March 04, 2015 - A UNL team has discovered that a nanoparticle derived from a corn-based protein can be an effective vehicle for delivering therapeutic drugs throughout the human body.
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March 03, 2015 - Husker athletic director Shawn Eichorst focuses on academic achievement, with an emphasis on the College of Engineering, in his latest online letter to fans.
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March 03, 2015 - Through a new pilot course, engineering and architecture students are gathering data that UNL plans to use to reduce the energy consumption of campus buildings.
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March 02, 2015 - <span>A collaboration between UNL engineers and Purdue University plant biologists helped researchers gain a better understanding of how plant cells grow and gain their shapes. Their results are published in the March 2 edition of Nature: Plants.</span>
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February 23, 2015 - Adam Crnkovich, a junior in construction management, is featured in an <a href="http://mcaagreatfutures.org/this-could-be-you-adams-story/">MCAA video</a> about his internship at Control Services Inc. in Omaha.
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February 23, 2015 - A video about research done at UNL by Jung Yul Lim, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering, into ways of controlling obesity on NSF's Science360 News web site.
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February 20, 2015 - A team that includes a UNL associate professor of civil engineering, has released a study that suggests prions responsible for chronic wasting and other diseases can be degraded by the rain and sun that fall upon the soil the prions often live in.
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February 17, 2015 - Throwing old TVs or phones into the trash one day may not hurt the environment. Jinsong Huang, an assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, leads a team developing organic transparent transistors that are environmentally friendly.
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February 17, 2015 - A team that includes UNL engineering faculty and researchers has found that narrow grass hedges on agricultural plots can limit animal waste – and with it antibiotics and antibiotic-resistant bacteria – into nearby streams.
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February 12, 2015 - Durham associate professors Zhigang Shen and Wayne Jensen head a team of researchers who have developed a data management tool that could help U.S. officials monitor deteriorating bridges and prioritize their repair schedules.
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