Losing long-lasting flockmates may drive a golden-crowned sparrow to stray from its favorite overwintering spot, a new study says, suggesting that friendly, familiar faces help anchor it to familiar spaces.
Plants & Animals
Aug 7, 2023
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A pair of multidisciplinary teams with many of the same researchers are developing processes that allow scientists to better see into the nanoscale and harness possibilities of the quantum realm.
Nanophysics
Jul 17, 2023
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A projected rise in droughts could muddy the waters for painted turtles and some fellow freshwater-dwelling reptiles, according to 11 years of data collected by 50-plus undergraduates from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Plants & Animals
Jun 28, 2023
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A successful long-term experiment with live hogs indicates Nebraska scientists may be another step closer to achieving a safe, long-lasting and potentially universal vaccine against swine flu.
Veterinary medicine
Jun 6, 2023
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Awash in a rowed sea of its brethren, a corn leaf relegated to the lowest rung of its stem spends much of a June afternoon doused in shade cast by the higher-ups.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 5, 2023
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Cattle worldwide face major health threats from a highly infectious viral disease that decades of vaccinations and other precautions have failed to contain. Federal, private-sector and University of Nebraska-Lincoln scientists ...
Biotechnology
May 9, 2023
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A limited menu of prey may weave a tangled food web by emboldening wolf spiders of multiple species to dine on each other and even cannibalize their own, says a study from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Plants & Animals
May 8, 2023
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Researchers are beginning to better understand the toll of polarized politics on mental and physical health, and a new study published in the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties suggests that Americans' political ...
Social Sciences
Apr 19, 2023
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It epitomizes the Great Plains in spirit and in form: a 2,000-pound tank on hooves, cloaked in shaggy winter-tested coat, capped by horns acting as warning and weapon.
Plants & Animals
Apr 17, 2023
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The Wonder Years can be great, sure: first loves, long summers, panoramic dreams exclusive to those with a lifetime of runway. The Working Years, too: established identity, new family and old friends, freedom to pursue personal ...
Social Sciences
Mar 30, 2023
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