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Ben Johnson (left) and Zane Zents recently won a Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for their grain-safety robot, the Grain Weevil.

Husker undergrads earn national award for grain robot

April 28, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Nebraska indicator shows business confidence, rising airport activity

April 28, 2021

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

Craig Chandler | University Communication

Former faculty member, wife give $1.2M for human rights program

April 26, 2021

Society & Culture

(From left) Alex Christensen, Ethan McDermott and Grant Paisley

3 Huskers earn Boren Scholarships

April 23, 2021

College students aren't partying through pandemic, Husker study shows

April 22, 2021

On April 24, the Nebraska Big Red Satellite team will launch its first high-altitude balloon with six test payloads as a precursor to the NASA CubeSat Launch Initiative. The test will occur at the Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum in Ashland.

NASA selects Nebraska students' satellite to orbit in space

April 21, 2021

Science & Technology

Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park near Royal will open to the public May 1. Hours will be 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.

Ashfall Fossil Beds to open for 30th season

April 21, 2021

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

Alice Kang

Breaking the glass ceiling: Kang tracking female judicial appointments around the globe

April 19, 2021

Society & Culture

Kwame Dawes

Lied Center virtual event to amplify Black voices

April 16, 2021

Nebraska will continue to recover from pandemic, forecast shows

April 16, 2021

Bill Nye

‘A Conversation with Bill Nye’ is April 28

April 16, 2021

Science & Technology

Adriana Miller

Lincoln native Adriana Miller earns Fulbright to teach in Taiwan

April 16, 2021

A still from a GoPro camera mounted in a helicopter shows a band of pronghorn running across western Nebraska rangeland. Earlier this year, researchers captured 80 pronghorn and placed GPS radio collars on them. The released pronghorn will be tracked over two years to provide fine-scale information about their survival and movement across the Nebraska Panhandle and anywhere else they roam.

Collaborative study tracks pronghorn in Panhandle

April 15, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

University offers 6,100-plus scholarships to Nebraska seniors

April 14, 2021

Cattle graze on the Diamond Bar Ranch north of Stapleton in June 2020. The Sandhills are threatened by the encroachment of eastern red cedar and other woody species, according to Craig Allen, a professor in Nebraska’s School of Natural Resources.

Center for Resilience in Agricultural Working Landscapes up and running

April 14, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Santosh Pitla, associate professor of biological systems engineering at Nebraska, and his team are working on a new approach for refilling Unmanned Ground Vehicle seed tanks using aerial robots.

USDA-NIFA grant to advance ag robot research

April 13, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Philip Schwadel

'Residue effect': Values hold even after faith falters

April 12, 2021

Society & Culture

University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Brother2Brother looks to expand campus impact

April 12, 2021

Society & Culture