UNL News Releases: Research
31 through 45 out of 304
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| 12/13/2004 |
Research involving UNL scientists among year's Top 100 discoveriesFindings of two research projects involving University of Nebraska-Lincoln scientists were named among the 100 most important discoveries and developments in science in 2004 by Discover magazine. Each year, Discover selects the 100 top science storie… |
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| 06/8/2006 |
High-resolution touch sensor could be boon to cancer surgeons, othersOne of the trickiest decisions facing a cancer surgeon today is where to stop cutting. The surgeon doesn't want to stop too soon and leave cancer cells in the patient's body, but he or she also doesn't want to take too many cells and do unnecessary d… |
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| 07/14/2006 |
UNL physicist's attention to electron tunneling noted by ScienceUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln physicist Evgeny Tsymbal's groundbreaking identification of an emerging research field in electronic devices earned publication this week in Science magazine. Tsymbal, a professor of physics and astronomy at UNL and a s… |
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| 02/4/2008 |
$2 million grant funds UNL research to help bridges last longerUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln engineering researchers aim to find ways to make the nation's bridges last longer and to design new ones that last a century or longer with funding from a new $2 million grant. With support from this four-year grant fro… |
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| 06/30/2009 |
Forecast: Nebraska to be spared from worst as economy 'resets'While the U.S. economy is showing signs of recovery, the chances of a rapid nationwide economic recovery, of the kind that typically follows a recession, are slim, a report by the Nebraska Business Forecast Council shows. Instead, the economy is lik… |
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| 01/8/2010 |
UNL wins $6.9 million grant to help fund nanoscience facilityThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln has received $6.9 million of federal stimulus funding from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to help fund construction of a new nanoscience research facility. The grant will cover half the $13.8 mi… |
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| 08/11/2010 |
UNL digital scholars net major grant for Civil War-era explorationsThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln has earned a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to expand its digital research on Civil War-era Washington, D.C., especially its pivotal role in the antislavery and civil rights movements. T… |
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| 11/1/2010 |
Study finds links between high schoolers' hopes, educational attainmentTurns out the high school guidance counselor was right. Students who have high aspirations and put thought into their futures during their high school years tend to reach higher levels of educational attainment, according to a recent study. And what… |
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| 04/14/2011 |
Sophomore biochemistry major earns German scholarshipElizabeth Jaensch, a sophomore biochemistry major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will conduct research in Germany this summer through the DAAD RISE scholarship program. The RISE (Research Internships in Science and Engineering) program provid… |
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| 08/26/2011 |
UNL research funding at $132.2 millionFunding for University of Nebraska-Lincoln research totaled $132.2 million for the fiscal year ending June 30, according to the UNL Office of Research and Economic Development. Officials said this represents a slight decrease from $… |
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| 03/1/2012 |
Study: Increasingly, children's books are where the wild things aren'tWas your favorite childhood book crawling with wild animals and set in places like jungles or deep forests? Or did it take place inside a house or in a city, with few if any untamed creatures in sight? A new… |
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| 07/13/2012 |
UNL team to promote green infrastructure in OmahaThe Environmental Protection Agency will support a team led by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to evaluate the effectiveness of the Saddle Hills neighborhood's green infrastructure in metropolitan Omaha. … |
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| 07/17/2012 |
Scientists first to mimic nature's vital potassium ion channelAn international team of scientists, including chemist Xiao Cheng Zeng of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has created what is in effect a nanoscale sieve that is very selective in what it will allow to pass through -- and perfo… |
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| 10/3/2012 |
UNL team captures 3-D images of changing moleculesLight hitting a plant or the human eye triggers complex molecular changes. But molecules that react to light undergo structural changes so fast -- in less than 1 trillionth of a second -- that the initial stages of photosynthesis a… |
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| 02/27/2013 |
UNL research connects early childhood with pain, depression in adulthoodIt's common knowledge that a child who misses a meal can't concentrate in school. But what happens years down the road? Does that missed meal have any bearing on health in adulthood? A new University of … |
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