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Craig Zuhlke, a research assistant professor, and Aaron Ediger, a graduate research assistant, watch as a laser modifies a small sample of metal. The research, led by Nebraska's Dennis Alexander, is modifying metal surfaces to mimic biological properties, including shark skin. The research is used primarily for defense and industrial purposes.

Alexander taps lasers to mimic shark skin, other natural surfaces

July 27, 2018

Science & Technology

Benson's wildlife research kicks off Faculty 101 podcast

July 27, 2018

Science & Technology

Drone Journalism Lab to host workshop

July 27, 2018

Society & Culture

Microbiology student Chloe Buzz is featured in the 2016-17 Research Report from Nebraska.

Nebraska partners to fight antimicrobial resistance

July 26, 2018

Science & Technology

Grant Suddarth, an agricultural economics major from York, Nebraska, used the 3-2-1 Quickpitch competition to hone his business plan and go on to successfully compete in the university's New Venture competition.

Pitch contests offer 'sharks' chance to chomp on student business ideas

July 26, 2018

Tyrell Williams, a senior biological systems engineering major from Colorado Springs, Colorado, watches as a 3D-Biolplotter prints a structure using silicone. The bio-printer will soon be joined by a second in labs led by Nebraska's Ali Tamayol.

3-D printers may reshape recoveries for shark bite victims

July 25, 2018

Science & Technology

Team shatters theoretical limit on bio-hydrogen production

July 25, 2018

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Nebraska indicator predicts slow economic growth at end of 2018

July 25, 2018

Human divers have little difficulty keeping up with gentle whale sharks during an occasional encounter. However, millions of years of evolution have shaped sharks and dolphins into ideal forms for moving quickly through water. Humans present a hybrid form that — while slower in the water — offers a versatility to move from water to land.

Could we engineer humans to swim as fast as sharks?

July 24, 2018

Science & Technology

Six in 10 rural Nebraskans surveyed are using the internet to save money by price matching or bargain hunting, and about one-third are generating income by buying or selling items online, according to the 2018 Nebraska Rural Poll.

Poll: Internet helping rural Nebraskans save, earn money

July 24, 2018

Agriculture & Environment

Researchers net crucial estimate of white shark survival

July 23, 2018

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Sharks once roamed Nebraska's ancient seas

July 22, 2018

Agriculture & Environment

Nebraska Shark Week

Welcome to Shark Week — Nebraska style

July 21, 2018

Haejin Kim, a senior research associate in the Center for Plant Science Innovation, examines soybeans in a Beadle Center greenhouse. The soybeans are bred specifically for the salmon farming industry as they help maintain the pink color of the fish.

Nebraska's Center for Plant Science Innovation is transforming agriculture

July 20, 2018

Agriculture & Environment

The Mandela Fellows celebrated America's Independence Day by making popular foods from their home countries for a potluck picnic at St. Mark's On-The-Campus.

Mandela fellows forge global partnerships at Nebraska

July 18, 2018

.Spectators at the Fillmore County Fair talk with Chancellor Ronnie Green during his June 13 trip to three counties in southeastern Nebraska.

Chancellor Green hits the road to tout university impacts

July 17, 2018

Progress made by Nebraska's Commission of 150

July 17, 2018

University of Oxford

71 Huskers participate in Nebraska at Oxford

July 17, 2018

Nebraska's Center on Children, Families and the Law has received federal funding to launch an initiative to curtail youth homelessness.

Husker initiative aims to end youth homelessness in Nebraska

July 13, 2018

Society & Culture

NU among world’s top 100 for U.S. patents

July 13, 2018

Science & Technology