic goals. The following list includes selected awards and accomplishments that Husker researchers earned in fiscal year 2025.

Despite their microscopic size, methanogens play a major role in the global carbon cycle. A Nebraska research team uncovered another dimension of how they function, painting a clearer picture of environmental carbon flow and providing key information for the sustainable development of bioenergy sources.

Many children, particularly those in rural communities, enter kindergarten knowing less about science than about reading or math. Nebraska’s Soo-Young Hong leads a project aimed at strengthening early childhood educators’ competence and confidence in teaching STEM concepts.

A wearable device developed by Husker engineer Eric Markvicka may help patients with chronic conditions stay ahead of disease flare-ups, which is key to improved outcomes and reduced mortality. A multimodal approach provides insight into a wearer’s holistic health and enables earlier, faster and more accurate identification of disease exacerbations.

Humans have strategies for dealing with bothersome environmental noise: headphones, white noise, soundproofing materials and more. Husker research suggests that animals, too, have methods for tuning out. Biologists Eileen Hebets and Brandi Pessman published one of the first studies showing that the funnel-weaving spider can change how it receives sound when faced with local, human-generated noise.