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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

Love Library cupola

Five Nebraska faculty named Fulbright scholars

July 10, 2018

Distinguished company: Birds can recognize members of other species

May 25, 2018

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Gilman Scholars

19 Huskers earn Gilman Scholarship to study abroad

May 8, 2018

Virology exhibit honors late, great research pioneer

May 4, 2018

Science & Technology

Wilkins' global trek maps song of the barn swallow

April 30, 2018

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Assessment & Impact Summit

Achievements | Honors, awards, publications for April 27

April 27, 2018

A life-sized display of Archie, a Columbian mammoth, is on display at the University of Nebraska State Museum in Morrill Hall. A new study suggests that such massive mammals were much more likely than their smaller counterparts to go extinct in regions occupied by ancient humans.

Unprecedented wave of large-mammal extinctions linked to ancient humans

April 19, 2018

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Dai Shizuka, assistant professor of biological sciences at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, has earned a five-year, $712,500 Faculty Early Career Development award from the National Science Foundation to study how population turnover shapes social networks, network resilience and the relationship between social structure and social behavior.

Shizuka to explore how population turnover changes birds' social networks

April 19, 2018

Science & Technology

Researchers establish link between hormone, generosity in birds

April 17, 2018

Science & Technology

Lauren Lesiak

Husker earns Goldwater scholarship

April 11, 2018

Science & Technology

Kevin Smith, professor of political science, has published findings that people can choose liberals or conservatives by a viewing a person's photo or video. Behind Smith are photos from the 2003 Congressional Pictorial Directory. Top row from left: John Duncan (R-TN), John Olver (D-MA), George Miller (D-CA), Phil Crane (R-IL). Bottom row from left: John Shadegg (R-AZ), Jim McDermott (D-WA) and Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA).

Red or blue in the face? Study says conservatives show less emotion

April 3, 2018

Science & Technology

Society & Culture