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| 07/19/2005 |
CROP project to set up large cosmic ray air shower experiment July 21Participants in this week's Cosmic Ray Observatory Project workshop at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will set up a large cosmic ray air shower experiment on UNL's City Campus July 21 as the culminating exercise in the weeklong workshop. Startin… |
07/21/2005 |
| 05/26/2004 |
UNL Researchers Study Seed Production of Eastern Red CedarUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers from the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture completed a seed study to determine how the eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana L.) expands into mixed-grass prairie. Susan J. Tunnell, James Stubbendiec… |
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| 08/2/2005 |
Student discovers Sandhills species' life cycles affect parasite relationshipA hypothesis by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln doctoral student that western Nebraska amphibians' host-parasite cycle is shortened because of lack of biodiversity in the Sandhills environment led to an award-winning research paper. Matthew Bolek, a… |
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| 08/7/2006 |
Study shows evidence of early reading on learning successParents and educators now have more evidence that it's a good idea for parents to read to babies. According to a first-of-its-kind large-scale study of low-income parents, early reading associates with a toddler's vocabulary. The study, led by a rese… |
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| 11/8/2007 |
UNL's Snow part of group discovering source of highest-energy cosmic raysFor nearly a century since cosmic rays were first discovered in 1912, scientists have puzzled over their source, particularly of the most powerful cosmic rays. Now, after more than 3 1/2 years of data collection at the nearly completed Pierre Auger O… |
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| 07/22/2008 |
UNL physicist receives award for research on magnetic materialsKirill Belashchenko sees more to magnets and spin than just MP3s and iPods. His work on a new theory may lead to spin-based devices that will be faster than ever at reading and analyzing data. The assistant professor of physics at the University of N… |
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| 11/22/2010 |
UNL biochemist probes protein for disease cluesScientists believe they have discovered a common link between such disparate diseases as Parkinson's disease and some types of cancer. Studying these links could lead to advances in combating these and other human diseases. University of Nebraska-Li… |
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| 08/3/2009 |
NASA awards grants to 2 UNL facultyThe NASA Nebraska Space Grant and EPSCoR office at the University of Nebraska at Omaha has announced that two University of Nebraska-Lincoln professors have been awarded NASA EPSCoR grants of $750,000 each. NASA EPSCoR received 50 proposals from acro… |
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| 12/21/2009 |
Understanding relationship of proteins, fatty acids could help treat diseasesIt's widely understood that eating a diet high in saturated fats increases the risk for a long list of chronic and deadly diseases, including diabetes and coronary heart disease. Understanding how this works at a molecular level, however, is much mor… |
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| 05/26/2010 |
UCARE project leads to naming of new dinosaur speciesA team of paleontologists, including lead author and 2008 University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate Andrew McDonald, has named a new species of dinosaur based on an incomplete skeleton found in western New Mexico on land administered by the U.S. Bureau… |
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| 09/14/2010 |
$3.8 million contract will fund biological process for HIV microbicideWith $3.8 million in new funding from the Mintaka Foundation of Medical Research supported by the Wellcome Trust, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Biological Process Development Facility is developing a process to manufacture a stable and affordabl… |
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| 03/14/2011 |
UNL study estimates climate change's impact on Arctic regions by 2099Imagine the vast, empty tundra in Alaska and Canada giving way to trees, shrubs and plants typical of more southerly climates. Imagine similar changes in large parts of Eastern Europe, northern Asia and Scandinavia, as needle-leaf and broadleaf fores… |
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| 07/25/2011 |
Nebraska Transportation Center helps with diesel emissions reductionThe Nebraska Transportation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has completed work under a $1 million grant to help retrofit commercial trucks with auxiliary power units, known as APUs, reducing emissions and saving thousands of gallons of d… |
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| 10/26/2011 |
Study: Mentoring can build great leaders - if they can handle the truthFor some, the question isn’t really whether leaders are born or made, it’s finding the best way to make them. Now, a first-of-its-kind study suggests an answer. In a field experiment, researchers found that pairing a seasoned pro with a promisin… |
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| 03/27/2012 |
Bartelt-Hunt wins award to study environmental impact of prion diseasesDeadly prion diseases, such as chronic wasting disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE, survive in soil for years and can remain infectious in the environment. A University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineer's research could… |
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