Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and other recent human relatives may have begun hunting large mammal species down to size - by way of extinction - at least 90,000 years earlier than previously thought, says a new study published ...
Ecology
Apr 19, 2018
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Physicists from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are seeing an everyday phenomenon in a new light.
Optics & Photonics
Jun 26, 2017
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Amid the season known for transforming Nebraska into an outdoor ice rink, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln-led research team has predicted a new molecular form of the slippery stuff that even Mother Nature has never borne.
Materials Science
Feb 12, 2016
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They may deal in gold, atomic staples and electron volts rather than cement, support beams and kilowatt-hours, but chemists have drafted new nanoscale blueprints for low-energy structures capable of housing pharmaceuticals ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 27, 2015
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(Phys.org) —The DNA of a virus once thought confined to the cells of algae may in fact invade the biological kingdom of mice and men, according to a new study from researchers at Johns Hopkins and UNL.
Biotechnology
Oct 28, 2014
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Using corn crop residue to make ethanol and other biofuels reduces soil carbon and can generate more greenhouse gases than gasoline, according to a study published today in the journal Nature Climate Change.
Environment
Apr 20, 2014
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(Phys.org) —High up in the Andes, numerous species of hummingbirds are thriving despite low levels of oxygen.
Evolution
Dec 3, 2013
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Using a compact but powerful laser, a research team at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has developed a new way to generate synchrotron X-rays.
Optics & Photonics
Nov 24, 2013
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Self-cleaning walls, counter tops, fabrics, even micro-robots that can walk on water -- all those things and more could be closer to reality because of research recently completed by scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln ...
Nanomaterials
May 4, 2009
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It was summer in northern Mississippi, rich in relative humidity and deciduous forests and wolf spiders. Noori Cho, then a doctoral student at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, was dedicating two months to sharing a cabin ...
Plants & Animals
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