Research Matters

Iqbal Ahmad, PhD, professor in the UNMC Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, and his team have published a new study, identifying a biological mechanism [...]

In a split second, the brain determines whether an ambiguous situation is good or bad — and those snap judgments can reveal important information [...]

A landmark study led by researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and published in Molecular Psychiatry has identified a significant association between prenatal prescription of commonly utilized medications and the risk [...]

Children who wear hearing aids often fall behind in language and school. Yet some do as well or even better than peers with typical [...]

The Biomedical and Obesity Research Core plays a key role in scientific discovery, offering researchers access to advanced equipment, technical expertise and hands‑on support [...]

Investment from tobacco settlement funding: $19,600 Total portfolio through FY25: $1.32 million Return on investment: 67 to 1 “Millions of people are [...]

Husker researchers are continuing to make progress on developing a new synthetic material that behaves like biological muscle, an advancement that could provide a [...]

Preeclampsia can cause serious complications—and even death—if left untreated. The condition develops during pregnancy, often causing high blood pressure and affecting organs like the kidneys and liver. [...]

As a physics professor at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, Jeremy Armstrong is no stranger to asking big questions. Thanks to a $20 [...]

Call it a chicken-and-egg dilemma. Say a child scores low on a test, but they also struggle with the skills needed to take that [...]