University of Iowa researchers have found that eating unpeeled apples may keep extra pounds and obesity-related diseases at bay.

UI physics and astronomy professor Greg Howes' work investigating solar wind turbulence has been funded by the National Science Foundation and commended by President Obama. The most rewarding part of his job? Participating in a community outreach project that aims to attract more people to science.

A UI graduate student has been honored for publishing research findings that may one day benefit individuals with hydrocephalus, or swelling of the brain.

Traders on the Iowa Electronic Markets see President Barack Obama as the big political winner in today’s decision by the Supreme Court to uphold most of the health care law.

Researchers in the University of Iowa Departments of Computer Science and Psychology bring in children to ride a realistic virtual course in the UI bike simulator. The information gathered gives insight into a child's decision making process while riding a bike.

The National Institutes of Health is helping a University of Iowa team treat diseases affecting premature babies. A grant, the fourth renewal obtained by John Widness and colleagues, will test alternative approaches for delivering life-sustaining red blood cells.

A University of Iowa study finds that employees who take part in training and professional development are more likely to stay with their companies only if they see attractive advancement opportunities.

A $150,000 grant secured by the University of Iowa College of Education’s Connie Belin & Jacqueline N. Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development will help provide services to “twice exceptional” students—or gifted students with learning, behavioral, emotional, and/or social impairments—their families, and educators.

University of Iowa associate professor of political science Tim Hagle and associate professor of computer science Doug Jones talk about the attempts made to improve the U.S. voting process.

University of Iowa neuroscientist and assistant professor of marketing William Hedgcock discusses the use of fMRI to show what happens in the brain when a person loses self-control.

The University of Iowa College of Public Health has been selected to receive $640,000 from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to study and develop ways to more effectively gather information that patients, families, and physicians can use to make informed health care choices.

University of Iowa internal medicine researcher Christopher Adams describes appeal of apple compound.

With Dubuque bracing for the possibility of its coal-fired power plant going offline in the coming years, graduate students in the University of Iowa School of Urban and Regional Planning have developed a new tool for the city to identify untapped renewable energy sources.

A new UI study shows that a natural substance found in apple peel can partially protect mice from obesity and some of its harmful effects. The findings suggest that ursolic acid increases muscle and brown fat, two tissues recognized for calorie-burning properties.

Eric Dyken, a neurologist with the University of Iowa Sleep Disorder Center, talks about what keeps us up at night, including restless leg syndrome, sleep apnea, and smartphones.

The Supreme Court will hand down its decision about health care reform soon, perhaps sealing the fate of the law's health insurance plan. But a University of Iowa insurance researcher says health insurance really isn't insurance at all.

Researchers at the University of Iowa, together with colleagues from the California Institute of Technology and New York University, have discovered how a part of the brain helps predict future events from past experiences.

University of Iowa College of Education faculty member Deborah Linebarger will soon publish a study showing the average American child is exposed to almost four hours of background TV daily.

The Big Ten Conference and the Ivy League, in conjunction with the Big Ten Committee on Institutional Cooperation, have announced plans to engage in a co-sponsored, cross-institutional research collaboration to study the effects of head injuries in sports, continuing efforts dating back more than two years.

Jodie Plumert, chair of the University of Iowa Psychology Department, says riding a virtual bike "offers a way to look at this real-world problem in a very safe but systematic way.”