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- Study finds billions of nanoplastics released when microwaving containers https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/nebraska-study-finds-billions-of-nanoplastics-released-when-microwaving/ 333 comments
- Scientists have discovered the first virovore – an organism that eats viruses https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/eating-viruses-can-power-growth-reproduction-of-microorganism/ 111 comments
- New research suggests that we’re making ourselves sick over politics https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/stressed-out-americans-making-themselves-sick-over-politics/ 222 comments
- People are more willing to bend their morals when they engage in the political realm. Research found that people are more morally tolerant of politicians they liked, similar to the behavior they were willing to tolerate from a friend. https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/study-shows-politics-bend-moral-judgments-tolerance/ 70 comments science
- Experiments showed that microwaving plastic baby food containers can release huge numbers of plastic particles -- in some cases, more than 2 billion nanoplastics and 4 million microplastics for every square centimeter of container. https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/microwaving-plastic-containers-can-release-billions-of-nanoplastics/ 93 comments science
- Experiments have shown that microwaving plastic baby food containers available on the shelves of U.S. stores can release huge numbers of plastic particles — in some cases, more than 2 billion nanoplastics and 4 million microplastics for every square centimeter of container https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/nebraska-study-finds-billions-of-nanoplastics-released-when-microwaving/ 391 comments science
- How crocs can go hours without air: Crocodilian hemoglobin experiments find mutations more numerous, nuanced than once thought https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/study-clarifies-mystery-of-crocodilian-hemoglobin/ 2 comments science
- Humans disrupting 66 million-year-old feature of ecosystems. Diet-size relationship found across deep time, multiple vertebrate groups. Scientists are not sure what’s going to happen, because this hasn’t happened before. https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/humans-disrupting-66-million-year-old-feature-of-ecosystems/ 9 comments science
- Researchers developed a new magneto-electric transistor could cut 5% from world’s digital energy budget, reduce the number of transistors needed to store certain data by as much as 75% and retain memory in event of power loss https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/new-transistor-could-cut-5-from-world-s-digital-energy-budget/ 35 comments science
- Study: 40% of Americans identified politics as a significant source of stress; 5% of Americans blame politics for having suicidal thoughts. Additionally, between a fifth and a third of adults blamed politics for causing fatigue, feelings of anger, loss of temper, and triggering compulsive behaviors. https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/still-stressed-americans-political-diet-harmful-to-overall-health/ 4 comments science
- New influenza vaccine shows signs of protection against dozen-plus flu strains in mice and pigs, including swine flu strains which drove pandemics in 2009 and 1918, outperforming current commercial vaccines, and bolsters promise of a universal flu vaccine for humans. https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/vaccine-shows-signs-of-protection-against-dozen-plus-flu-strains/ 397 comments science
- Stressed out: Americans making themselves sick over politics | Nebraska Today https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/stressed-out-americans-making-themselves-sick-over-politics/ 195 comments science
- Whole ecosystems are shifting dramatically north in the Great Plains, a phenomenon likely linked to human influences such as climate change, says new University of Nebraska-Lincoln research that analyzed nearly 50 years’ worth of data on bird distributions. https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/analysis-finds-us-ecosystems-shifting-hundreds-of-miles-north/ 9 comments science
- Analysis of more than 2,000 college STEM classes has imparted a lesson that might resonate with many students who sat through them: Enough with the lectures, already. Prior research has identified lecturing as among the styles least effective at teaching and engaging students. https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/lesson-learned-massive-study-finds-lectures-still-dominate-stem-ed/ 36 comments science
- A recent study has given new meaning to the concept of brain power by suggesting that physical strength might stem as much from exercising the nervous system as the muscles it controls http://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/does-strength-depend-on-more-than-muscle-husker-study-suggests-so/ 11 comments science
- Without wolves, coyotes have become the de facto top dog throughout the Midwest and East Coast. But new research suggests coyotes lack the hunting prowess to fill the ecological void left by the eastern wolf. http://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/big-game-jitters-coyotes-no-match-for-wolves-hunting-prowess/ 17 comments science
- Harnessing heat to power computers - Engineers devise thermal diode that allows computing at ultra-high temperatures. The study documents their device working in temperatures that approached 630 degrees Fahrenheit. http://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/researchers-harness-heat-to-power-computers/ 11 comments science
- A new study has found neonicotinoids, the world’s most commonly used insecticide, cause queen honeybees to lay as much as two-thirds fewer eggs, jeopardizing the health and stability of entire bee colonies. http://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/that-stings-study-finds-insecticide-hurts-queen-bees-egg-laying-abilities/ 8 comments science
- Scientists find growing consensus - Political attitudes derive from body and mind: Researchers say that neither conscious decision-making nor parental upbringing fully explain why some people lean left while others lean right http://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/unltoday/article/scientists-find-growing-consensus-political-attitudes-derive-from-body/ 3 comments science
- Eyetrack study captures men’s -- and women’s -- objectifying gazes. http://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/unltoday/article/unl-eyetrack-study-captures-men-s-and-women-s-objectifying-gazes/ 11 comments science