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| 03/8/2004 |
Volunteer Creates Web Site to Spotlight Fossils from Nebraska CountiesLincoln, 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… |
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| 06/9/2005 |
Education key to hazardous weather safety, UNL researcher saysNebraska's severe weather awareness week passed in March, and since then parts of the state have been hard hit by hail, wind, torrential rains and tornadoes. However, as exemplified by the May storms in the Hastings-Grand Island and other areas this … |
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| 06/19/2008 |
Rangeland insurance, homemaking, post office communities in GP QuarterlyIn the spring issue of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Great Plains Quarterly, three geographers wrote about the impact of rangeland insurance on ranching economy, homemaking on the range as revealed in early 20th-century Plains photograph album… |
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| 07/14/2006 |
UNL physicist's attention to electron tunneling noted by ScienceUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln physicist Evgeny Tsymbal's groundbreaking identification of an emerging research field in electronic devices earned publication this week in Science magazine. Tsymbal, a professor of physics and astronomy at UNL and a s… |
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| 12/21/2009 |
Stimulus funds support bio-nano hybrid systems researchRavi Saraf studies bio-nano hybrid systems that harness chemical reactions in living cells. Now the University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering is exploring the "science of manufacturability" for bio-nano devices… |
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| 12/21/2006 |
Work on gene-silencing machinery could help fight viral, other diseasesNewly published research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Plant Science Initiative expands understanding of RNA interference -- a process that silences genes and holds promise in combating disease. A research team led by biologist Heriberto Ce… |
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| 06/17/2015 |
UNL's Hatch joins program to assist Latino malesLincoln, Neb., June 17, 2015 -- Deryl Hatch, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Administration in UNL's College of Education and Human Sciences, has been invited to join a new faculty affiliate program at the University of Texas … |
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| 10/9/2007 |
Climate research gives clues to human expansion out of tropical AfricaNew research that involves a University of Nebraska-Lincoln scientist has shed light on an important, but previously little-understood period in Africa's climate history that has implications for understanding human evolution and the expansion of Hom… |
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| 01/27/2016 |
UNL researchers identify target of disease-causing plant pathogensA new study from a University of Nebraska-Lincoln research team led by plant pathologist Jim Alfano found that a bacterial plant pathogen suppresses a plant's immune system through the action of a protein called HopE1. While most bacteria are harmle… |
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| 07/6/2009 |
Knops' research on invasive species shows nitrogen cycling is keyBiologists know that when plants battle for space, often the actual battle is for getting the nitrogen. Now, research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln gives important new information on how plants can change "nitrogen cycling" to gain nitrogen … |
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| 03/26/2015 |
UNL professor wins $300K grant to digitize archaeological recordsA new $300,000 grant will allow a University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor and a team of researchers to digitize millions of artifacts, specimens and samples from excavations of a 1,000-year-old Pueblo civilization in northwest New Mexico. Carrie He… |
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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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| 08/7/2015 |
Program earns NIH grant to study molecular drivers of diseaseWhether metastasizing as cancer, progressing as Alzheimer’s or spreading as HIV, nearly all human disease ultimately originates from a staggering parade of molecular interactions occurring throughout the body. With the support of a new five-year, … |
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| 09/17/2015 |
Wind turbine system recycles 'spillage' to improve energy efficiencyA new prototype from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Jie Cheng could give a second wind to turbines that currently waste Mother Nature's strongest breaths. Cheng, a doctoral candidate studying electrical engineering, has designed a system that … |
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| 11/19/2015 |
Poll: Rural Nebraskans view higher education as crucialRural Nebraskans believe higher education is important for individuals and for building a strong economy, according to the 2015 Nebraska Rural Poll. Seven in 10 rural Nebraskans agree that getting a college education today is more important than it … |
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