Researchers transform popcorn into microbiome-boosting superfood

Nebraska researchers working with food processing giant Conagra have developed a new complete-protein popcorn variety that benefits the human gut microbiome.
11-Nov-2022 1:10 PM EST Add to Favorites

Husker study: Brazil can grow more soybeans without deforesting Amazon

Developing countries around the globe face a challenge that pits economic growth against environmental protection. As they expand their agricultural production, they often convert forest into cropland and pasture. But the large-scale removal of...
11-Oct-2022 9:15 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Garlic chives hold 'therapeutic promise' against heart disease and other obesity-related illness

Nebraska researchers seek to identify the bioactive molecules that give chive nanoparticles their "very strong anti-inflammatory function."
8-Sep-2022 12:40 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Process improves strength, color of feather-based fibers

Domesticated chickens in the United States alone produce more than 2 billion pounds of feathers annually. Those feathers have long been considered a waste product, especially when contaminated with blood, feces or bacteria that can prove hazardous...
14-Jan-2022 1:20 PM EST Add to Favorites

Nebraska Indian boarding school's past being slowly uncovered

An estimated 10,000 children from 40 tribes were removed from their families and placed at the Genoa school during its 50 years. A team of researchers is piecing together the school's scarred history and making it available to descendants.
5-Nov-2021 8:45 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Researchers from Nebraska, Ethiopia rethinking the coffee ‘cherry’

Starting the day with a cup of coffee is a daily ritual for many across the United States, and variations on coffee have changed over time, including the trendy options — iced, frozen, cold brew — and of course, the traditional hot and black.
21-Oct-2021 10:20 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Saraf advances work on first-of-its-kind ‘living’ transistor chip

A University of Nebraska–Lincoln researcher is one step closer to developing a new kind of transistor chip that harnesses the biological responses of living organisms to drive current through the device, shedding light on cellular activity at an...
21-Oct-2021 10:10 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Mountain lions moved less, downsized territory during LA’s pandemic shutdown

As people sheltered in place at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, sightings of wildlife in urban areas helped spawn a meme, “Nature is healing,” that reflected an intuitive belief: Carnivores were stretching their legs, and their ranges, by...
12-Aug-2021 11:30 AM EDT Add to Favorites