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With a $6 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, Jessica Corman is leading a team in developing a first-of-its-kind national environmental database. This tool will help researchers and policymakers study, predict and manage the ever-changing balance of elements in the environment and their impact on ecosystems regionally and…

Thomas Clemente and Edgar Cahoon lead Nebraska’s participation in the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, a U.S. Department of Energy-funded initiative focused on development and marketing of bioenergy crops, biofuels and other bioproducts. Clemente, Eugene W. Price Distinguished Professor of Biotechnology, and Cahoon, George W. Holmes Professor of Biochemistry, pursue work to transform…

The Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research is a collaboration between the university and the Nebraska Public Power District. The center was established in 2006 to support energy research that produces new technologies, processes and systems that provide new or significantly enhanced renewable energy sources, improves the quality of life and boosts economic opportunity. The…

Alexander Sinitskii, professor of chemistry, leads a team aiming to unlock the potential of graphene nanoribbons, narrow strips of graphene that are only a few carbon atoms wide. Because of their miniscule size and tunable electronic properties, these nanoribbons are considered promising components for the miniature electronic devices of the future. To realize this potential,…