NRT recruits three students with pandemic savings
Lincoln, Neb. —The pandemic hindered the Nebraska National Research Traineeship program but also enabled the program to support an additional three graduate students in 2022-2023.
Husker research hones in on sorghum’s genetic makeup to improve nitrogen efficiency
Lincoln, Neb. —A University of Nebraska–Lincoln scientist is leading a multi-institutional effort to better understand sorghum’s genetic makeup in a quest to improve the crop’s nitrogen use efficiency.
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Research team boosts environmentally sustainable pest control via insect pheromones
Lincoln, Neb. —A team of researchers including a University of Nebraska-Lincoln biochemist has developed a low-cost process to produce pheromones and enable the next generation of pest control. The findings facilitate environmentally friendly methods to protect food crops currently facing increased vulnerability to insect attack.
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$25M federal award to expand robotics development, entrepreneurship, outreach
Lincoln, Neb. —The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is taking a lead role in a $25 million federal award that will push the boundaries of robotics innovation and serve as an economic driver for the Cornhusker State.
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‘Slippery’ particle study eyes environmental, energy impacts
Lincoln, Neb. —To get a better grasp on how “slippery” particles move better through fluid transport systems — like those that supply drinking water — Nebraska Engineering researchers are looking to improve future applications in environmental and energy systems that are vital to our daily lives.
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Scholtz analyzing increase in woodlands in the Great Plains
Lincoln, Neb. —The current way Great Plains lands are managed is a "mismatch" to the red cedar problem, one Nebraska researcher said recently.
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Nebraska Environmental Trust funds eight research projects at Nebraska
Lincoln, Neb. —The Nebraska Environmental Trust has awarded eight grants totaling more than $526,000 to University of Nebraska–Lincoln projects.
The annual grants went to one new project and seven that have been funded in past years, too.
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Husker research focuses on atrazine
Lincoln, Neb. —A University of Nebraska–Lincoln project to detect atrazine dissipation and evaluate herbicide programs without atrazine has received a $47,154 grant from the Nebraska Environmental Trust.
Amit Jhala, associate professor of agronomy and horticulture and Nebraska Extension weed management specialist, leads the project.
Project aims to reduce water, energy in ethanol production
Lincoln, Neb. —Nebraska researchers are studying how to make ethanol production more environmentally sensitive by reducing the amount of water and energy required to produce it and cutting the air emissions that result.
The Nebraska Environmental Trust is helping fund this University of Nebraska–Lincoln research — $155,663 this year and $44,232 in a second year.
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University assessing greenhouse gas sequestration resources
Lincoln, Neb. —A University of Nebraska–Lincoln project to assess greenhouse gas sequestration resources received a $118,438 grant from the Nebraska Environmental Trust.
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