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| 09/29/2010 |
Brassil's CAREER award supports food web workThe complexity of a food web -- the relationships among species and what they eat -- is a key indicator of the health of an ecosystem. Climate change may tip this delicate balance. Chad Brassil, an assistant professor of biological sciences at the … |
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| 11/30/2011 |
'Home on the Range,' anti-Semitism, vigilantism in Great Plains QuarterlyIn the fall issue of Great Plains Quarterly, an academic journal published by the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, researchers wrote about the search for the author of "Home on the Range," anti-Semi… |
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| 11/24/2010 |
Flood control, tuberculosis, Black Hills in fall Great Plains QuarterlyThe fall issue of Great Plains Quarterly, an academic journal published by the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, features articles about displaced communities due to flood control in Kansas in the early 20th centu… |
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| 04/20/2012 |
Nebraska economic indicator declined in MarchThe Leading Economic Indicator for Nebraska declined by 0.32 percent in March, suggesting that the state's economy will grow slowly in late 2012. The small decline in the monthly indicator followed three consecutive increases betwe… |
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| 04/18/2011 |
Religious accommodation in workplace leads spring Great Plains ResearchDo state constitutions provide greater possibilities for workplace religious accommodation than is currently available to religious minorities under federal law? Two researchers at the University of Nebraska at Kearney approached this question by ex… |
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| 08/22/2011 |
LHC experiments eliminate more hiding spots for Higgs bosonTwo experimental collaborations at the Large Hadron Collider, located at CERN laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland, announced today that they have significantly narrowed the mass region in which the Higgs boson could be hiding. The A… |
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| 01/18/2013 |
Nebraska economic indicator rises, signaling modest state growth in 2013The Leading Economic Indicator for Nebraska rose modestly, by 0.11 percent, in December, according to economists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business Administration. The slight incre… |
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| 07/20/2012 |
Forecasters: Nebraska economy to grow modestly through 2014State forecasters expect Nebraska's economic growth to remain modest over the next two years, helping the state maintain low unemployment and relative strength compared with the U.S. economy. In its latest l… |
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| 09/18/2012 |
New class of materials discovered; could boost computer memoryAn international team of scientists, including University of Nebraska-Lincoln physicist Evgeny Tsymbal, has discovered a new class of materials that could prove to be very useful in developing new methods of creating computer memory. The research te… |
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| 04/19/2013 |
U.S. drought falls below 50 percent for first time in 10 monthsThe area of the contiguous United States in moderate drought or worse fell below 50 percent for the first time since June 19, according to the latest edition of the U.S. Drought Monitor released Thursday. He… |
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| 07/25/2013 |
UNL researcher assists in recent particle decay discovery at CERNWith the discovery of a rare particle decay at the CERN laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, physicists have a new incentive to continue exploration of the standard model of particle physics -- and University of Nebraska-Lincoln scie… |
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| 10/14/2013 |
Study finds new pathway between social anxiety, willingness to help othersPeople's willingness to help others may be influenced by a gene that affects their level of social anxiety, according to a new study led by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln scientist. The study appears to be the first to describe t… |
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| 01/15/2014 |
Study: Large, older trees keep growing at a faster rateContrary to long-held misconceptions, trees never stop growing during their lifespans, a new study has found. In fact, as they age, their growth accelerates, even after they've reached massive sizes. This me… |
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| 03/18/2014 |
UNL computer scientists aim to improve software toolsWhether they know it or not, millions of software users are also programmers, writing spreadsheet formulas, creating websites or developing scientific models, for example. Errors are common and can be legendary, costing professiona… |
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| 05/15/2014 |
Young men increasingly outnumber young women in rural Great PlainsIn many rural communities hard hit by decades of population declines, young men increasingly outnumber young women, a new study of Kansas and Nebraska census data shows. In places with 800 or fewer residents, the pr… |
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