AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoNebraska Research & Materials: UNL researchers report hafnium oxide (hafnia) has an intrinsic antiferroelectric structure, resolving a long-running question and pointing to better capacitors, memory, and solid-state cooling—plus stability down to 0.6 nanometers and up to 1,562°F. Health Data & AI: RefinedScience says it has secured access to 2,000+ consented pancreatic cancer samples to build what it calls the world’s largest multimodal single-cell dataset, aiming to speed personalized therapies. Local Tech for Water: RanchBot is expanding remote, satellite-connected monitoring for ranch water systems—wells, pumps, pipes, and tanks—so producers can track conditions even where cellular service is spotty. Infrastructure & Energy: Gov. Pillen highlighted a $38M ONE RED grant for Norfolk’s wastewater anaerobic digestion upgrades, tying digestion and gas collection to energy efficiency and lower costs. Public Safety Tech Debate: In Yankton, officials defended mobile license-plate reader cameras and addressed concerns raised by the broader “Flock” surveillance controversy. Ag & Education: Nebraska’s DHHS won nearly $1.5M in federal child-welfare modernization grants, while the Nebraska State FFA ran its Ignite leadership conference for middle-school ag students.
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