In Nebraska, research on nanoparticle sensors with sensitivity rivaling human fingers could give robots a delicate sense of touch. A computer-aided orthopedic surgical system could enable surgeons to do faster, less invasive, more precise bone cutting and alignment of implants, which may increase the life of artificial joints.
A plant scientist's discovery of a previously unknown component in plants' immune systems provides new clues to how plants and humans fend off diseases and how invaders stifle immunity.
After baseball's offensive explosion of the late 1990s, Major League Baseball's batters cooled off beginning in the 2001 season, and a statistical analysis by two historians offers data to back up two theories for the cause -- a larger de facto strike zone beginning in 2001 and the implementation in 2003 of a drug-testing program in the major leagues.
Beginning in April, a new learning center in Washington, D.C. will be the site for the first cohort class in a master of arts in business program emphasizing global leadership. Faculty will include University of Nebraska-Lincoln instructors and Gallup senior scientists such as Newt Gingrich, Richard Florida, Deepak Chopra, Dalia Mogahed, N. Joyce Payne and Lance Tarrance.
UNL Chemistry professor Xiao Cheng Zeng and his team have found double helixes of ice molecules that resemble the structure of DNA and self-assemble under high pressure inside carbon nanotubes. This discovery could have major implications for scientists in other fields who study the protein structures that cause diseases such as Alzheimer's and bovine spongiform ecephalitis (mad cow disease).
The Secure Telecommunications Application Terminal Package (STATPack) allows remote hospital or diagnostic laboratories to send digital images of suspicious culture samples electronically to a state public health lab for identification.
Nebraska counties where a Wal-Mart is located have experienced on average a slower growth in standard of living than counties without the world's largest retailer, a preliminary University of Nebraska-Lincoln study shows.
Nebraska's Sandhills, a region of gently rolling sand dunes blanketed with prairie grasses and wetlands that cover a quarter of the state, provide ideal habitat for wildlife and livestock. During medieval times 800 to 1,000 years ago, however, the region was a swirling desert. If these weather conditions return, UNL scientists predict, the tranquil Sandhills could again return to an unlivable desert.
A study in the June issue of Pediatrics issues a strong challenge to the notion that that babies should be exclusively breastfed, and not given any solid foods, during the first six months of life.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln scientists looking to fill gaps in basic understanding about gold's structure at the nanoscale have turned up a full-sized and surprising discovery -- hollow cage-like structures made of pure gold atoms. These structures, many of which look somewhat like bird cages, can host an atom inside.
For the third consecutive year, Jet Blue was the best performing airline according to the 16th annual national Airline Quality Rating (AQR) study. However, 15 of the 16 airlines in the study, including Jet Blue, performed more poorly in 2005 than 2004.
Researchers have found that a common anticonvulsant drug improved cognitive function and appeared to restore nerve cells in the brains of patients with HIV-related dementia.
Fifty college students from India will spend a week in Omaha this spring taking courses in international marketing and strategy at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. They'll also meet with Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett.
When Kieli Rauert was born last April she couldn't breathe or eat like other babies. Kieli is one of nearly 8,000 American infants born each year with Pierre Robin Syndrome. But Kieli was successfully treated by, "jaw distraction osteogenesis," called a superior, safe and faster treatment by UNMC maxillofacial surgeons.
A University of Nebraska Medical Center research team has been instrumental in developing a new gene chip that will greatly enhance scientists' ability to develop new vaccines for AIDS, the Avian flu and for possible bioterrorism agents.
A new study shows that antiseptic-coated catheters and better safety measures in hospitals could significantly reduce the number of infection-related hospital deaths, which account for nearly 100,000 lives lost each year.
A project at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln funded by nearly $10 million from the National Institutes of Health -- involving transgenic animal research to create a blood protein called Factor IX -- could lead to development of a low-cost treatment for Hemophilia B.
In the wake of ABC anchorman Peter Jennings' death from lung cancer, University of Nebraska Medical Center officials have announced a unique statewide effort to identify potential lung cancer early through CT scans provided by participating hospitals across the state.
The ANtarctic geological DRILLing project will be a focal point during International Polar Year, a worldwide campaign of polar education and analyses. Researchers will probe deeper than ever before into geological strata beneath the frozen sea to help scientists better understand contemporary global warming trends.
A new breast cancer vaccine trial will focus on patients with non-metastatic disease. While most cancer vaccine trials have focused on patients with late-stage cancer that has spread from the initial tumor site, researchers believe giving a vaccine earlier may produce a more powerful response to the cancer from the patient's immune system.
Revving up an amino acid that plants already contain might protect them from a host of environmental stresses, such as heat, salt, drought or herbicides. Plant Pathologist Marty Dickman and colleagues discovered by chance a previously unrecognized protective power of proline, an amino acid, while studying what regulates cell death in plants.
Fortune 1000 companies' auditing costs have increased by $1.4 billion collectively so far, and much of this increase is in response to the corporate governance act known as Sarbanes-Oxley, two University of Nebraska at Omaha accounting faculty reported.
An international study by food scientists confirmed that highly refined soybean oil does not cause reactions in people who are allergic to soybeans, said food toxicologist Sue Hefle, who headed this research with food scientist Steve Taylor.
Robert A.M. Stern has revealed his firm's winning design for the museum and academic home for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln International Quilt Study Center. The university hopes to break ground next spring on the privately funded $10.5 million project, with an opening planned for fall 2007.
Five of the top six performing airlines are low-fare carriers, according to the national Airline Quality Rating study. The 15th annual study, ranking the 16 largest U.S. airlines, was announced April 4 at a news conference in Washington, D.C.
A new articulated grasping tool will revolutionize laparoscopic surgery, those responsible for the design at the University of Nebraska say.
After four cancer patients in five years contracted the same mysterious, life-threatening lung infection, a cancer physician wanted to know exactly what bacteria was causing the infection. While employing molecular diagnostics to solve the mystery, microbiologists identified a previously unknown organism and named it nebraskense -- after the state.
Parents eating low-fat and non-fat products may be depriving their children of essential vitamins and nutrients if they don't alter food offerings for their children. Research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln showed children are receiving inadequate intake of vitamins E and C.
The discovery of a new type of microscopic interstellar dust could lead to new ways of quantifying quasars and the amount of light they produce, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln research team said.
Imagine a cholesterol-lowering hot fudge sundae. A nutrition scientist has developed a compound that packs more cholesterol-lowering power than similar commercially available plant-based food additives and should be easier to incorporate into foods.
How authentic do Americans perceive the leadership of their organizations? A first-ever poll by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln revealed that many believe their leaders are doing quite well.
As many as two-thirds of families who care for a dying loved one at home experience financial strain. Although only 1 percent of those surveyed in a recent study were without Medicare or private health insurance, the financial burden is high for their family caregivers.
Scientists have discovered a new vaccine approach that successfully prevents the death of brain cells in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease.
Teens who smoke and want to quit face unique challenges. They often make frequent, spontaneous attempts to quit "“ without planning or support "“ and often fail quickly because they aren't prepared to deal with withdrawal symptoms or temptations.
Nearly a third of American women will experience fertility problems during their reproductive years. Although medical science has made advances in treatment, a variety of social and psychological questions have remained unanswered.
Xiao Cheng Zeng and a team modeled silicon nanotubes in hexagonal, pentagonal, and square configurations and found the thinnest known nanotube -- the square configuration at less than 0.5 nanometer in diameter -- and found that they are very likely to be conductors.
When newly elected leader Mikhail Saakashvili takes over the presidency of the former Soviet republic of Georgia, hopes will be high that the new leader will root out corruption, restore Georgia's prosperty and free the republic from Russian domination.
Much as a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, the journey to a quantum computer begins with a single qubit - a single bit of quantum memory. A first step in that journey was taken, when a team captured polarized light in a cell containing a vapor of atoms of the metal rubidium.
A new vaccine and a beneficial bacterial feed additive each significantly reduced E. coli O157:H7 in feedlot cattle, and using both may offer added protection, research shows.
In 1971, Jonathan Holstein and the Whitney Museum of American Art turned heads with an exhibition of something new that ignited a renaissance. "žAbstract Design in American Quilts"° brought quilts into art museums. This ground-breaking Whitney exhibition collection, together with more than 350 Lancaster County, Penn., and Amish quilts are now at a new home at the International Quilt Study Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
"The nearest human equivalent (to a lek) would be a singles bar," said Robert Gibson, a behavioral ecologist and a professor of biological sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, who has studied the lekking behavior of birds at Nebraska's Valentine National Wildlife Refuge and other sites around the world. While Gibson acknowledges the significant role of mate selection in lek formation, he said he's convinced there's more going on than just that.
The dean of the College of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is fearful that the media may take its Sept. 11 anniversary coverage a bit too far.
A highly sensitive, fingertip-sized neutron detection device developed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers could be used for locating hidden nuclear materials, monitoring nuclear weapons storage and other national security applications.
Teen-age runaways in the Midwest report that physical and sexual abuse were often the reason that they left home, according to the most comprehensive ongoing survey to-date of homeless runaway youths in eight Midwestern cities.
Sales taxes are widely regarded by economists as regressive in that lower-income families generally pay a higher percentage of their income in sales taxes than high-income families.
After more than three years research and painstaking documentation of 20 crashes, researchers at the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are at Indianapolis Speedway this week to see the first installation of an energy-absorbing wall.
The use of Internet resources in college classes has blossomed. But as the practice has grown, so has an accompanying problem known as link rot. It's a problem educators have been aware of, but no one really knew its extent until two University of Nebraska-Lincoln professors started tracking it.
The Reconciliation Quilt, a famous piece thought to be the world-record quilt sold at auction, is a recent donation to the International Quilt Study Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
A team of chemists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have created the world's first plastic magnets.
The luminous green lasers in Herman Batelaan's laboratory are more than just pretty. They are the critical element in Batelaan's team becoming the first to observe the Kapitza-Dirac effect, the diffraction of a beam of particles by a standing wave of light.
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