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UNL News Releases: Research

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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…
08/2/2005
Student discovers Sandhills species' life cycles affect parasite relationship
A 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…
05/8/2015
April survey: Nebraska businesses report record optimism
Nebraska 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…
08/7/2006
Study shows evidence of early reading on learning success
Parents 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…
06/19/2015
Nebraska economic indicator nudges higher
An increase in Nebraska's leading economic indicator continues to suggest a strong Nebraska economy during the second half of 2015. The indicator has risen five of the last six months. Strong business expectations and a decline in the value of the …
11/8/2007
UNL's Snow part of group discovering source of highest-energy cosmic rays
For 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…
07/22/2008
UNL physicist receives award for research on magnetic materials
Kirill 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…
09/18/2015
Business expectations, labor market fuel continued growth in Nebraska
Nebraska's leading economic indicator rose for the fifth consecutive month in August, increasing by 0.31 percent. The increase suggests that the Nebraska economy will expand through the first quarter of 2016. "The August increase resulted from p…
08/3/2009
NASA awards grants to 2 UNL faculty
The 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…
11/20/2015
Nebraska's leading indicator rebounds during October
Nebraska's leading economic indicator rebounded in October, rising by 1.06 percent. The rise in the index reversed a decline during September. "Taken together, results for the last two months suggest that the Nebraska economy will expand at a modes…
12/21/2009
Understanding relationship of proteins, fatty acids could help treat diseases
It'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…
05/26/2010
UCARE project leads to naming of new dinosaur species
A 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…
09/14/2010
$3.8 million contract will fund biological process for HIV microbicide
With $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…
08/13/2015
Study: Driver's ed significantly reduces teen crashes, tickets
A new study that followed more than 150,000 teen drivers over eight years has found that driver's education significantly reduces crashes and traffic violations among new drivers. Young drivers who have not completed driver's education are 75 percen…
02/3/2016
Team creates elastic materials that gleam when stretched
Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have shown that instantly transforming a dull surface to a mirror-like sheen is hardly a stretch. In fact, that's all it takes. UNL chemist Stephen Morin and his colleagues have developed a method fo…

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