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Eric Weaver, professor of biological sciences and director of the Nebraska Center for Virology, poses for a photo in his lab at the Morrison Life Sciences Center. Weaver has developed a vaccine approach that shows promise in protecting against highly pathogenic bird flu.

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Biologists (left to right) Eileen Hebets and Alissa Anderson have shown that the male nursery-web spider improves his odds of surviving a sexual encounter with a cannibalistic female by wrapping his mate's forelegs with silk prior to copulation.

Study finds sexual restraints protect male spiders from cannibalism

March 1, 2016

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Dmitry Oleynikov, a UNMC professor of surgery, operates a surgical robot as in the background Shane Farritor, a UNL engineering professor, adjusts the camera on the surgical subject in June 2015. The two developed the robot for minimally invasive surgeries. Farritor and Oleynikov's startup company, Virtual Incision, announced March 1 the first use of its miniaturized robot in human surgery.

Virtual Incision mini-robots conduct first known human surgery

March 1, 2016

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Under the direction of Kennedy Center teaching artist and science educator John Bertles, Science of Sound Spring Break Camp participants experiment with sound on musical instruments created from recycled materials at Dawes Middle School in 2014.

Science of Sound camp set for March 10-12

March 1, 2016

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SciPop talk to focus on science of long-distance running

March 1, 2016

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UNL-UNMC initiative kicks off with retreat

February 29, 2016

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Liyan Qu, assistant professor, electrical and computer engineering, ecently earned a five-year, $500,000 Faculty Early Career Development Program Award from the National Science Foundation to develop a next-generation power grid transformer.

NSF grant boosts Qu's smart power grid research

February 26, 2016

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SciPop talks to focus on cosmetics, parasites

February 23, 2016

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Studies: Ice melt from CO2 increase could raise sea level 100 feet

February 22, 2016

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Ten Husker students — eight young women and two young men — and two female instructors pose for a group photo in front of Andersen Hall. The words "College of Journalism and Mass Communications" can be seen on the exterior wall behind them.

'Nebraska Behind Bars' wins Kennedy journalism award

May 22, 2026

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Eric Weaver, professor of biological sciences and director of the Nebraska Center for Virology, poses for a photo in his lab at the Morrison Life Sciences Center. Weaver has developed a vaccine approach that shows promise in protecting against highly pathogenic bird flu.

Weaver earns $4M grant to target future flu pandemics

May 20, 2026

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Two women and a man pose in a lab.

Nebraska's small-grains program produces award-winning wheat for baking

May 20, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

In Bee Lab, Myers found a hive that helped her thrive

May 22, 2026

Paige Myers lifts a compartment of bees at the UNL Bee Lab