The University of Iowa will help advance a national effort to develop next-generation quantum sensing technologies that could transform how scientists study materials and molecules. Iowa is part of a consortium that received a $4 million, two-year Phase II design award from the National Science Foundation.

Marie Gaine, assistant professor in the College of Pharmacy, will analyze the blood of individuals with bipolar disorder, who have a risk of suicide eight times higher than the general population.

A University of Iowa researcher has won a grant to learn about how auroras affect the atmosphere and climate of Earth.