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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 |
| 01/22/2016 |
De-icing concrete could improve roadway safety, guard against corporate espionageA 200-square-foot slab of seemingly ordinary concrete sits just outside the Peter Kiewit Institute as snowflakes begin parachuting toward Omaha on a frigid afternoon in late December. The snow accumulates on the grass surrounding the slab and initia… |
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| 03/25/2010 |
Dead Sea Scrolls subject of spring Nebraska Lecture April 15 at UNLExcitement, intensive research, rumor and controversy have surrounded the Dead Sea Scrolls since their discovery more than 60 years ago. The scrolls will be the focus of the spring Nebraska Lecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Sidnie White … |
04/15/2010 |
| 01/8/2016 |
December business survey shows mixed outlook in NebraskaNebraska businesses remain optimistic about employment over the next six months, but they have mixed expectations for sales, according to the latest monthly survey conducted by the Bureau of Business Research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. "… |
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| 01/17/2014 |
December indicators predict stronger economy by mid-yearSummer may bring stronger economic growth to Nebraska, according to the latest report on the state's Leading Economic Indicator. The indicator increased by 0.78 percent in December, reversing the decline rep… |
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| 09/4/2014 |
Digital 'dream team' launches project to study 1 million novelsA "dream team" of digital humanities researchers that includes Matthew Jockers of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will study the development of the novel, thanks to a $1.8 million grant from the Canadian government. … |
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| 12/21/2009 |
Discovering addiction clues could help smokers kick the habitIf you've ever tried to quit smoking, understanding how you got hooked in the first place probably seems irrelevant. But University of Nebraska-Lincoln psychologist Rick Bevins believes those first experiences play a key role in nicotine's grip on yo… |
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| 08/1/2014 |
Discovery could point to advancements in key electrochemical applicationsAn international team of scientists, including University of Nebraska-Lincoln physicists J. D. Burton and Evgeny Tsymbal, has discovered what they called an intriguing and entirely unexpected phenomenon at the surface of a transiti… |
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| 04/6/2012 |
Discovery may lead to significantly more efficient method of data storageA team led by University of Nebraska-Lincoln physicist Alexei Gruverman in collaboration with researchers in Spain and at the University of Wisconsin has discovered a significantly more efficient method of data storage that offers … |
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| 12/22/2004 |
Discovery of new type of dust leads to new quasar ideasIn a paper published in the Astrophysical Journal, a team of astronomers led by Martin Gaskell of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln announced that they have detected evidence of a previously unlooked-for type of microscopic interstellar dust. Gaskel… |
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| 01/23/2014 |
Doctor's office -- not Internet -- still main source for infertility informationFor a woman worried about why she hasn't become pregnant, the Internet and its anonymity might seem an appealing way to learn about infertility. Yet a newly published study involving University of Nebraska-L… |
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| 12/22/2009 |
DOE grant funds innovative nanotechnology research at UNLNanoscientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have received a prestigious grant to develop new magnetic materials that could help reduce global warming and the nation's dependence on foreign resources. Researchers in UNL's Nebraska Center for… |
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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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| 12/20/2012 |
Drought Monitor officials: Historic 'flash drought' of 2012 to continue into 2013The drought that swept across wide areas of the United States in the past year was historically unusual in its speed, its intensity and its size, climatologists at the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebrask… |
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| 11/22/2007 |
Dunes, climate models don't match up with paleomagnetic recordsFor a quarter-century or more, the prevailing view among geoscientists has been that the portion of the ancient supercontinent of Pangea that is now the Colorado Plateau in southern Utah shifted more than 1,300 miles north during a 100-million year s… |
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