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Nebraska in the national news: October 2019

November 4, 2019

Evan Beachly (from left), Jim Higgins and Carrick Detweiler assemble a drone system before taking it for a test flight. The system features a software application that makes it easy to operate. It can also be flown at night, helping crews safely fight fires despite limited visibility.

Husker startup brings firefighting drones to market

October 28, 2019

Science & Technology

Alexander Sinitskii, associate professor of chemistry at Nebraska, will lead a multi-institution research team investigating ways to incorporate DNA nanotechnology as a construction tool to assemble graphene in new ways that could make the material more useful in electronic devices, among other applications. The project is funded by a three-year, $4.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Office of Naval Research.

Nebraska-led team to explore DNA as tool to build graphene circuits

October 23, 2019

Science & Technology

Etched in limestone: Fulbright award taking Frank to Ireland

October 14, 2019

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Janos Zempleni, Willa Cather Professor of molecular nutrition in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, leads the Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Diseases through Dietary Molecules. The center has received an additional $11 million from the National Institutes of Health’s Center of Biomedical Research Excellence program, or COBRE, to continue another five years.

Center earns $11 million to continue obesity-prevention research

October 14, 2019

Faculty 101 heads to the Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior

October 7, 2019

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Analysis IDs ag practices to fight flood, drought

October 3, 2019

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Nebraska biochemist investigates cells’ ‘power supply’ for disease clues

October 2, 2019

Science & Technology

Nebraska in the national news: September 2019

October 2, 2019

Gov. Pete Ricketts

Yeutter Institute kicks off podcast with Gov. Ricketts

September 10, 2019

Agriculture & Environment

Wolf hack: Study details how Tibetan dog got oxygen boost

September 4, 2019

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Nebraska in the national news: August 2019

September 4, 2019