Monday January 4, 2010
Read About UNL Research
From innovations in nanoscience, math achievement and software engineering to initiatives in nutrigenomics, rural education, water and climate change, UNL faculty are engaged in meeting the challenges of a changing world.
Learn more about UNL's diverse and innovative research at the Office of Research and Economic Development's 2009 annual report Web site. The site highlights some of the university's promising research and creative activities and offers additional resources. The report is also available as a PDF.
Understanding Relationship of Proteins, Fatty Acids Could Help Treat Diseases
It's widely understood that eating a diet high in saturated fats increases the risk for a long list of chronic and deadly diseases, including diabetes and coronary heart disease. Understanding how this works at a molecular level, however, is much more complicated.
Paul Black, professor and chair of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's department of biochemistry, and his colleagues are close to cracking some of the mystery, which may lead to better treatments for several major human diseases. A $640,266 grant from the National Institutes of Health National Institute of General Medical Sciences, funded recently by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, is helping Black advance his research. more...
Fall Semester In Pictures
First semester 2009-2010 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is now history. U.S. News & World Report again ranked UNL among the nation's best and the campus made strides forward in many areas.
DOE Grant Funds Innovative Nanotechnology Research at UNL
Nanoscientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have received a prestigious grant to develop new magnetic materials that could help reduce global warming and the nation's dependence on foreign resources.
Researchers in UNL's Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, who are nationally known experts in magnetic nanotechnology, are part of a collaboration led by the University of Delaware to develop better ways to power hybrid cars, wind turbines and computer discs, among many other applications. This team, which includes several universities, a federal laboratory and a company, recently received a three-year, nearly $4.5 million Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy grant from the U.S. Department of Energy funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. UNL's share of the grant is $675,000. more...
H1N1 Page at UNL Updated for Fall
The university continues to closely monitor the worldwide and local impact of H1N1 flu. At this time there is no immediate impact on UNL, its community or operations, except heightened alert and awareness, and efforts to communicate the necessity of proper hygiene and stemming the spread of the virus.
For more information, including Student and Employee attendence policies, visit the H1N1 Information page at http://emergency.unl.edu/.
