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A recent study examined the association between intergenerational co-parenting and child social-emotional development.

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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

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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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Zach Eden, a member of the Love Library collections maintenance and delivery team, weights a volume of Laurus so it lays open underneath a scanner. Eden is one of the staff members working on digitizing the library's archive of Laurus, a student-produced literature and art journal.

Eden's work behind the scenes facilitates student learning, savings

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Brandon Jurgens, a sports media and communication major, said his classes in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications have helped prepare him to conduct interviews around the county this summer.

Rural Fellow targets emergency communication upgrades in Knox County

June 26, 2026

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John Maag is retiring after 37 years as a faculty member in the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders.

Maag retires after 38 years of advancing special education

June 26, 2026

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Study finds intergenerational co-parenting benefits children

June 29, 2026

A recent study examined the association between intergenerational co-parenting and child social-emotional development.