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UNL News Releases: Research

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10/1/2008
$9.3 million will support UNL-schools partnership to boost math skills
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has received a $9.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation for "NEBRASKA MATH," a statewide program aimed at improving mathematics achievement for all students and narrowing the achievement gap for at-r…
11/4/2010
1st year of LHC proton runs ends for world, UNL physicists
Proton running for 2010 in the Large Hadron Collier at CERN near Geneva on the Swiss-French border came to a successful conclusion today at 8 a.m. Central European Time (2 a.m. CDT). Since the end of March, when the first collisions occurred at a to…
09/25/2013
20-year study: Happier marriages mean healthier spouses
“In sickness and in health.” Happier marriages make for healthier spouses, whether they’re still honeymooning or they’re approaching their golden wedding anniversary. So says a new study that examined the marriages of 1,681 people over the …
10/1/2007
2nd ANDRILL season seeking 'Rosetta Stone' for climate history
When the Antarctic Geological Drilling Program begins its second drilling campaign this month, scientists will be looking for a "Rosetta Stone" in their sediment cores that will tie together decades of paleoclimate research in Antarctica and the rest…
04/14/2011
3 graduate students win coveted summer fellowships at national labs
Three graduate students in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences won 10-week fellowships to work at national laboratories this summer. Master's degree candidates Jacob Anderson of Lincoln and Amy Gehring o…
08/31/2006
6 science educators picked to participate in Antarctica immersion program
Six science educators from four nations have been chosen to participate in the 2006-07 ANDRILL Research Immersion for Science Educators program. ARISE will provide an immersion experience for the educators in ANDRILL (ANtarctic DRILLing), a multinati…
03/26/2015
62 UNL students receive stipends for summer research projects
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has awarded stipends to 62 undergraduates to participate in research with a faculty mentor this summer. UNL's Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience (UCARE) Program supports undergraduates to wor…
08/12/2015
Ag engineers to showcase tractors at Sunday with a Scientist event
The University of Nebraska State Museum’s August Sunday with a Scientist program for children and families will showcase quarter-scale tractors and the science behind them. The program will take place from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Aug. 16 at Morrill Ha…
08/16/2015
10/21/2014
Amid zebra mussel infestation, experts call for boat inspection program
An infestation of zebra mussels at Offutt Base Lake in Bellevue is causing experts to call for a statewide boat inspection program. "We need a formal boat inspection program to keep our state from having mor…
10/30/2013
ANDRILL mobile drill project is a go after government shutdown ends
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will send a team of drillers to Antarctica in the 2013-14 season after all, albeit with the team reduced to five members and with plans to operate one drill instead of two. …
08/30/2006
ANDRILL pre-drilling workshop is Sept. 4-6 at UNL
Scientists and educators from the United States and partner nations will be in Lincoln Sept. 4-6 to prepare for the first Antarctic drilling season in the ANDRILL (ANtarctic geological DRILLing) program. The ANDRILL McMurdo Ice Shelf Project Pre-dril…
08/4/2006
12/19/2006
ANDRILL project breaks Antarctic drilling record, reaches 1,000 meters
The Antarctic Geological Drilling (ANDRILL) Program drilled to a new record depth of 1,000 meters below the seafloor from the site on the Ross Ice Shelf near Scott Base in Antarctica Dec. 16. The depth made ANDRILL the most successful Antarctic drill…
10/1/2009
ANDRILL research indicates remarkably warm period in Antarctica 15.7 million years ago
BATON ROUGE, La., USA, Oct. 1, 2009 -- Researchers with the Antarctic Geological Drilling Program (ANDRILL) found unexpected evidence of a remarkably warm period in Antarctica 15.7 million years ago. The evidence includes fossils of marine algae and…
01/16/2014
ANDRILL team discovers ice-loving sea anemones in Antarctica
Using a camera-equipped robot to explore beneath the Ross Ice Shelf off Antarctica, scientists and engineers with the Antarctic Geological Drilling (ANDRILL) Program made an astonishing discovery. Thousands …
09/30/2010
ANDRILL team to conduct Antarctic survey project in 2010-11 season
After recording the two most successful sediment recovery projects in Antarctica history, ANDRILL, the Antarctic Geologic Drilling program, is set to begin an ambitious survey project in the 2010-11 Antarctic field season. The joint United States-Ne…

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