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Jessica Petersen (center), associate professor of animal science, and graduate students Mackenzie Batt (left) and Lauren Seier (right) are part of a five-person Husker team whose research can expand the range of genetic tools used by breeders to boost cattle growth efficiency.

Husker team to ID genetic tools to boost cattle growth efficiency

September 21, 2023

A helicopter carries a large loop of wire whose electromagnetic signaling enables extensive imagery of subsurface conditions and the creation of a 3D geological model.

California turns to Nebraska know-how on aquifer analysis, groundwater management

September 19, 2023

Four Husker students — two young men and two young women — present an urban forestry plan for Hickman, Nebraska. From left are Jake Fleischer, Susana Moyer, Sunny Mellick and Josiah Nolting.

Urban forestry project helps Hickman, boosts students’ tree awareness

August 17, 2023

Husker scientists Hiep Vu and Sarah Sillman stand in a shadowy room, with a microscope in the foreground.

Husker scientists’ research project aims to crack code of major swine virus

August 16, 2023

Alisa Halpin (left) floats a least tern egg in a cup of water to determine the age of the nest; the buoyancy of the egg shows how many days old the eggs are. Her daughter, Summer Larkihn, marks the number of the nest on a rock for future reference as part of the Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership.

Mother-daughter pair pursues conservation of Nebraska’s terns, plovers

August 8, 2023

Husker entomologist Troy Anderson discovered a breakthrough in combatting the threat Varroa mite, a parasite whose spread of viruses, triggers catastrophic honey bee colony loss.

Research boosts honey bee protection against deadly viruses

August 4, 2023

Two large jars of kombucha during fermentation

Husker scientists contribute to pilot study showing kombucha’s possible benefits

August 1, 2023

Jill O'Donnell is photographed with the Yeutter board

Yeutter Institute’s multidisciplinary approach enriches instruction, student opportunities

July 21, 2023

The Essentials of Hybrid Breeding workshop set for Aug. 9-10

CliGrow software provides practical climate data to ag producers

July 17, 2023

James Schnable stands in a corn field

Nebraska team aids first mapping of corn genome

July 10, 2023

Several teachers stand in a field near the Haskell Agricultural Laboratory.

Northeast Nebraska teachers explore student learning opportunities

June 27, 2023

Two trays of wheat samples in a greenhouse. At left are non-inoculated control plants. At right is a soil mix inoculated with isolates of the Fusarium fungus.

Morocco collaboration to boost wheat research, grad study opportunities

June 20, 2023