A UNL research team has named a novel microbe — a methanogen collected from a salty, higher-pH wetland in Lincoln — after the Cornhusker State.

On Nebraska ranches where families have managed the same land for generations, decisions about grazing, infrastructure and stewardship are rarely made for a single season. Instead, they are shaped by decades of observation, evolving research and a deep sense of responsibility to the land. 

Researchers at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln are documenting those decisions as part of a $5 million research project focused on sustainable beef production and grazing systems.

A Husker scientist’s work is helping fight Palmer amaranth, a fast-growing superweed that can threaten sugar beet production.

As water supplies shrink and food demand grows, new interdisciplinary research from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln offers a practical way for farmers to manage irrigation more efficiently while protecting their bottom line.

Bedross Der Matossian, a historian of the modern Middle East at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, has been awarded a 2026 fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The award is one of the nation’s most prestigious honors for scholars and artists.

Children visiting the University of Nebraska State Museum-Morrill Hall will soon be able to unearth a lifelike fossil through a partnership with the Frontier Tech Lab at Nebraska Innovation Studio.