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Research on the High Plains Aquifer reveals the critical link between aquifer depletion and crop yields, stressing the importance of efficient groundwater management for agricultural resilience.Yield losses intensify when groundwater dwindles, data shows.Three decades of data have informed a new Nebraska-led study that shows how the depletion of groundwater — the same that many farmers rely on for irrigation — can threaten food production amid drought and drier climes.The study found that, due in part to the challenges of…

A view from the summit of Volcán Salín, one of three Andean volcanoes where researchers uncovered the mummified cadavers of mice. Analyses of the mummies, combined with the capture of live specimens, suggest that the rodents scaled the Mars-like peaks on their own — and are somehow managing to live on them. Credit: Jay Storz, University of Nebraska–LincolnThe study dismisses any connection to Incan rituals, suggesting that mice ascended independently.In the midst of the driest desert on Earth, atop 20,000-foot volcanoes,…

The 2-pound robot is minimally invasive and will allow surgeons to work remotely in space.Image: Craig Chandler/University CommunicationA surgery-performing robot developed by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and medical technology company Virtual Incision is ready to be tested aboard the International Space Station with a $100,000 grant awarded to the university from NASA.NASA has big plans for the future of spaceflight, including an interest in performing surgery. That’s why the agency issued a grant of $100,000 to…