View New Frontiers Research Magazine By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications As a young boy, Philip Lai didn’t know much about his older sister’s brain injury. It’s not something the family discussed. Sally attended a different elementary school for a couple years and took medication for severe headaches, but Lai wasn’t sure why. “I really didn’t understand what was going on until around high school,” said Lai, an assistant professor in the University of Nebraska … [Read more...] about Cause and Effect: Philip Lai studies brain’s connection to communication, behavior
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Groundbreaking astronomer Tabetha Boyajian featured in Kearney Aug. 20
Who: Astronomer Tabetha Boyajian When: Sunday, Aug. 20, 7 p.m. Where: Merryman Performing Arts Center; 225 W. 22nd St., Kearney Cost: Free Audience: All ages Web: https://www.ted.com/talks/tabetha_boyajian_the_most_mysterious_star_in_the_universe?language=en KEARNEY – Something massive, with roughly 1,000 times the area of Earth, is blocking the light coming from a distant star known as KIC 8462852, and nobody is quite sure what it is. As astronomer Tabetha … [Read more...] about Groundbreaking astronomer Tabetha Boyajian featured in Kearney Aug. 20
Are we Alone?: Adam Jensen’s work for NASA examines life beyond Earth
BY JAN TREFFER THOMPSON When 8-year-old Adam Jensen pointed his first telescope to the sky in the early 1990s, scientists already knew there had to be planets beyond Earth’s solar system. They just couldn’t prove it. It was a dilemma Jensen could have sympathized with. Whether seeing dinosaurs come to life in the movies, turning the pages of chemistry and astronomy books at the library, or searching for deep-sky objects in his backyard, Jensen’s scientific interests … [Read more...] about Are we Alone?: Adam Jensen’s work for NASA examines life beyond Earth
Wyatt Behn awarded NASA Nebraska Space Grant Fellow
KEARNEY – University of Nebraska at Kearney senior Wyatt Behn has been awarded a prestigious NASA Nebraska Space Grant Fellowship. A senior from Kearney, Behn is a physics major with a minor in mathematics. The NASA Nebraska Space Grant Fellowship Program funds students to engage in research, internships, senior design projects, professional conferences, faculty lab assistance and other activities at NASA or in the aerospace industry. The goal of the program is to … [Read more...] about Wyatt Behn awarded NASA Nebraska Space Grant Fellow
UNK faculty Adam Jensen picked for NASA exoplanet project
KEARNEY – UNK faculty member Adam Jensen is among a group of earth science, planetary science, heliophysics and astrophysics experts selected by NASA for an unprecedented initiative dedicated to the search for life on planets outside our solar system. The Nexus for Exoplanet System Science, or NExSS, hopes to better understand the various components of an exoplanet, as well as how the planet stars and neighbor planets interact to support life. An assistant professor in … [Read more...] about UNK faculty Adam Jensen picked for NASA exoplanet project
