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More mammoth bones found in Mahaska county
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
A team from the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History recently uncovered the bones of a second mammoth at a site in rural Mahaska County.
Pig worm eggs could be a new treatment for Crohn's disease
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Eggs from the pig whipworm are being tested as a treatment for Crohn's disease, irritable bowel syndrome, multiple sclerosis and other forms of autoimmune disease. The concept was developed at the University of Iowa.
UI Research Foundation increases funding efforts to promote economic growth
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
The University of Iowa Research Foundation created the 2012 ICE Commercialization Gap Fund. The fund will help support critical research that could potentially lead to the creation of companies or licensing of technologies for the university.
Neural path to self-awareness more complex than once thought
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
University of Iowa researchers have found that self-awareness is a product of a patchwork of pathways in the brain. The research challenges an accepted theory that three regions in the brain are critical in self-awareness.
Do political conventions still matter?
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Tim Hagle, a University of Iowa associate professor of political science, comments on national political conventions. Hagle says there are benefits to having them, even if the outcome of the nominating process is a foregone conclusion.
University of Iowa Hospitals' lung machine attracts patients from afar
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics has a strong and growing adult Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) program. ECMO is a prolonged heart-lung bypass for critically ill patients with severe, but reversible, respiratory failure or cardiac disease.
UI instrument on NASA spacecraft and media culture in Turkey
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Craig Kletzing, University of Iowa professor of astronomy, talks about how UI researchers were involved with a recent NASA mission. David Perlmutter, director of the UI School of Journalism and Mass Communication, discusses a recent trip to Turkey.
Exploring the nature of terror
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Christopher Merrill, director of the University of Iowa International Writing Program (IWP), discusses his latest book as well as IWP. Merrill's book, The Tree of Doves: Ceremony, Expedition, War, explores the nature of terror.
UI researcher discusses animal cognition
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Ed Wasserman, University of Iowa psychology professor, discusses animal cognition, human invention, and intelligent design.
Merrill talks about writers from around the world
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Christopher Merrill, director of the University of Iowa International Writing Program, talks with Ben Kieffer about the program. Thirty-one writers from 28 countries will participate in this fall's residency program.
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