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Engineered microbe excels at ‘breathing rubber,’ could curb reliance on petroleum
March 18, 2021A single-celled organism that wants no oxygen, needs no light and feeds on waste products can also yield sizable amounts of isoprene, the primary component of synthetic rubber.
Vaccine shows signs of protection against dozen-plus flu strains
March 3, 2021A vaccine candidate developed by Nebraska’s Eric Weaver and colleagues has demonstrated signs of protection against an unprecedented range of swine flu strains, the likes of which drove pandemics in both 2009 and 1918.
Offspring of T. rex, mega-dinos took food from mouths of modest-sized species
February 25, 2021The unrivaled growth spurts of gargantuan dinosaur species likely explain a scarcity of medium-sized species in prehistoric ecosystems, says research from Nebraska’s Kate Lyons and colleagues.
14 Husker students named Fulbright semifinalists
February 18, 2021Fourteen Husker students or recent graduates have been named semifinalists for the 2021-22 Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
Deep freeze: A roundup of downright cold feats at Nebraska
February 15, 2021The lip-chapping, teeth-chattering Arctic blast of sub-zero cold that has descended on Nebraska proved bitter enough to cancel in-person classes on Feb. 15 and 16. But then, cold snaps are old hat for Nebraskans. Click through to find out how Huskers have learned to embrace, or at least brace for, the eye-blearing chills that strike Nebraska and other wintry climes.