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Nebraska's Rick Bevins (left), associate vice chancellor for research and professor of psychology, and Tom Powers, professor of plant pathology, were named AAAS fellows on April 18.

Bevins, Powers named AAAS fellows

April 18, 2024

Science & Technology

A wolf spider backgrounded by a field of vibrating circles and a multicolored graph

Catching vibes: Novel approach captures arthropod-driven vibrations

April 1, 2024

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Ashlin Broz, a freshman nutritional science and dietetics major from Hayes Center, Nebraska, reacts as she checks the oxygen sensor during a photosynthesis experiment on March 26 in a Manter Hall lab. The experiment is part of a Fundamentals of Biology course (LIFE 120L) offered through the School of Biological Sciences.

Light insight

March 29, 2024

A rendering of the Ebola virus

Early experiments show Ebola-fighting potential of engineered bacteria

March 8, 2024

Science & Technology

Two side-by-side columns of text, one written formally and the other more accessibly

Contest helps students summarize theses, dissertations for lay public

January 29, 2024

Agriculture & Environment

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Participants in the Rwanda study abroad trip pose together for a group photo in front of a white building.

Rwanda trip provides memories, glimpse into international public health

January 29, 2024

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Society & Culture

Two acorn woodpeckers perch on a branch

Wildlfire smoke may curb movement, sociability of woodpeckers

January 24, 2024

Agriculture & Environment

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Scott Gardner looks at a flea sample from an Oklahoma prairie dog colony.

Gardner digitizing parasite samples for scientists everywhere

January 22, 2024

Science & Technology

A funnel-weaving spider resting on its web

Web sites: Spider’s distribution differs by urban habitat

December 7, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Ray, a senior biology student from Lincoln, is grateful that MUNA has allowed her an opportunity to make an impact on Lincoln’s diverse immigrant and refugee communities.

MUNA president helps feed Lincoln families

November 29, 2023

A pirate spider dangles from a dragline against a black background

Silk lines help pirate spiders trick, capture eight-legged prey

November 27, 2023

Science & Technology

Plant Pathology graduate student Haritha Nunna discusses her presentation, Transgenic wheat harboring viral Nia-Protease gene confers resistance against wheat streak mosaic virus, with poster judge Dr. Kenneth Nickerson, Emeritus Professor, School of Biological Sciences at the 2022 UNL Microbiology Research Symposium.

MARVEL hosting research symposium Dec. 1

November 27, 2023