Comic books have enthralled kids and kids-at-heart for decades, spawning franchises that now grace the silver screen and gross billions of dollars. Now for the real test: Can they capture teenage interest in scientific issues? UNL's will address this question Feb. 13 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Jose, Calif.
UNL is investing $600,000 to fund immediate improvements and assist with future projects at Cedar Point Biological Station. Immediate improvements that should be in place for Cedar Point's summer 2015 session include enhanced wireless coverage, new steel roofs on student cabins and replacement of all station mattresses.
UNL is investing $600,000 to fund immediate improvements and assist with future projects at Cedar Point Biological Station. Immediate improvements that should be in place for Cedar Point's summer 2015 session include enhanced wireless coverage, new steel roofs on student cabins and replacement of all station mattresses.
UNL doctoral student Alissa Anderson is the first researcher to quantitatively measure the rate of color change in a species of crab spider. The study appeared in the most recent edition of the journal Ecological Entomology.
UNL's Jay Storz contributed to discoveries about bird evolution as part of a new study in the journal Science that sequenced the complete genomes of 45 avian species.
Scott Gardner, a parasitologist and director of the Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology, was among an international team that discovered what is believed to be the most ancient pinworm yet found in the fossil record -- some 240 million years old.