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| 08/31/2010 |
Journal features Texas folk songs, WWII in Saskatoon, farm womenIn the summer 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 Texas folk songs, World War II patriotism in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, a… |
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| 06/15/2012 |
Nebraska economic indicator falls in May, suggests very slow growth in fallThe Leading Economic Indicator for Nebraska dropped by 0.52 percent in May, the second decline in the last three months. The new data, plus indicator reports gathered over the same period, suggest that the Nebraska economy will gro… |
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| 10/29/2010 |
Study: To be good, leaders need to be a little badOutgoing. Assertive. Calm. Practical. Decisive. These are obvious qualities that one would want in their leaders. But what about, say, arrogant, hesitant, overly dramatic, inflexible, or being a "yes-man"? A new study has found that when it comes to… |
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| 08/17/2012 |
Nebraska economic indicator improves in July, indicating sustained growthThe Leading Economic Indicator for Nebraska increased by 1.24 percent in July, reversing a decline in May and June of this year. Improvement in the indicator after two months of decline suggests that Nebraska will be able to sustai… |
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| 02/21/2011 |
UNL researchers lend expertise in quest to discover new technologyElectronic devices like smart phones, computers and mp3 players have become central pieces of everyday life and consumers have grown accustomed to seeing new and improved models every time they turn around. But continuing that trend is dependent on o… |
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| 10/19/2012 |
Nebraska economic indicator is steady in Sept., moderate growth expectedThe Leading Economic Indicator for Nebraska was largely unchanged in September, rising by just .09 percent. The slight increase followed two months of solid growth in the indicator in July and August, and indicates that Nebrask… |
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| 06/1/2011 |
New study finds rapid changes in Greenland climate last 5,000 yearsAbrupt average temperature changes of as much as 4 or 5 degrees Celsius over a few decades may have profoundly affected human civilization for cultures that occupied western Greenland over the past 5,000 years. Those are the findings of a study publ… |
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| 09/28/2011 |
State economic forecast calls for record farm income, steady job growthThough the nation’s economy faces prospects of anemic progress, Nebraska will see all-time record farm incomes this year along with steady employment and income growth in most industries over the next two years, forecasters said.… |
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| 02/23/2012 |
Evolution of earliest horses driven by climate changeWhen Sifrhippus, the earliest known horse, first appeared in the forests of North America more than 50 million years ago, it would not have been mistaken for a Clydesdale. It weighed in at around 12 pounds -- and it was desti… |
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| 02/20/2013 |
UNL research moving closer to cracking silicon barrierThe ability to improve silicon transistors is reaching its fundamental limit, so researchers are searching for new ways to keep making electronic devices faster and more powerful. University of Nebraska-Lincoln physicists and c… |
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| 05/21/2013 |
New research lends insight into impact of poetry, newspapers in Civil WarA little more than 150 years ago, black soldiers took up arms with the Union to fight in the Civil War when the first regiments of African-American troops were authorized in the North in 1863. As they enlist… |
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| 09/5/2013 |
UNL scientists lead project to build water-collecting droneUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln scientists are leading a national research project to develop unmanned aerial vehicles that collect water samples from lakes, streams and ponds. The project -- led by UNL's Car… |
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| 11/7/2013 |
UNL professor: Twitter may soar post-IPO, but many firms don'tAs Twitter embarks upon an initial public offering that is projected to raise some $1.7 billion for the social media company, it walks past a veritable graveyard of dead IPO companies. Theresa Welbourne, dir… |
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| 02/4/2014 |
UNL study: Most parents fail to recognize if their kids are overweightIn Garrison Keillor’s idyllic town of Lake Wobegon, all the children are above average. And, judging by a new study by University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers, none are obese. Though childhood obesity rates in the United States have tripled … |
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| 04/9/2014 |
From NUtech Ventures: Startup grown from UNL research wins NSF grantGround Fluor Pharmaceuticals Inc., a startup company that grew from technology developed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has won a $726,000 National Science Foundation grant to expand its research and product development. … |
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