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(From left) Nebraska’s Scott Sattler, Tomas Helikar and Joe Louis stand among sorghum plants.

Husker team leads effort to help sorghum defend itself from aphid attacks

June 21, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Matthias Fuchs, associate professor of physics and astronomy

Fuchs named Kavli Fellow

May 25, 2022

Science & Technology

Husker researchers Arthur "Trey" Andrews, Tierney Lorenz and Sara Reyes pose in a patient room.

Nebraska team studying how social ties may boost health outcomes of Latinos facing discrimination

May 23, 2022

Science & Technology

Ruiguo Yang, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, is using a $540,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program to explore how cell-cell bridges respond to strains of different magnitudes and rates.

Yang advancing work on cell-cell junctions and their link to human health

April 12, 2022

Science & Technology

Joseph Yesselman, assistant professor of chemistry, has received a five-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program, which he will use to develop the first computational model that can reliably predict RNA’s capacity to form tertiary contacts.

Yesselman creating model to study RNA, gamify scientific learning

March 21, 2022

Science & Technology

Katarzyna Glowacka, assistant professor of biochemistry, is using a five-year, nearly $1.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program to study how a process called non-photochemical quenching, or NPQ — a plant’s first-line defense against damage to its photosynthetic machinery — plays a role in enabling miscanthus to fend off cold-induced damage.

Glowacka’s research aims to enhance crops’ tolerance to the cold

March 14, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Kathryn Holland, assistant professor of psychology and women’s and gender studies, is using a National Science Foundation grant to study how two institutions of higher education are implementing federal guidelines that address sexual violence on campus.

Holland’s research aims for survivor-first approach to reporting sexual violence

February 21, 2022

Tomas Helikar, Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professor of biochemistry, will use a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award program to advance his work on a virtual immune system aimed at increasing the understanding of immune-related diseases and ramping up the speed and efficiency of drug development.

Husker researcher takes another step toward virtual immune system

February 7, 2022

Science & Technology

Julia McQuillan (left) and Judy Walker

McQuillan, Walker named AAAS fellows

January 26, 2022

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Joy Castro's new book, "Flight Risk."

Castro's 'Flight Risk' thrills, challenges readers

December 8, 2021

Society & Culture

Ilya Kravchenko, Daniel Claes, Frank Golf and Ken Bloom are members of Nebraska’s Department of Physics and Astronomy who collaborate with partners at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN. Their work involves CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, an image of which is behind the researchers in this photo.

Husker team takes leading role at CERN's Large Hadron Collider

December 6, 2021

Science & Technology

Aerial photo of sorghum being grown under two nitrogen conditions at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's Havelock Farm in summer 2021. The photo was taken using an unoccupied aerial vehicle, which is employed for high-throughput phenotyping.

Husker team gains momentum toward developing nitrogen-efficient crops

December 1, 2021

Agriculture & Environment