Researchers in the University of Iowa's biology department have identified a chemical used in plastics that seems to have negative affects on the reproductive success of a freshwater snail.

The upper layer of the Earth's atmosphere could play a bigger role in shaping the northern lights than previously thought, University of Iowa researchers show.

University of Iowa researchers found in a new study that images of Earth that kindle "blue marble awe" could create more favorable views of renewable energy and the environment.

An infrared microscope designed by a University of Iowa team led by Thomas Folland helped produce information that could help advance electronic technologies.

A University of Iowa research team has found that a class of cholesterol-lowering drugs have no effect on kidney function.

A University of Iowa study looks to find a nonsurgical way to treat a common eye disease.

UI professor Arinze Nkemdirim Okere will lead a group that will develop recommendations to address the needs of visually impaired patients who need diabetes care.

Jamel Brinkley, assistant professor in the Iowa Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa, was named the winner of the fourth annual Maya Angelou Book Award for Witness: Stories. He was named Nov. 21 during the Writers for Readers literary event co-sponsored by the Kansas City Public Library and the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s MFA Program in Creative Writing.

Researchers at the University of Iowa are part of a project designed to enhance treatment options for a common form of liver cancer.