Multiple departments in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources are working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to strengthen small-scale irrigation in Nebraska. The efforts address real-world needs and can boost small business development, promote urban agriculture, diversify Nebraska agriculture and boost underserved communities’ access to nutritious food.

New research at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln examined how introducing information regarding large portion sizes and their effects on one’s health and the environment can influence consumer behavior when choosing between a small and large sandwich.

The Office of Research and Innovation is sponsoring an internal competition to identify the university’s next team that will submit a proposal to the National Institutes of Health’s Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence program.

The University of Nebraska Press baseball book collection has secured yet another Dr. Harold and Dorothy Seymour Medal.

Nebraska is known as a “red state,” but data from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Bureau of Sociological Research indicates the state is more politically diverse than the moniker suggests.

In recent years, scientists have detected methane gas from cattle burps and manure and nitrous oxide gas from nitrogen fertilizers. Scientists have trouble pinpointing the amounts of these two gases in the air because their equipment lacks accuracy. 

Now, a University of Nebraska–Lincoln researcher is working to fine-tune the equipment.