She's a Scientist: Recent Episodes
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Hearing aids make a world of difference for children who are born deaf or hard of hearing. Hearing aids make it much easier for children to learn to speak and read, and keep up with their peers in school. For Nebraska families that can’t afford hearing aids, a special program has them grinning from ear to ear.
A psychology professor uses zombie movies to help her students sink their teeth into brain anatomy.
A computer science student develops code for an app that helps diagnose disease through smell.
A Mechanical & Materials engineering doctoral student develops nano-fiber graphs for artery replacement.
An entomologist identifies a destructive pest in Nebraska and overcomes person tragedy to earn her PhD.
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln recently received a 51-million-dollar grant from the National Science Foundation to study what happens when high-energy particles collide. It’s research that someday may unlock the secrets of the universe, and it’s already inspired one woman to think way outside the box.
The Canine Cognition and Human Interaction Lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln studies dog psychology. Owners bring their four-legged friends to the “dog cog” lab to play games and participate in psychology experiments. It’s the perfect place for one research student who hopes to streamline the training process for service dogs.
UNL’s Food Processing Center provides educational, technical and business development services to food makers across the state. Food Safety Specialist Sami Fischer helps small food businesses “cook by the book.”
The anthropology collection at the University of Nebraska State Museum is going through a complete overhaul, and for the woman in charge, it’s an epic opportunity.
If one picture is worth 1,000 words, one picture of a plant is worth 1,000 data points to a Nebraska statistician.
Chaco Culture National Historic Park contains a sweeping collection of ancient pueblo ruins. For centuries they were the largest buildings in North America, but now they’re in danger, and one Nebraska researcher is coming to the rescue.
The sky is the limit for an engineering professor and her team of students as they design and build a nano-satellite for NASA to launch into space.
A University of Nebraska–Lincoln professor uses the state’s river system as a living laboratory to teach her students about water quality.
Extension specialist Laura Thompson flies drones with sensors over farms to show producers how to save money.
One professor of Biological Systems Engineering is finding new ways to treat chronic lower back pain and curb the country's opioid epidemic.
An ecophysiologist gets to the root of an invasive tree species that's spreading across Nebraska's grasslands, causing big trouble for the state's ranchers.
An animal science graduate student uses video cameras to monitor the health and behavior of captive cheetahs.
Biomedical engineer Nicole Iverson uses nanotechnology in the hopes of creating sensors that will detect diseases inside human cells.
Biochemist Rebecca Roston gets under the skin of crop plants to make them more cold-resistant.
Biologist Kate Lyons looks to the fossil record of elephants and mammoths to predict the future of today's large mammal communities.