By resurrecting the hemoglobin of ancient crocodilian ancestors, Jay Storz and colleagues have helped explain why other vertebrates failed to evolve the adaptations that allow crocs to go hours without air.
Sheri Fritz, George Holmes professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and the School of Biological Sciences, is co-author of the paper "Holocene variations in Lake
Husker researchers have found that a single-celled microorganism can eat huge numbers of viruses that share its aquatic habitat. For the first time, the team’s lab experiments have also shown that a virus-only diet, which the team calls “virovory,” is enough to fuel the physiological growth and even population growth of an organism.
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Scott Gardner and his colleagues have authored the newly published “Parasites: The Inside Story,” a primer on parasites from around the globe. The curator of the Manter Laboratory of Parasitology sat down with Nebraska Today to chat about the book.
For the first time since 1995, Omaha Central High School took first place in the top class of the bowl competition at Nebraska Math Day 2022, which returned to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln campus after being hosted online for two years.