WHAT: University of Nebraska at Kearney Science Café HOSTED BY: Sigma Xi The Scientific Research Honor Society TITLE: “Origins of Life: From Stellar Ingredients to Primordial Soup. Where Did We Come From?” TOPIC: A number of scientists are trying to answer this fundamental question, but they must first ask less broad questions like where did biological molecules come from and how were they delivered to early Earth? Once they were delivered, how did everything come … [Read more...] about UNK graduate Aspen Clements Miller discussing origins of life during Science Café
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UNK junior Hannah Way selected for prestigious Posters on the Hill event
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Associate chemistry professor Allen Thomas has worked with some of the best and brightest students at the University of Nebraska at Kearney during his six years on campus. Future doctors, pharmacists, dentists, veterinarians and professional chemists have made their way through his research lab inside UNK’s Bruner Hall of Science. Yet, none of them has accomplished what current UNK junior Hannah Way achieved this … [Read more...] about UNK junior Hannah Way selected for prestigious Posters on the Hill event
UNK professors discussing Queen Anne’s mysterious maladies at Science Café
WHAT: University of Nebraska at Kearney Science Café HOSTED BY: Sigma Xi The Scientific Research Honor Society TITLE: “Queen Anne – Our ‘Favourite’ Medical Mystery” TOPIC: Queen Anne, the last of the Stuart family to rule Britain, died in 1713, possibly as the result of a stroke. To this day, the mysterious illnesses that affected the queen are the topic of much speculation and her cause of death is still debated. University of Nebraska at Kearney biology professor … [Read more...] about UNK professors discussing Queen Anne’s mysterious maladies at Science Café
Science Café guest June Pilcher discussing ‘That Tricky Brain’
WHAT: University of Nebraska at Kearney Science Café HOSTED BY: Sigma Xi The Scientific Research Honor Society TITLE: “That Tricky Brain” TOPIC: The human brain is amazingly complex, functioning in ways that can seem counterintuitive to many people. In fact, much of its functioning is unconscious. June Pilcher, an Alumni Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Clemson University, will examine how the human brain functions and how it can create problems in our … [Read more...] about Science Café guest June Pilcher discussing ‘That Tricky Brain’
Curing Cancer: Allen Thomas aims to better treat brain diseases
By KIM HACHIYA Diseases that attack the brain are particularly difficult, if not impossible, to treat. Brain cancer has just a 34.7 percent five-year survival rate, and Alzheimer’s disease kills many it afflicts. Part of the reason why is that the brain has a defense mechanism, the “blood-brain barrier,” that protects it from harmful chemicals, bacteria and viruses. That barrier also keeps out substances that could kill cancer cells or sweep away plaques and tangles … [Read more...] about Curing Cancer: Allen Thomas aims to better treat brain diseases
