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College introduces students to high-altitude wind power work
NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) — Mastering the inner-workings of a nacelle, which houses the gearbox, brakes and generator that makes a wind turbine a wind turbine, will come in time and practice. First, students in Northeast Community College's wind energy...
University of Nebraska team creates cornfield robot system
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Plant science students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are still taught to phenotype by hand, wading into muddy fields to record the differences in physical characteristics between varying corn hybrids with a small set of...
Nebraska Agriculture center seeks to link crops and health
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Jeff Raikes was unapologetic as he shot down pitch after pitch from University of Nebraska scientists aiming to connect research being done on microorganisms in the digestive tract to the broader world. What the Ashland native...