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Yearly Archives: 2016

Project aims to boost global wheat yields

December 20, 2016

Swedish Academy of Sciences honors Cassman

December 15, 2016

Farritor named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

December 13, 2016

$15 million project aims to improve child welfare workforce nationally

December 13, 2016

Study: Maximizing grain yields won’t meet future African needs

December 12, 2016

Grant celebration for $13.75 million transportation award

December 9, 2016

Center to develop roadway upgrades in four states

December 9, 2016

Megan Elliott named founding director of Carson Center

December 7, 2016

Study defines nuance between actual, ‘chosen’ family

December 6, 2016

Airborne electromagnetics help detail underground valleys, aquifers

December 2, 2016

Faculty among nation’s most highly cited researchers

November 29, 2016

Five Nebraska faculty named AAAS fellows

November 23, 2016

University remembers Prem Paul as big, bold thinker at Nov. 22 celebration

November 22, 2016

Students help map distribution of endangered swift fox

November 22, 2016

Death penalty attitudes shifting, research shows

November 21, 2016

Paul remembrance, legacy celebration is Nov. 22

November 16, 2016

Researchers push software to work more like human eye

November 15, 2016

‘Conductive concrete’ shields electronics from EMP attack

November 14, 2016

Webstream of Kwame Dawes’ Nebraska Lecture available

November 9, 2016

New underwater mic 6,000 times more sensitive to sound

November 8, 2016

Satellite data delves into evergreens’ slumber

November 4, 2016

Take five: Postdocs lay out research at science slam

November 4, 2016

Research Fair continues Wednesday with workshops, open house

November 1, 2016

Research Fair kicks off Tuesday

October 31, 2016

Fall Research Fair set for Nov. 1-2

October 28, 2016

New doctoral program links life sciences with big data

October 28, 2016

African leaders approve drought management framework

October 28, 2016

Dawes to discuss African Poetry Book Fund at Nov. 10 Nebraska Lecture

October 27, 2016

Bloom named fellow of American Physical Society

October 27, 2016

Simpson to guide campus participation in $20M NIH project

October 26, 2016

Michael Boehm named university’s IANR chief

October 26, 2016

Study finds link between moms’ feelings, kids’ eating habits

October 21, 2016

Study: At molecular level, evolutionary change is unpredictable

October 20, 2016

Innovation keeps solar cells high and dry

October 20, 2016

Gut feeling: Study finds ingested bacteria can stick for months

October 17, 2016

Project will use drones to survey wetland habitats

October 12, 2016

Statisticians work to streamline medical testing

October 11, 2016

Immune system modeling gets boost

October 7, 2016

Ultimate sacrifice: Spider’s post-sex cannibalism aids offspring

October 6, 2016

Project aims to boost women in math grad programs

October 4, 2016

Engineers start small to find greener, cheaper concrete mixes

October 4, 2016

Study finds HIV education challenges with Zambian youth

September 29, 2016

Heart of the matter: Physicists record movement of atomic nuclei

September 29, 2016

NSF grant to foster active learning in calculus classrooms

September 26, 2016

Peeling onions: Layered nanosphere shows biomedical promise

September 22, 2016

Project aims to help schools diagnose, manage concussions

September 19, 2016

Nebraska Food for Health Center to unite strengths in agriculture, medicine

September 16, 2016

New name for Whittier building honors Prem S. Paul

September 16, 2016

$1.3M NIH grant to aid study of plants’ viral defense

September 15, 2016

Nebraska, NASA team up to chart evidence of indigenous landscapes

September 15, 2016

That stings: Study finds insecticide hurts queen bees’ egg-laying abilities

September 12, 2016

Supercomputer helps crack the code for bestselling books

September 12, 2016

Web tool to help officials make drought-related decisions

September 12, 2016

Study: Humans, chimps share cognitive connection

September 8, 2016

Poll finds rural Nebraskans value their local schools

September 8, 2016

Study in contrasts: System advances analysis of corn

September 8, 2016

Starita directs his Native American interest into publications

September 5, 2016

Former vice chancellor Prem S. Paul passes away early Friday

September 2, 2016

Project trains rural educators, encourages sustainability

September 1, 2016

NIC system advances analysis of corn

September 1, 2016

Starita directs Native American interest into books

September 1, 2016

$11.3M NIH project to study biomolecular communication

August 30, 2016

NIH COBRE grant celebration today

August 30, 2016

A timeline of Prem Paul’s tenure

August 29, 2016

NSF grant to support next-gen underground sensors

August 29, 2016

Upgrades to archive lift Livingstone’s mythical veil

August 29, 2016

System could help diagnose, treat brain injuries

August 23, 2016

$6M grant will build neuroscience brain trust

August 22, 2016

Faculty startup locates at Nebraska Innovation Campus

August 16, 2016

NIH grant aids probe of cell circuitry and disease

August 15, 2016

Project to aid cities in planning for extreme weather

August 10, 2016

Thompson earns NSF graduate fellowship

August 8, 2016

UNL’s sponsored research surges to record highs

August 4, 2016

Plants’ surprising guard against freezing: acid

August 4, 2016

Hearing aid project headed to Nicaragua

August 1, 2016

Zhu to lead creation of concrete monitoring system

August 1, 2016

UNL named global ‘Rising Star’ in research

July 28, 2016

Study shows racial attitudes play role in police reform support

July 28, 2016

Center earns $3.5 million grant to support Latino students

July 26, 2016

For older married men facing disability, nagging may be a plus

July 22, 2016

Study confirms simian ancestors of HIV can infect human cells

July 22, 2016

Argentine officials discuss ag cooperation

July 18, 2016

CYFS leads evaluation of early childhood project

July 18, 2016

NU leading projects to help MENA region respond to drought

July 12, 2016

Researchers to create a health care literacy program for teens

July 8, 2016

Team earns $1.7M grant to study milk-conveyed molecules

July 8, 2016

Study links new families’ economic, mental health issues to future struggles

July 6, 2016

Study: Troubling student behaviors underreported

July 1, 2016

What’s your poison? Researchers engineer toxin to target pain

July 1, 2016

New center at NIC strives for children’s health solutions

June 27, 2016

Study finds link between kids’ sleep habits, mental health

June 23, 2016

Are ‘wars of words’ related to real wars?

June 21, 2016

UNL, Zhejiang University to expand partnership program

June 21, 2016

UNL earns $20M to research ways to improve crop productivity

June 17, 2016

Announcement about major award to boost crop productivity

June 17, 2016

Researchers develop new DNA test procedure for avocado industry

June 16, 2016

Study demonstrates model’s ability to project corn yields

June 13, 2016

Early childhood research focus of new UNL-Brazil initiative

June 2, 2016

UNL team to probe social networks by phone

June 2, 2016

Hong earns Early Career Award

May 27, 2016

UNL receives grants to evaluate land conservation stewardship

May 27, 2016

$2.8 million grant to help UNL improve preterm infants’ lives

May 23, 2016

What big eyes you have! Spider adaptation widened dietary net

May 23, 2016

Report: NIC heating, cooling system to cut environmental impact in half

May 18, 2016

Study suggests political peril leads to intransigence

May 17, 2016

NSF grant to support development of new phenotyping instrument

May 17, 2016

NSF grant supports chemist’s work to expand genetic code

May 13, 2016

Fires a growing threat to air quality, UNL scientist says

May 12, 2016

Discovery enhances conductivity, strength of polymer-based materials

May 4, 2016

Willa Cather’s nephew leaves $5.8M to UNL

May 4, 2016

Study shakes foundation of morals’ role in political ideology

May 2, 2016

$1.1M grant to expand sensory disabilities education

May 2, 2016

Study details lives of homeless youth

May 2, 2016

Speed limits: Thresholds curb warming’s acceleration of animal movement

May 2, 2016

Waite earns university-wide honor

May 2, 2016

Aerial ‘fire drone’ passes Homestead test

April 26, 2016

Study shines new light on electrons

April 22, 2016

Are you positive? It may depend on where you look

April 22, 2016

Webstream of Benson’s Nebraska Lecture available

April 20, 2016

Gut health is topic of April 20 Nebraska Lecture

April 14, 2016

Study details formation of nitrous acid in atmosphere

April 12, 2016

Spring Research Fair features student sessions, faculty workshops

April 12, 2016

Thomas named Guggenheim Fellow

April 8, 2016

Ronnie Green named next UNL chancellor

April 7, 2016

Physicists use electrons to record more ‘frames’ of atomic motion

April 5, 2016

Engineers capture self-assembly of nanocrystals in real time

April 4, 2016

Is your political ideology in your head?

March 31, 2016

Physicists get surprising results from electron-molecule collisions

March 30, 2016

Survey: Nebraskans support early childhood programs

March 30, 2016

Study examines rural, urban youths’ substance use

March 28, 2016

UNL experts examine roots of Brussels attacks

March 25, 2016

Report examines how changing Arctic weather impacts the Midwest

March 22, 2016

New crystal is four times more sensitive to X-rays

March 21, 2016

Team finds unexpected magnetism in nanoscale compound

March 16, 2016

Zhang wins NSF award for ‘green’ chemistry

March 14, 2016

DARPA director visiting campus March 22

March 14, 2016

Register for April 7 early CAREER workshop

March 14, 2016

Price helps authenticate rare Whitman letter

March 11, 2016

NSF changing GRFP application rules in 2017

March 10, 2016

Fulbright expands Norton’s disaster debris research

March 9, 2016

Researchers build molecule to suppress stroke-related enzyme

March 9, 2016

Kickoff retreat draws nearly 100 faculty

March 8, 2016

Morin stretching materials work with NSF grant

March 7, 2016

Now or later? Predicting choices

March 3, 2016

Study aims to reduce caregiver stress during rehabilitation

March 2, 2016

Tang taps mobile tech, aids access to environmental data

March 2, 2016

Study finds sexual restraints protect male spiders from cannibalism

March 1, 2016

CAREER award boosts Qu’s smart power grid research

February 26, 2016

Research points to humans’ role in drought

February 22, 2016

Ice melt from CO2 increase could raise sea level 100 feet

February 22, 2016

Researcher finds gold — and other metals

February 17, 2016

CAREER award aids Stains’ research on STEM teaching in college

February 16, 2016

Supercomputers help gravitational wave discovery

February 15, 2016

On gay issues, Nebraska far less ‘red’ than label suggests

February 15, 2016

Scientists reveal new ice with record-low density

February 12, 2016

Safety and health organizations to join NIC

February 12, 2016

Museum preparators dig into history of fossil finds

February 10, 2016

Ratio between speed of evolution, population change

February 5, 2016

UNL report: Nebraska must be proactive with climate change

February 3, 2016

Team creates elastic materials that gleam when stretched

February 3, 2016

Register today for next NU FEWS workshop

January 29, 2016

Study: Parenting magazines still reinforce traditional gender roles

January 29, 2016

UNL researchers identify target of disease-causing plant pathogens

January 27, 2016

De-icing concrete could improve roadway safety

January 22, 2016

Researchers turn to students in quest for elusive species

January 22, 2016

UNL to lead network studying early education policy, practices

January 20, 2016

Virtual Incision LLC to locate at NIC

January 15, 2016

Digital distraction in class is on the rise

January 14, 2016

Scientists take step toward perfecting solar cells

January 13, 2016

Research Council seeks Nebraska Lecture nominations

January 12, 2016

Learning Commons named for alumna Adele Coryell Hall

January 12, 2016

Cover illustration features Fuchs’ research

January 8, 2016

IANR establishes Nebraska State Climate Office

January 6, 2016

Fritz named co-chair of climate change body

January 5, 2016

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