A Husker engineer is working to better understand how micro- and nanoplastics enter the environment, with the goal of designing safer plastic materials.

During any online activity, companies and institutions are collecting personal data, but where that data goes and how it is used is murky.

Elana Zeide, assistant professor in the University of Nebraska College of Law, researches the implications of how that personal data is used and how laws can be strengthened to protect consumers’ and students’ digital privacy.

Rural Nebraskans’ confidence in educational and governmental institutions has changed little in the past eight years, according to the 2025 Nebraska Rural Poll. However, more respondents expressed strong confidence in the presidency and executive branch than they did in 2017 or 2021.

A recent study from University of Nebraska–Lincoln sociologist Kristen Olson and colleagues in the Department of Sociology further examined the urban-rural digital divide, looking into access, online activities and demographic characteristics.

“Resilience” has become a buzzword across fields, including agriculture. U.S. Department of Agriculture strategic plans and documents advocate for it, but although the USDA’s National Agricultural Library has a dictionary with more than 77,000 agricultural terms and concepts, “resilience” is not one of them. Four University of Nebraska-Lincoln scientists and about 15 other scientists across North America are working to change that.

University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Engineering researchers are exploring a surprising ally in the fight against toxic “forever chemicals.”

Scientists in the labs of Rajib Saha and Nirupam Aich have discovered that a common photosynthetic bacterium, Rhodopseudomonas palustris, can interact with perfluorooctanoic acid, one of the most persistent types of PFAS chemicals. Their study, published in “Environmental Science: Advances,” shows that the bacterium absorbs PFOA into its cell membrane — a process that shifts over time.