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Iowa researchers find possible link between urinary incontinence, cardiovascular disease

Tuesday, April 15, 2025
University of Iowa researchers have found an association between patients with urinary incontinence and cardiovascular disease risk factors or events.

Iowa physicists study how Mars became a cold planet

Monday, April 14, 2025
In a new study, Iowa physicists propose that interplanetary magnetic field rotation could help explain why Mars became the cold, dry planet we see today.

Iowa researchers test how chemical used in plastics inhibits snail’s ability to reproduce

Thursday, March 13, 2025
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.

Iowa researchers study ionosphere’s role in aurora

Monday, March 3, 2025
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.

UI study shows that images of Earth affect people's views on energy, environment

Wednesday, February 12, 2025
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.

UI team designs microscope to study interaction of light and matter in electronic devices

Monday, February 3, 2025
An infrared microscope designed by a University of Iowa team led by Thomas Folland helped produce information that could help advance electronic technologies.

Iowa researchers study effects of cholesterol-lowering drugs on kidney function

Friday, January 24, 2025
A University of Iowa research team has found that a class of cholesterol-lowering drugs have no effect on kidney function.

Iowa researchers study role of genes in eye disease that leads to vision loss

Wednesday, January 15, 2025
A University of Iowa study looks to find a nonsurgical way to treat a common eye disease.

UI researchers to study ways to remove barriers to diabetes care

Friday, December 13, 2024
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.

UI’s Jamel Brinkley wins Maya Angelou Book Award for 'Witness: Stories'

Friday, November 22, 2024
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.