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| 05/26/2004 |
UNL Researchers Study Seed Production of Eastern Red CedarUniversity 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… |
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| 08/2/2005 |
Student discovers Sandhills species' life cycles affect parasite relationshipA 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… |
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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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| 08/7/2006 |
Study shows evidence of early reading on learning successParents 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… |
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| 06/19/2015 |
Nebraska economic indicator nudges higherAn 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 … |
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| 11/8/2007 |
UNL's Snow part of group discovering source of highest-energy cosmic raysFor 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… |
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| 07/22/2008 |
UNL physicist receives award for research on magnetic materialsKirill 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… |
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| 09/18/2015 |
Business expectations, labor market fuel continued growth in NebraskaNebraska'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… |
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| 08/3/2009 |
NASA awards grants to 2 UNL facultyThe 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… |
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| 11/20/2015 |
Nebraska's leading indicator rebounds during OctoberNebraska'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… |
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| 12/21/2009 |
Understanding relationship of proteins, fatty acids could help treat diseasesIt'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… |
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| 05/26/2010 |
UCARE project leads to naming of new dinosaur speciesA 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… |
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| 09/14/2010 |
$3.8 million contract will fund biological process for HIV microbicideWith $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… |
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| 08/13/2015 |
Study: Driver's ed significantly reduces teen crashes, ticketsA 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… |
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| 02/3/2016 |
Team creates elastic materials that gleam when stretchedResearchers 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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