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UNL physicist Aaron Dominguez leads collaboration involving eight universities to upgrade the Compact Muon Solenoid particle detector, a key component of the world’s largest physics experiment. The illustration shows an event, captured by CMS in 2012, that provides evidence of the Higgs boson.

UNL leads $11.5M project to enhance atom smasher

July 7, 2014

The Schorr Center is home to UNL's Holland Computing Center.

100-gigabit data line coming to Holland Computing Center

June 27, 2014

Ivan Moreno is one of 10 UNL students who have recently received National Science Foundation Fellowships. Moreno is using his award to further his graduate study into solar energy.

Moreno, nine others, granted NSF fellowships

June 18, 2014

Researchers find key pieces to corn yield puzzle

May 20, 2014

Aubrey Thompson, a senior who graduates May 10, has received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. She will use the award to pursue a doctorate at Carnegie Mellon University.

Math senior earns NSF fellowship

May 7, 2014

Computer science, math student earns NSF fellowship

April 29, 2014

UNL's Elizabeth Thiess-Morse is a featured speaker in the 62nd Annual Nebraska Symposium on Motivation. She will discuss "The Impact of Polarization on Political Trust" at 9 a.m. April 25.

Institutional trust is focus of symposium and NSF workshop

April 24, 2014

UNL plant scientist Bin Yu and his team have uncovered important clues about how plant cells control microRNA function, a step toward better understanding crop development and stress response.

UNL team reports more microRNA clues

April 15, 2014

Researchers (from left) Elizabeth Howard, Mike Chondoronek and Ralph Hartley record initial observations of an Alaskan alpine cairn.

'Cairns Uncovered' premieres April 10

April 10, 2014

A startup company co-founded by UNL's Stephen DiMagno has received a $726,000 National Science Foundation grant.

Startup grown from UNL research wins NSF grant

April 9, 2014

UNL computer scientists (from left) Anita Sarma and Gregg Rothermel are part of a $3 million collaborative research project funded by the National Science Foundation.

Computer scientists aim to improve software tools

March 18, 2014

Holmes takes work to NSF

March 9, 2014