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UNL News Releases: Research

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12/31/1969
Emigrants' livestock; populism; Omaha, Pawnee history in GP Quarterly
In the summer issue of Great Plains Quarterly, an academic journal published by the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, researchers wrote about 19th-century emigrants and their concerns for their …
12/31/1969
NSF award boosts UNL physicist's nanomaterials research
A recently discovered nanomaterial with the rare quality of having both magnetic and electric polarizations may be the key to creating computers and other electronic devices that run at warp speed. A University of Nebraska-Lincoln physicist aims to l…
12/31/1969
NSF award boosts UNL physicist's nanomaterials research
A recently discovered nanomaterial with the rare quality of having both magnetic and electric polarizations may be the key to creating computers and other electronic devices that run at warp speed. A University of Nebraska-Lincoln physicist aims to l…
02/25/2004
Scientists Model Silicon Nanotubes That Appear to Be Metal
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 25, 2004 -- Using one large computer, one borrowed graduate student, one good friend and one piece of advice from dear old Dad, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln chemist and his team came up with an unexpected discovery -- at extre…
03/8/2004
Volunteer Creates Web Site to Spotlight Fossils from Nebraska Counties
Lincoln, Neb. March 8, 2004 -- Nebraskans now have or soon will have a way to see the fossil heritage of their home counties, thanks to a new University of Nebraska State Museum Web site created by a dedicated volunteer. With a mere fraction of 1 per…
03/9/2004
UNL Biological Development Facility to Work on Valley Fever Vaccine
Lincoln, Neb., March 9, 2004 -- The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Biological Process Development Facility, directed by Michael Meagher, professor of chemical engineering, will begin work on process research and development to produce a vaccine for…
05/26/2004
UNL Researchers Study Seed Production of Eastern Red Cedar
University 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…
06/7/2004
Lewis & Clark Fossils Displayed at Ashfall Fossil Beds
A new exhibit featuring a variety of fossils similar to those discovered by the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806) is now on display at Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park near Orchard. The rare fossils -- including parts of a long-necked p…
06/9/2004
Mass of Top Quark Measured in Fermilab Experiment -- It's Massive
One step closer in the search for the holy grail -- that's how University of Nebraska-Lincoln physicists Greg Snow and Dan Claes describe their field, high-energy physics, with the publication this week of the surprisingly large mass of the top quark…
06/28/2004
NIH Funds UNL Researchers for Groundbreaking Work in DNA Replication
Imagine being able to diagnose a viral strain at the site of an outbreak or identifying a deadly pathogen on the battlefield. University of Nebraska-Lincoln professors Hendrik Viljoen (chemical engineering) and George Gogos (mechanical engineering) h…
08/24/2004
Study Shows Pinyon Jays Infer Their Status from Observing Others
Transitive inference is an ability that humans acquire early in life. It's a simple task for our minds to understand that if A is better than B and B is better than C, then A is obviously better than C, even if we've never seen A and C together. Rese…
09/2/2004
$1.8M NIH grant to fund study of children's speech motor development
Adapting a computer technology developed by Hollywood, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln speech scientist is hoping to learn how very young children's motor development affects their speech and language. Jordan Green, associate professor and Corwin Mo…
10/29/2004
Earth's oxygenation took longer than previously thought, research shows
Oxygen. We can't live without it and neither can most other organisms on Earth. For most of the planet's history, however, very little oxygen was available, and as a result, life was neither widespread nor diverse until the Cambrian explosion more th…
12/9/2004
Chemistry technique could be milestone in drug development
Techniques devised by University of Nebraska-Lincoln chemist David Hage will give pharmaceutical companies a powerful new tool for developing, testing and targeting dosages for drugs. Hage, with former doctoral student Jianzhong Chen, published the a…
12/13/2004
Research involving UNL scientists among year's Top 100 discoveries
Findings of two research projects involving University of Nebraska-Lincoln scientists were named among the 100 most important discoveries and developments in science in 2004 by Discover magazine. Each year, Discover selects the 100 top science storie…

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