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Shane Farritor has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. He is pictured here with a prototype of one of his advanced miniaturized robots that shows promise for colon resection, a procedure used to treat diverticulitis, large colon polyps, precancerous and cancerous lesions of the colon and inflammatory bowel disease.

National Academy of Inventors honors Farritor

December 13, 2016

Science & Technology

In 1962, a memorial was built over the sunken wreckage of the USS Arizona. Since 1998, a Nebraska research team has been studying the effects of corrosion on the sunken battleship.

USS Arizona team to present findings during Pearl Harbor anniversary

December 2, 2016

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Achievements | Honors, awards, publications for Dec. 2

December 2, 2016

Faculty among nation's most highly cited researchers

November 28, 2016

Benjamin Terry

Terry, NSRI team refine oxygen-delivery treatment

November 23, 2016

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Morrill Hall's November Sunday with a Scientist program will explore how ceramic materials can be designed to withstand high temperatures and how some have the ability to generate an electric voltage.

Sunday with a Scientist to focus on ceramic materials

November 9, 2016

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New underwater mic 6,000 times more sensitive to sound

November 7, 2016

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Seminar by NSF division director Oct. 25

October 21, 2016

Jinsong Huang

Innovation keeps solar cells high and dry

October 20, 2016

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Engineers start small to find greener, cheaper concrete mixes

October 3, 2016

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Achievements | Honors, awards, publications for Jan. 29

January 29, 2016

Receipents of the 2015 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program from UNL are (from left) Tasneem Bouzid, Abigail Riemer, William Jamieson and Tyler Corey.

Graduate students earn NSF fellowships

October 8, 2015