Sun, Dec 24, 2006
December 23, 2006 - January 1, 2007
OFFICES REOPEN TUESDAY, JAN. 2
Holiday Closedown in Effect
UNL is officially closed during the annual holiday shutdown period. Offices will reopen at 8 a.m. Jan. 2, 2007. However, many university buildings across campus will have special hours over the holiday break. Your best bet is to call ahead.
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY GALLERY, STARTING TODAY
'Expressing Identity, American Prints Since 1980' Opens at Sheldon
More that 20 prints from Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery's collections will compose "Expressing Identity, American Prints Since 1980," an intimate yet diverse exhibition, opening Nov. 7 and running through Jan. 28.
Referencing personal experiences and cultural influences, these works reveal the creative power of printmaking. Among the artists included are: Rupert Garcia, Keith Jacobshagen, Ed Ruscha, Martin Puryear, Judith Shea, Tanya Softic and Roger Shimomura. more...
SHELDON GALLERY
REACHES 1000 METERS
Researchers Included in Discover Magazine's Top 100 Science Stories
For the second time in three years, University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty members figure in two of Discover magazine's top 100 science stories of the year. The magazine ranked ecological research that involved biologist Johannes "John" Knops as the No. 62 science story in 2006, and a touch sensor developed by chemical engineer Ravi Saraf, and his doctoral student, Vivek Maheshwari, as the No. 95 story. The list is published in Discover's January issue. UNL scientists were also involved in two of the top 100 stories in 2004.
"This is great," said Prem Paul, UNL vice chancellor for research. "Our faculty are doing terrific work in many areas. Having some of that work recognized in a major science magazine reflects the high quality of our research." more...
ANOTHER BREAKTHROUGH
Self-Assembling Nano-Ice Discovered at UNL
Working at the frontier between chemistry and physics, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Xiao Cheng Zeng usually finds his reward in discovering the unexpected through computer modeling. Zeng and his colleagues regularly find new and often unanticipated behaviors of matter in extreme environments, and those discoveries have been published several times in major international scientific journals. Their findings, though, have been so far ahead of existing technology that their immediate practical impact was essentially nil -- until now.
Zeng and two members of his UNL team recently found double helixes of ice molecules that resemble the structure of DNA and self-assemble under high pressure inside carbon nanotubes. This discovery could have major implications for scientists in other fields who study the protein structures that cause diseases such as Alzheimer's and bovine spongiform ecephalitis (mad cow disease). It could also help guide those searching for ways to target or direct self-assembly in nanomaterials and predict the kind of ice future astronauts will find on Mars and moons in the solar system. more...
