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| 03/9/2015 |
Study: Easing ethanol mandate could have cut corn prices during droughtBy relaxing a federal ethanol mandate, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could have counteracted the impact of the 2012 drought on corn prices, a new study by University of Nebraska-Lincoln agricultural economists concludes. The study provide… |
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| 03/6/2015 |
Students research ways to reduce water use, increase food productionEight students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are working on projects to contribute to a more water and food secure world, thanks to grants from the Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska. In total, the inst… |
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| 03/11/2015 |
NSF grant to fund project to study minority health disparitiesA National Science Foundation grant will fund a new summer research program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln that aims to train the next generation of scientists in both minority health disparities and social network analysis, a key technique of… |
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| 03/12/2015 |
Study: Loss of large predators tips ecosystem balanceA new study has linked the size of predators atop a food chain with the ecological chain reaction triggered when they leave the head of the table. The conclusion: The larger they are, the harder that their fall impacts an ecosystem. Led by UNL ecol… |
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| 03/12/2015 |
Expert: Americans' acceptance of climate change increasingEveryone should take a course in climate change 101, a widely recognized expert on public opinion of the topic said Tuesday. Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication and research scientist in the School of Fo… |
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| 03/17/2015 |
Water for Food, filmmaker join together for drought documentaryThe Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska is partnering with award-winning filmmaker Conrad Weaver of ConjoStudios to produce "Thirsty Land," a new documentary that will share the impact of drought on agriculture… |
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| 03/19/2015 |
Model captures new dynamics of corrosion damageUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln engineers have become the first to develop a model that literally looks beyond the surface of corrosion to better predict its spread. The model's unique capabilities could allow engineers to more precisely forecast cat… |
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| 03/20/2015 |
Nebraska's Leading Economic Indicator flat in FebruaryFollowing two months of solid growth, Nebraska's Leading Economic Indicator was essentially flat in February, edging upward by just 0.01 percent. Combining February's report with the stronger results seen in December and January, economist Eric Thom… |
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| 03/26/2015 |
Biologist finds animal groups share dominance dynamicsThe cardinal rules of pecking orders extend well beyond birds and beaks, according to a new study led by a UNL biologist. Roughly 80 years of data have revealed surprising similarities in the social hierarchies of animal groups ranging from primates… |
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| 03/26/2015 |
62 UNL students receive stipends for summer research projectsThe 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… |
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| 03/26/2015 |
UNL professor wins $300K grant to digitize archaeological recordsA new $300,000 grant will allow a University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor and a team of researchers to digitize millions of artifacts, specimens and samples from excavations of a 1,000-year-old Pueblo civilization in northwest New Mexico. Carrie He… |
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| 04/1/2015 |
UNL to induct 8 into Nebraska Hall of ComputingThe Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will celebrate the newest inductees into the Nebraska Hall of Computing on April 10. The 2015 group includes eight members with ties to the state who have made sig… |
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| 04/1/2015 |
Perlman announces plans to step down in 2016After a decade and a half of leadership at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in which he guided the university through an era of growth and progress, Chancellor Harvey Perlman has announced he will step down as chancellor on June 30, 2016. Perlman … |
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| 04/3/2015 |
March survey: State's businesses grow more optimistic for 2015Nebraska businesses are optimistic in their outlook for sales over the next six months and very optimistic in their outlook for employment. One in five respondents to the March Survey of Nebraska Business, conducted by the Bureau of Business Researc… |
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| 04/2/2015 |
Millard North, Bellevue East win Economics Challenge State ChampionshipHigh school teams from Bellevue and Omaha outpaced other competitors in the annual Nebraska Economics Challenge State Championship hosted by the Nebraska Council on Economic Education March 27 at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The council is l… |
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