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UNL News Releases: Research

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03/22/2005
Scientists model 'Lord of the Nanorings'
It's possible that no one gets more use out of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's PrairieFire supercomputer, than Xiao Cheng Zeng and his collaborators. In the past five years, they have used PrairieFire to model a list of previously unknown nanosc…
02/23/2006
Successful test of first world worldwide grid computing infrastructure
A global collaboration of physicists and computer scientists announced Feb. 15 the successful completion of a test of the first truly worldwide grid computing infrastructure. Grid computing is the coordinated use of computers that are spread around t…
11/24/2009
UNL involvement in Large Hadron Collider startup
The first particle collisions at the Large Hadron Collider at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) near Geneva, Switzerland, took place Nov. 23 and the high-energy physics team at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is already at work…
12/13/2006
Researchers included in Discover magazine's top 100 science stories
For the second time in three years, University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty members figure in two of Discover magazine's top 100 science stories of the year. The magazine ranked ecological research that involved biologist Johannes "John" Knops as the …
07/24/2015
UNL report: Nebraska should see economic growth through 2015
Nebraska’s Leading Economic Indicator continued to climb in June, suggesting that the state will experience strong economic growth through the end of 2015. The indicator, a composite of six factors that reflect economic growth produced by the Un…
03/31/2008
NSF grant to allow completion of beetle study in Central America, Mexico
Joni Mitchell sang in a 1970 hit that "You don't know what you've got till it's gone." That line could be the theme song for research by University of Nebraska-Lincoln scientists and others to study the biodiversity of beetles in Mexico, Guatemala an…
01/15/2016
Nebraska's leading indicator declines during December
Growth in the Nebraska economy will be solid rather than strong during the first half of 2016, according to the latest leading economic indicator report from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The indicator, a composite of six economic factors that…
05/14/2009
Fulbright expands student's HIV study, takes her back to Africa
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Nithal Kuwa has received a Fulbright grant that will take her to Zambia for nine months, where her research could have a profound effect on the medical treatment of the more than 1.8 million children in sub-Sahara…
03/25/2010
Encounter leads to new ice discoveries by UNL team
Sometimes in science, new research pathways are generated by unexpected suggestions. That's what led Xiao Cheng Zeng and his research group at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to their latest series of discoveries about the behavior of materials -…
08/23/2010
Study: Protect 'communities of interest' when drawing new House districts
The age-old practice of dividing congressional districts evenly by population speaks to such American ideals as fairness and equality. But when a county's residents are carved into separate districts simply to maintain that numerical parity, many end…
04/22/2015
Soil moisture detector helps protect endangered South African forest
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln researcher's high-tech soil moisture detector is being put to the test in the wild. Hydrogeophysicist Trenton Franz is applying technology developed for precision agriculture to help protect an endangered native fores…
06/8/2015
UNL chemist wins NSF award for nanoribbon work
Graphene has garnered much attention for its potential to improve electronics, solar cells and other devices. A University of Nebraska-Lincoln chemist is using his breakthrough graphene production technique to put the promising nanomaterial to the te…
12/31/1969
NSF award boosts UNL physicist's nanomaterials research
A recently discovered nanomaterial with the rare quality of having both magnetic and electric polarizations may be the key to creating computers and other electronic devices that run at warp speed. A University of Nebraska-Lincoln physicist aims to l…
10/30/2015
Fire-starting drone could aid grassland conservation efforts, fire prevention
A new drone under development at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln could change the way wildfires are fought -- and encourage the use of prescribed burns for conservation purposes. The Unmanned Aerial System for Fire Fighting is under development b…
02/26/2016
NSF award boosts UNL engineer's smart power grid research
As solar panels and wind turbines proliferate, integrating these new energy sources into the nation's power grid brings increasing challenges. A UNL engineer's research is helping to create a new smart grid to enable a future of renewable energy. Li…

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