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Researchers know that phosphine, also known as PH₃, is a highly toxic gas connected with deaths. So, are there ways to prevent more of these deaths moving forward?

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

In this story in Scientific American, UI professor Allison Jaynes, a space weather physicist, describes how the earth's chorus waves were discovered.

Mike Pentella, professor of epidemiology in the University of Iowa College of Public Health and director of the State Hygienic Laboratory at the UI, explains that bird flu is a disease caused by certain influenza viruses that usually spread among birds, not humans, and that public health surveillance is critical to prevent its spread.

University of Iowa researchers have found and confirmed a gene that allows female fruit flies to get on the same frequency as courting males. Mosquitoes have the same gene and a similar courtship ritual, meaning that canceling the gene could in theory control mosquito population growth.

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

Jun Wang, University of Iowa’s Lichtenberger Family Chair in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, was awarded the 2024 Joanne Simpson Medal for mid-career scientists in recognition of significant contributions to Earth and space science.

The Center for Social Science Innovation (CSSI) recently accepted four participants for its spring 2025 Grant Writing Residency Program.

University of Iowa researchers are recommending all patients be surveyed about their physical activity levels, after a new study underscores the link between physical activity and chronic disease. Results appear in "Preventing Chronic Disease," from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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.

Israel Wipf, a graduate student in the Department of Biology, won the 2024 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, in which graduate students share their research in three minutes or fewer to a general audience. Wipf is using fruit flies as a living organism to explore the connection between obesity and cancer.

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

A University of Iowa research team led by Jill Kolesar, UI College of Pharmacy dean and professor, has received an $8.8 million grant to develop a promising new treatment for ovarian cancer. The award will support the first clinical trial for this therapy and is the next step in making it available to women who need it.

Inspired by first responders training, Krista Davidson, a clinical professor in the Department of Communications Sciences and Disorders in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, developed a speech-generating application to assist first responders when communicating with nonspeaking individuals.

Chemical and biochemical engineering professor Hyeongmin Seo was awarded $1.5 million to contribute to the Global Center for Sustainable Bioproducts. Seo, who joined the College of Engineering this year, will further investigate the chemistry of biomass, or organic waste such as scraps of wood or agricultural residue, and how to turn organic waste into renewable and biodegradable plastics for use in products, such as environmental sensors.

The search committee for the next University of Iowa vice president for research is pleased to announce that two candidates will participate in campus visits during the next two weeks. Each candidate will participate in an open forum and meet with faculty, staff, students, shared governance, and campus leadership.

University of Iowa researchers studied how aspirin in low doses affected those over age 65.

The University of Iowa is seeking approval from the Iowa Board of Regents to begin work on three facilities projects at the board’s meeting Sept. 18–19. Projects include renovating the Performing Arts Annex, which will be the new home of the UI Department of Dance; updating the Iowa Bioscience Innovation Facility with new research and entrepreneurial lab space; and constructing the Utilities Services Building to increase efficiencies and consolidate space for facilities staff.

Recognizing spoken words is a split-second competition, and a new study from the University of Iowa defines how people approach that competition and ultimately recognize words. The researchers identified three main approaches by which people of all ages — including those who use cochlear implants to hear — recognize spoken language.