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| 02/23/2016 |
SciPop talks to focus on cosmetics, parasitesCosmetic science and parasite biodiversity will be the topics of SciPop Talks! events Feb. 24 and 25 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Rebecca Lai, an associate professor of chemistry at UNL, will deliver "Cosmetic Science: The Beauty of Chemis… |
02/24/2016 |
| 02/2/2016 |
SciPop talk to focus on high-fidelity memesDo you find yourself searching for hours to send the funniest meme to your friend? If so, "Memes, You're Doing It Wrong" is the SciPop talk for you. Brad Elder, associate professor of biology at Doane College, will explain how high-fidelity memes se… |
02/10/2016 |
| 02/9/2016 |
SciPop talk to explore how trees communicateWhether it's the Ents in "The Lord of the Rings" or Groot in "Guardians of the Galaxy," the notion that trees can talk is a curious idea. But can trees do that in real life? What language do they use? How do they communicate? Find out the answers to… |
02/17/2016 |
| 01/26/2016 |
SciPop series to kick off with talk on shapeshifting, invisibilityInterested in shapeshifting, invisibility and other science-fiction tropes? As cutting-edge physics research is reinventing matter itself, phenomena like these are becoming increasingly possible. From metamaterials to claytronics to synthetic biology… |
02/3/2016 |
| 07/23/2007 |
Scientists, activists comprise UNL's 2007-08 Thompson Forum scheduleNational Geographic photographer Joel Sartore will give the first lecture in the 2007-08 E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The year's theme is "Changing Nature," and the slate of speakers will explore a cross-… |
09/13/2007 |
| 02/12/2016 |
Scientists reveal new ice with record-low densityAmid the season known for transforming Nebraska into an outdoor ice rink, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln-led research team has predicted a new molecular form of the slippery stuff that even Mother Nature has never borne. The proposed ice, which th… |
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| 02/25/2004 |
Scientists Model Silicon Nanotubes That Appear to Be MetalLincoln, 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… |
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| 03/22/2005 |
Scientists model 'Lord of the Nanorings'It's possible that no one gets more use out of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's PrairieFire supercomputer, than Xiao Cheng Zeng and his collaborators. In the past five years, they have used PrairieFire to model a list of previously unknown nanosc… |
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| 04/5/2006 |
Scientists gather to plan particle physics projectSome 100 scientists from research institutions around the United States will gather at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln April 7 and 8 for the annual meeting of collaborators on the U.S. part of the Compact Muon Solenoid project. The CMS project wil… |
04/7/2006 |
| 07/17/2012 |
Scientists first to mimic nature's vital potassium ion channelAn international team of scientists, including chemist Xiao Cheng Zeng of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has created what is in effect a nanoscale sieve that is very selective in what it will allow to pass through -- and perfo… |
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| 07/31/2014 |
Scientists find growing consensus: Political attitudes derive from body and mindDo people make a rational choice to be liberal or conservative? Do their mothers raise them that way? Is it a matter of genetics? Two political scientists from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a collea… |
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| 12/1/2014 |
Scientists find 240 million-year-old parasite that infected mammals' ancestorAn egg much smaller than a common grain of sand and found in a tiny piece of fossilized dung has helped scientists identify a pinworm that lived 240 million years ago. It is believed to be the most ancient p… |
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| 08/16/2012 |
Scientists create new form of matter that can dent diamondsWhat do you get when you take buckyballs, soak them in a particular solvent and crush them under the pressure of more than 300,000 atmospheres? The obvious answer is a bunch of crushed buckyballs. But a team… |
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| 07/14/2014 |
Scientific illustration explored during next Sunday with a Scientist eventThe University of Nebraska State Museum's next Sunday with a Scientist program for children and families will explore scientific illustration. The event will be 1:30-4:40 p.m. July 20 at Morrill Hall, south of 14th and Vine streets… |
07/20/2014 |
| 04/24/2009 |
Science, engineering honorary presents awards UNL facultyThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chapter of Sigma Xi, the science and engineering honorary research society, presented its 2009 awards for outstanding researchers, graduate student, high school science teacher and support of research at its annual … |
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