University of Iowa new-media specialist Jon Winet is co-founder of an experiment to learn if a novel can be written through Twitter.

An Iowa farmer and his family discovered an assortment of mammoth bones in their backyard; they hope assistance from the University of Iowa will uncover many more.

A recent study by Gautam Pant compared how search engine results correlated to merchants’ Better Business Bureau reviews, finding that merchants who used dollar signs in their results earned markedly lower grades from the BBB.

University of Iowa research found that big noses defend against disease and allergies.

University of Iowa neuroscientist William Hedgcock describes his research of self-control, and how we lose it.

A horse ride across Iowa is raising funds for Batten disease research at the University of Iowa.

Mary J.C. Hendrix, a cancer biologist at Northwestern University and past faculty member at the University of Iowa, is the third candidate vying to be the University of Iowa's next vice president for research and economic development.

New pictures from the University of Iowa show what it looks like when a person runs out of patience and loses self-control.

The UI-assisted mammoth dig near Oskaloosa is attracting international attention.

A University of Iowa law professor who has written widely about the Dred Scott family will participate in the dedication of a statue this week that commemorates the civil rights pioneers.

The University of Iowa's Virtual Soldier Research could protect soldiers of the future and make a variety of products safer.

University of Iowa cardiovascular researcher Isabella Grumbach worries about the impact of impending federal budget cuts on medical research.

Contract prices are down for Barack Obama and up for Mitt Romney on the Iowa Electronic Markets.

University of Iowa scientists are digging up a prehistoric mammoth discovered on a farm near Oskaloosa.

The economic crisis in Europe has reached a point where even booming economies in Brazil, Russia, India, and China are slowing down. A University of Iowa expert is not hopeful for a quick end.

Jordan Cohen may be retiring as University of Iowa Vice President for Research, but he has no intention of slowing down.

The Get to Know series asks University of Iowa faculty and staff a few questions about their work and their outside interests. Today we visit with Kate Seemuth, manager of the Clinical Research Unit.

When you think of the process that enables the northern lights, think of spaghetti becoming untangled, says University of Iowa researcher Jack Scudder. He and his colleagues have reached a milestone in describing how the northern lights work by way of a process called “magnetic reconnection.”

A NASA-sponsored program will examine impacts of land use and climate chante, providing better estimates of carbon dioxide emissions in Iowa, the Midwest, and beyond.

A special note to smokers needing general surgery: not only will your recovery likely take longer, but your wallet may also take a harder hit. A new study finds that hospital costs are an average 4 percent higher, or roughly $900, for general surgery patients who smoke.