As wireless technology continues to advance and expand, the demand for broad-ranging, reliable, high-speed internet access is increasing rapidly — too rapidly for many modern systems that are insufficiently equipped to support next-generation 6G applications relating to virtual reality, robotics, and digital twins. 

Shuai Nie, assistant professor in the School of Computing, and her collaborators at Tufts, Penn State, New York University, and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln aim to remedy this issue with a $340,000 grant from the National Science Foundation that will support the development of an innovative solution: a smart surface.

Groundbreaking Nebraska research, innovation and faculty achievements are featured in two newly released publications. Both are available online and showcase the university’s continued impact in scientific discovery and creative scholarship.

Six Nebraska faculty vied for the crown at the 2024 Research and Creative Activity Slam. Nirupam Aich was the judges’ selection, while Becky Haddad won audience choice.

Trends in other countries may offer new perspectives in how to imagine approaches to property law for the future, according to Jessica Shoemaker, an expert in the field.

Nebraska’s Robert Woody believes the heart of music lies in the human experience behind it. In his research, he delves into the ways music shapes and is influenced by human cognition, behavior and emotion.

Woody, Steinhart Foundation Distinguished Professor of Music in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, is an international leader in the field of the psychology of music and was recently recognized on the Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List. Through his work, Woody hopes to help prepare students to be leaders of young musicians through understanding of students and expanding what it means to be a musician.

A Husker researcher is leading a first-of-its-kind project to help rural children establish healthy eating habits that lay the foundation for lifelong wellness. Dipti Dev, associate professor of child, youth and family studies and Nebraska Extension specialist, is spearheading a five-year, $3.2 million project funded by the National Institutes of Health designed to help rural child care […]