Fill in all blanks w/ 'science/scientists' or 'media/reporters':
'We know that ➖ can seem like a black box to ➖ and that speaking to ➖ can be confusing or even intimidating. This [course is] designed specifically for ➖-curious ➖ with little or no ➖ experience.'
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A Nebraska Food Science & Technology study has ID'd gut bacteria with a resistance to cadmium — and the potential to help their more susceptible cousins tolerate the toxic contaminant. Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources #PocketScience

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Meteorologists and climatologists often have a tough job explaining climate change to the public. In the Midwest and Great Plains, strong resistance has pushed some out of the field. From Elizabeth Rembert: nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-a…

'It's working as a spider web for catching spiders.'

Laura Segura Hernández (Laura Segura-Hdez) & colleagues were venturing through a rainforest when they came along a pirate spider — one about to unleash a hunting technique never before seen. Nebraska CAS Nebraska Bio Sci

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The Nebraska Raikes School's Luke Farritor has helped decipher a scroll that went unread for nearly 2,000 years. And he's letting neither fame nor $40,000 distract him from an even grander achievement. Nebraska Engineering

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This week's random bit of interview transcript:

'There's no magic buttons I can press to get faster internet in my dorm.'

U.S. college students majoring in STEM fields graduate about 20% less often than their non-STEM peers.

An experiment led by Nebraska Engineering's Mohammad Hasan suggests that AI-based interventions could help. #PocketScience

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'When you have so many things out there, and some of them are in conflict or totally opposite, which ones do you use?' —Qi 'Steve' Hu, Nebraska SNR/Nebraska CAS

A new Scientific American piece on farmers' almanacs & winter weather addresses that very question. 👇

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Exciting news in the world of agriculture and space exploration! A University of Nebraska-Lincoln team led by Nebraska Engineering is on a mission to launch a one-of-a-kind center for space agriculture. This big idea aims to grow crops on space stations, the moon, Mars & beyond. ow.ly/uQ4750Q4OGm

'Every time that we've found anything at those super extreme elevations, we're completely blown away. It's really hard to overstate how inhospitable these environments are.' —University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Jay Storz on the discovery of mouse mummies atop Andean volcanoes

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.University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Jay Storz and colleagues have discovered mummified mice atop Andean volcanoes nearly 4 miles above sea level.

Analyses suggest that the modest mice scaled the Mars-like peaks on their own — and are somehow managing to live on them. Nebraska CAS

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Delighted to see our recent #NSFfunded work highlighted U.S. National Science Foundation!
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A Nebraska Chemistry-Nebraska Engineering team has crafted minuscule lenses that it can expand or contract in mere seconds — modifying their magnification, focal length & other optical properties in the process. Nebraska CAS

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This week's random bit of interview transcript (tie):

'And I figured, well, if there's one dead mouse, maybe there are more.'

'But I don't think we need to invoke any transport by the Incas or anyone else.'

A study from Nebraska College of Education and Human Sciences' Weiwen Chai & Minette Herrick has found links between longer maternity leave & lower attrition in the U.S. military. #PocketScience

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A feat nearly 2,000 years in the making has earned Husker student Luke Farritor a cavalcade of media coverage around the globe. go.unl.edu/stb4 #Nebraska #UNL Nebraska Raikes School Nebraska School of Computing Nebraska Engineering

This month’s #ResearchRoundup spotlights a study on the selling points of fiber & an examination of exams beyond the classroom. Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources Nebraska CAS

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