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| 04/20/2015 |
Engineers introduce design that mimics nature's camouflageIt can shift from red to green to violet. It can mimic patterns and designs. And it can do all of this in a flash -- literally. The same qualities that define the cuttlefish -- a sea dweller that uses its powers of dynamic camouflage to survive and … |
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| 04/21/2015 |
Cooper Foundation provides $200,000 for NIC maker spaceThe Cooper Foundation of Lincoln has provided a grant of $200,000 to support the Nebraska Innovation Studio, a 16,000-square-foot maker space in the Innovation Commons Building at Nebraska Innovation Campus. "This charter investment in Nebraska Inno… |
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| 04/21/2015 |
Forest Service, ReTree Nebraska urge Nebraskans to plant trees on Arbor DayOn April 24, thousands of Nebraskans will celebrate Arbor Day by doing what early settlers did to protect the beauty of their state: They will plant a tree. Whether Nebraskans plant trees in their yards, in a local park or school campus; or plant … |
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| 04/22/2015 |
UNL's Maggie Dawson earns Boren award to study in MozambiqueMaggie Dawson believes in the importance of nutrition -- not only to individuals, but to countries. Acting on this premise, the senior nutrition and health sciences major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Honors Program student applied for a… |
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| 04/22/2015 |
Soil moisture detector helps protect endangered South African forestA 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… |
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| 04/23/2015 |
Drone use for environmental monitoring studied in Great Plains ResearchNatural resource managers may soon have a new tool to use in monitoring the river habitats of endangered and threatened wildlife species: drones. A team of scientists found that small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) equipped with a digital camera ca… |
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| 04/24/2015 |
UNL team models new atomic structures of gold nanoparticleThey may deal in gold, atomic staples and electron volts rather than cement, support beams and kilowatt-hours, but chemists have drafted new nanoscale blueprints for low-energy structures capable of housing pharmaceuticals and oxygen atoms. Led by U… |
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| 04/27/2015 |
UNL researcher collects leadership insights from 'Transformers'New research by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Peter Harms shows there is more than meets the eye when it comes to the impact of Saturday morning cartoons. The research examines how fantasy-based stories -- specifically those from the popular … |
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| 04/28/2015 |
Study: Health problems, lack of access to care increase risk of delinquencyJuvenile delinquency isn't just a drain on the criminal justice system. It can affect the economy through damaged or stolen property, as well as strain the health care system because delinquency and other risky behaviors have been linked to poor heal… |
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| 04/29/2015 |
UNL to launch Student Veterans Resource CenterThis fall, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's student veteran population will have a home base to support them with all aspects of university life. UNL's new Student Veterans Resource Center will be located in the Nebraska Union and will be aimed … |
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| 05/6/2015 |
Nearly 3,000 degrees to be awarded during UNL commencement exercisesEditor's note: The list incorporates changes from the errata sheet issued Friday, May 8. Lincoln, Neb., May 8, 2015 -- Nearly 3,000 degrees will be awarded during commencement exercises May 8 and 9 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Patricia Cr… |
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| 05/12/2015 |
Lied Center announces 2015-16 season scheduleThe Lied Center for Performing Arts will kick off its 2015-16 schedule Sept. 24-25 with one of the most enduring Broadway shows of all-time, "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat." The season is also set to feature legendary crooner Tony Ben… |
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| 05/14/2015 |
UNL researcher: Questions still outnumber answers on bullyingA leading researcher says remedies for school bullying remain elusive, although four decades of study have yielded many more clues to its devastation. "Our interventions, which have mainly focused on punishment, school suspensions and expulsions, ha… |
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| 05/15/2015 |
Leading indicator: Improving outlook for Nebraska businessesA sharp increase in Nebraska's leading economic indicator suggests that the state's economy will grow strongly during the second half of 2015. After a solid first quarter, the indicator leapt by 1.99 percent in April. It is the biggest increase of t… |
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| 05/21/2015 |
NSF grant helps preserve parasite collectionsA $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will allow the Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology to digitally preserve four major collections of parasite specimens donated to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln during the past five yea… |
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