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Tiffany Lee | Research and Economic Development

Justin Bradley, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at Nebraska, is using a nearly $500,000, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program to give drones and other robots the ability to sense and adapt to a changing environment, diverting energy to the most important tasks at hand while pausing lower-priority work.

Bradley’s CAREER project to boost drones’ adaptability, performance

April 27, 2021

Science & Technology

An illustration showing the molecular structure of palmitoleate, with Zika virus virions in the background.

Nutrient compound shows promise for halting mother-to-fetus Zika transmission

April 20, 2021

Science & Technology

Jack Jeffries, assistant professor of mathematics at Nebraska, has earned his department’s first-ever Faculty Early Career Development Program award from the National Science Foundation. He will use the $400,000, five-year grant to advance his research in commutative algebra.

Jeffries' CAREER award bolsters Nebraska's mathematics expertise

April 7, 2021

Science & Technology

Study identifies potential biomarkers for cognitive struggles after surgery

March 30, 2021

Science & Technology

Carrick Detweiler, Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professor of computer science and engineering at Nebraska, has been elected a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors.

Drone technology expert Detweiler named NAI senior member

February 17, 2021

Science & Technology

Husker researchers Steven Thomas, Jessica Corman, Katie Anania and Jennifer Clarke are leading a $6 million multi-institutional project to build a database that will enable scientists to track the changing ecology of waterways across the U.S. Pictured at Holmes Lake in Lincoln, the Nebraska team members were photographed individually to create a composite photo.

Husker team leading $6M project to study waterways’ changing ecology

February 16, 2021

Science & Technology

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Bosley to help boost the impact of Nebraska research

February 3, 2021

Catherine Eichhorn, assistant professor of chemistry at Nebraska, will use a five-year, $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program to develop a clearer picture of the structure-function relationship in RNA and ribonucleoproteins, or RNPs, which are RNA-protein complexes. She’s focusing her work on 7SK RNP, a key player in regulating gene expression.

Eichhorn’s CAREER project to take in-depth look at structure, function of RNA

January 14, 2021

Science & Technology

Mike Hayes, Leen-Kiat Soh, Ashok Samal and Regina Werum are members of a multidisciplinary research team that integrates computer science and the social sciences to develop a model that anticipates social unrest events. The photo is a composite of four individual photos, allowing the researchers to appear without their masks.

Nebraska, Citadel collab merges sciences to explore social unrest

January 5, 2021

Shane Farritor (right), professor of mechanical and materials engineering, helps Ted Carter control a surgical robot in a Virtual Incision lab at Nebraska Innovation Campus. Carter’s two-day tour included stops at City, East and Nebraska Innovation campuses.

Virtual Incision moves toward FDA approval of miniaturized surgical robot

December 8, 2020

Science & Technology

Nebraska's Trey Andrews is using funds from the Office of Research and Economic Development to better understand how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting Latinos and individuals with histories of substance abuse.

Andrews developing strategies to help high-risk groups navigate COVID

December 3, 2020

Society & Culture

Four Husker faculty are among 489 new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Allen, Gaussoin, Olson, Takacs named AAAS fellows

November 24, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

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