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| 06/9/2015 |
UNL engineers use 'shock tube' to find greater impacts of blast waves on brainsBy accounting for a rush of blood to the head, University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineers have found that blast waves from concussive explosions may put far greater strain on the brain than previously thought. The researchers have authored a study exa… |
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| 06/8/2015 |
UNL chemist wins NSF award for nanoribbon workGraphene has garnered much attention for its potential to improve electronics, solar cells and other devices. A University of Nebraska-Lincoln chemist is using his breakthrough graphene production technique to put the promising nanomaterial to the te… |
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| 06/5/2015 |
May survey: Nebraska businesses particularly optimistic about jobsNebraska businesses continue to have a very optimistic outlook for sales and employment over the next six months, according to a monthly survey conducted by the Bureau of Business Research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Although overall re… |
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| 05/29/2015 |
UNL team receives grant funding to improve low-moisture food safetyA team from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has received a portion of a $5 million USDA food safety grant to enhance low-moisture food safety by improving development and implementation of pasteurization technologies. UNL will receive $943,617 ove… |
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| 05/26/2015 |
NSF grant to support new paradigm for ether creationUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln chemist Patrick Dussault has earned a three-year National Science Foundation grant to explore new methods for synthesizing the class of chemical compounds known as ethers. The compounds, which feature an oxygen atom si… |
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| 05/18/2015 |
Sheldon announces 24th season of Jazz in JuneThe Sheldon Art Association, in collaboration with the Lied Center for Performing Arts and the Glenn Korff School of Music, will bring New Orleans jazz to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the 24th season of Jazz in June. The 2015 concert serie… |
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| 05/15/2015 |
Leading indicator: Improving outlook for Nebraska businessesA sharp increase in Nebraska's leading economic indicator suggests that the state's economy will grow strongly during the second half of 2015. After a solid first quarter, the indicator leapt by 1.99 percent in April. It is the biggest increase of t… |
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| 05/14/2015 |
UNL researcher: Questions still outnumber answers on bullyingA leading researcher says remedies for school bullying remain elusive, although four decades of study have yielded many more clues to its devastation. "Our interventions, which have mainly focused on punishment, school suspensions and expulsions, ha… |
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| 05/13/2015 |
Sunday with a Scientist event to focus on soilsThe University of Nebraska State Museum's May Sunday with a Scientist program for children and families will celebrate the "International Year of Soils." The program will take place from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. May 17 at Morrill Hall, south of 14th and Vin… |
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| 05/8/2015 |
April survey: Nebraska businesses report record optimismNebraska businesses are very optimistic in their outlook for sales and employment over the next six months, according to a monthly survey conducted by the Bureau of Business Research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Nearly one in four respon… |
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| 05/7/2015 |
UNL agronomists spearhead standards for using crop dataAn international team led by UNL researchers has published the first systematic guidelines for using data to more reliably simulate crop yields. The guidelines could apply to any crop model used for estimating gaps between potential vs. actual yield… |
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| 04/28/2015 |
Study: Health problems, lack of access to care increase risk of delinquencyJuvenile delinquency isn't just a drain on the criminal justice system. It can affect the economy through damaged or stolen property, as well as strain the health care system because delinquency and other risky behaviors have been linked to poor heal… |
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| 04/27/2015 |
UNL researcher collects leadership insights from 'Transformers'New research by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Peter Harms shows there is more than meets the eye when it comes to the impact of Saturday morning cartoons. The research examines how fantasy-based stories -- specifically those from the popular … |
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| 04/24/2015 |
UNL team models new atomic structures of gold nanoparticleThey may deal in gold, atomic staples and electron volts rather than cement, support beams and kilowatt-hours, but chemists have drafted new nanoscale blueprints for low-energy structures capable of housing pharmaceuticals and oxygen atoms. Led by U… |
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| 04/23/2015 |
Drone use for environmental monitoring studied in Great Plains ResearchNatural resource managers may soon have a new tool to use in monitoring the river habitats of endangered and threatened wildlife species: drones. A team of scientists found that small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) equipped with a digital camera ca… |
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