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| 11/22/2010 |
UNL establishes project to treat, study discrimination and its effectsNebraska residents who believe they've experienced discrimination have a new, free and confidential resource available to help them. They also have an opportunity to help researchers understand the link between discrimination and mental health issues… |
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| 03/16/2011 |
Study: Insurance industry's impact on Nebraska economy is $10.3 billionNebraska's insurance industry produces high-wage workers, contributes to a "brain gain" for the state and had an overall impact of $10.3 billion on the state's economy last year, a new study shows. The research by economists Eric Thompson of the Uni… |
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| 09/27/2013 |
City, UNL partner on Nebraska Innovation Campus renewable energy systemLincoln Mayor Chris Beutler and University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman announced Friday a joint project to use reclaimed, non-drinkable water from the city’s Theresa Street Wastewater treatment plant to heat and cool facilities at… |
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| 08/1/2011 |
'Exceptional drought' record for United States set in JulyThe percent of contiguous U.S. land area experiencing exceptional drought in July reached the highest levels in the history of the U.S. Drought Monitor, said an official at the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.… |
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| 04/23/2014 |
Umpire influence, antiques tourism, native fish in Great Plains ResearchIn baseball, on-field confrontations between coaches and umpires are just part of the game. Authors in the latest issue of Great Plains Research have explored this relationship by showing how the same dynamics of social power and i… |
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| 10/27/2011 |
That's gross! Study uncovers the physical nature of disgust and politicsMost likely, you would be disgusted if confronted with a picture of a man eating a mouthful of writhing worms. Or a particularly bloody wound. Or a horribly emaciated but still living body. But just how much disgust you feel may lend important insigh… |
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| 04/3/2012 |
How do I love me? Let me count the ways - and excel in a job interviewThe secret to excelling in a job interview may not hinge on how much your interviewers like you, but in how much you like yourself. Narcissism, a trait considered obnoxious in most circumstances, actually pays off big-time in the short-term context … |
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| 07/12/2012 |
UNL research to power handheld traumatic brain injury diagnostic deviceA handheld tool is under development to diagnose traumatic brain injuries on the spot using technology developed by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln chemist. Such a device could yield critical and in some cases life-saving informat… |
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| 09/5/2012 |
National survey of economists uncovers vast gender gap in policy opinionsIs there a "gender gap" in the views of professional economists? A new national study finds that while most economists agree on core economic concepts, values and methods, they differ in their views on important economic policy alo… |
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| 12/19/2012 |
NSF award aids UNL engineer's efforts to build better solar cellThe sun provides all the energy humans could ever need. But capturing that power remains expensive and inefficient, which leaves fossil fuels as dominant energy sources. Jinsong Huang, an assistant professor… |
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| 03/15/2013 |
Team aims to create high-quality, lower-cost nanofibersCarbon nanotubes, the super-strong building blocks of nanotechnology, hold the promise of reinforcing everything from golf clubs to airplane parts, but they're difficult and expensive to process into something useful. University of… |
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| 06/25/2013 |
Genital mutilation, cannibalism part of spider's mating habitsIt's the ultimate nuptial gift -- at least that's what Steven Schwartz calls it. Others may just be glad they aren't a male dark fishing spider. Schwartz, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln behavioral ecologis… |
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| 12/11/2013 |
UNL-led team finds less is more with adding graphene to nanofibersFiguring that if some is good, more must be better, researchers have been trying to pack more graphene, a supermaterial, into structural composites. Collaborative research led by University of Nebraska-Lincoln materials engineers d… |
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| 02/25/2014 |
UNL partners in major manufacturing consortiumThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln is a partner in a $320 million advanced manufacturing collaboration that President Barack Obama announced Tuesday at the White House. Through the new Digital Lab for Manufa… |
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| 07/11/2014 |
Forecasters: Nebraska economy to remain solid, though growth will slowLincolAfter a couple of red-hot years in the farm sector and in home construction, Nebraska's economy will slow enough for the rest of the nation to catch up, state forecasters say. In its latest forecast, t… |
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