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541 through 555 out of 4957
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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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| 01/27/2016 |
UNL researchers identify target of disease-causing plant pathogensA new study from a University of Nebraska-Lincoln research team led by plant pathologist Jim Alfano found that a bacterial plant pathogen suppresses a plant's immune system through the action of a protein called HopE1. While most bacteria are harmle… |
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| 02/12/2007 |
UNL researchers featured at upcoming AAAS annual meetingThree University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers will give presentations Feb. 16-18 at the largest science research conference in the United States: the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Christopher Fielding, … |
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| 10/20/2010 |
UNL researcher's finding could sway thought on climate changeA newly published paper written by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln researcher and his team could influence the way scientists think about global warming and its effects. Researchers found that a major pulse of ancient global warming may have been m… |
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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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| 07/28/2010 |
UNL researcher working on sensors to aid irrigation decisions earns awardAs the sky clears from a July downpour, you can bet on farmers doing two things. First, checking the rain gauge. Then, mentally calculating how long they can hold off irrigating again. Mehmet Can Vuran, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln computer engi… |
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| 10/22/2014 |
UNL researcher wins federal grant for groundbreaking solar energy projectThe gap between solar energy's promise and fruition once seemed equal to the distance separating its source from the Earth. That gap has narrowed significantly in recent years and work continues to close it further. … |
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| 04/27/2005 |
UNL researcher studies earnings of Mexican Americans in the MidwestIn the 1980s and 1990s, scholars compared differences in earnings of Mexican Americans to non-Hispanic whites using data from national sources, especially California and Texas, where nearly half the Mexican-American population resided. However, betwe… |
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| 08/13/2013 |
UNL researcher lends expertise to massive migratory bird studyScientists have long suspected that birds' migratory speeds and pathways are ultimately affected by their body size, rather than their physical limitations. University of Nebraska-Lincoln ecologist John DeLong played a significant … |
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| 02/17/2016 |
UNL researcher finds gold -- and other metalsInstead of a pan and a pick ax, prospectors of the future might seek gold with a hand-held biosensor that uses a component of DNA to detect traces of the element in water. The gold sensor is the latest in a series of metal-detecting biosensors under… |
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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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| 07/25/2013 |
UNL researcher assists in recent particle decay discovery at CERNWith the discovery of a rare particle decay at the CERN laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, physicists have a new incentive to continue exploration of the standard model of particle physics -- and University of Nebraska-Lincoln scie… |
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| 04/15/2014 |
UNL researcher adds expertise to crowdsourced California condor projectUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln ecologist Daizaburo Shizuka is lending his know-how to a crowdsourced research project to learn more about California condors -- and, hopefully, to protect the embattled birds' population. … |
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| 06/18/2015 |
UNL research: Devoted parents key to developing world-class talentIt takes 10,000 hours of dedicated practice for a person to become a world-class talent in a given field, or so said writer Malcolm Gladwell in a 2008 book. It also helps to have intensely dedicated parents, according to a new study by University of… |
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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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