The University of Nebraska–Lincoln continues to build out its lineup of expertise in quantum materials, with a new $2.5 million grant to investigate the use of ferroelectric oxides for exploring emergent quantum phases and designing more powerful and energy-efficient electronic devices. 

For more than two decades, the Getting Ready research program has promoted healthy development for children aged 5 and younger by bringing evidence-based parent engagement strategies to early childhood programs throughout Nebraska.

A new study is helping settle one of paleontology’s most enduring debates: Were dinosaurs already dwindling before the asteroid impact 66 million years ago?

Turns out they were doing pretty well, right up until they weren’t.

Nebraska’s Herman Batelaan has been awarded the 2026 Davisson-Germer Prize for cutting-edge work revealing how electrons behave in the world of quantum physics.

On the west lawn of the Peter Kiewit Institute in Omaha stands a 1,000-square-foot building that, with its gray siding and simple rectangular shape, appears nondescript at first glance. 

But in reality, it is a state-of-the-art laboratory, designed to simulate the construction of modern commercial buildings and equipped to allow researchers to manipulate various parameters and assess occupants’ response, including physiological parameters like heart rate and skin temperature.

Irrigation canal maintenance in western Nebraska is taking a giant step forward thanks to an innovative, non-invasive method by Husker geoscientist Mohamed Khalil to check canal integrity. His sophisticated time-lapse analysis pinpoints canal seepage and structural settlement far more accurately and efficiently than traditional approaches — using a technology that can have wide-ranging uses statewide for agriculture, industry and natural resources management.