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Rendering of transistor

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New transistor could cut 5% from world’s digital energy budget

April 11, 2022

Close-up of mosquito

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Husker entomologist developing next-generation mosquito bait station

April 11, 2022

Hosted at the Wick Alumni Center, the highlight of Global Glam included more than 80 students modeling traditional clothing from their country as well as clothing from student designers and local retailers.

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Global Glam celebrates diversity through fashion, community ties

April 4, 2022

Students gather to take a selfie before marching with their national flags during the 2021 Homecoming Parade. The 2021 Global Nebraska annual report highlights significant advancements in expanding global learning opportunities and supporting international students and scholars.

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Annual report celebrates global strategy progress

April 1, 2022

Gelada monkeys

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Analysis yields insights into adaptation of high-altitude primate

March 31, 2022

Close-up of rice plants

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Study: Southeast Asia must close yield gap to remain major rice bowl

March 30, 2022

Joseph Yesselman, assistant professor of chemistry, has received a five-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program, which he will use to develop the first computational model that can reliably predict RNA’s capacity to form tertiary contacts.

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Yesselman creating model to study RNA, gamify scientific learning

March 21, 2022

Katarzyna Glowacka, assistant professor of biochemistry, is using a five-year, nearly $1.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program to study how a process called non-photochemical quenching, or NPQ — a plant’s first-line defense against damage to its photosynthetic machinery — plays a role in enabling miscanthus to fend off cold-induced damage.

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Glowacka’s research aims to enhance crops’ tolerance to the cold

March 14, 2022

Patricio Grassini

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Grassini is partner in project to optimize crop placement in sub-Saharan Africa

March 9, 2022

A research paper by Trenton Franz, associate professor of hydrogeophysics at Nebraska, and co-authors points to an innovative irrigation approach that could decrease water use while increasing producer profitability.

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Husker researchers develop tool to make irrigation more efficient

March 8, 2022

Rice plant

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Study IDs 1,000+ mislabeled, overlooked gene fragments in plants

March 3, 2022

Steven Thomas, a professor of river and stream ecology at UNL, was part of an international, interdisciplinary research team that spent four years working to understand how strategic planning can reduce the impact of hydropower development on the entire Amazon River basin. That reseach is the basis of a new article in Science. Thomas took this photo of Alex Flecker, left, and Suresh Suthi, both of Cornell University, on a visit to South America during the course of the research. Flecker, Suthi

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Husker researcher plays key role in Amazon basin project

March 2, 2022