UI undergraduate student Tim Kennelly has discovered that a process occurring in Saturn's magnetosphere is linked to the planet's seasons and changes with them, a finding that helps clarify the length of a Saturn day and could alter our understanding of Earth's magnetosphere.

Sandy Daack-Hirsch, an assistant professor in the UI College of Nursing, is investigating the decline in parents not choosing an elective screening for expectant moms that can detect a host of health problems their baby may face.

Jennifer Fiegel, assistant professor in the Colleges of Pharmacy and Engineering, has received a $405,652 two-year R21 research award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Officials say the launch of the University of Iowa College of Education’s new brand honors the past and looks forward to the future.

The UI Foundation unveiled the newest fundraising campaign on May 2, “For Iowa. Forever More: The Campaign for the University of Iowa,” with one of the campaign’s three main goals being to ensure a healthier and more sustainable world.

Cristina Ortiz, a UI doctoral student in anthropology who moved to Columbus Junction, Iowa, for her research, discusses the tensions that have transpired as a result of a large population of Chin Burmese moving to Columbus Junction and competing for jobs with Latinos.

Hundreds of University of Iowa faculty, staff, students, and friends gathered at hotelVetro to celebrate innovation and entrepreneurship across campus at the inaugural Hawkeye Innovation Summit.

A project that replaced an existing gas boiler with a new biomass boiler in the Oakdale Renewable Energy Plant, located on the University of Iowa Research Park campus, has won the Grand Place Award (first place in category) in the Energy Production Category of the 2013 Engineering Excellence Awards competition.

In a 2008 study, researchers at the University of Iowa measured enamel wear after steeping teeth in several different beverages for 25 hours. Lemon-lime Gatorade resulted in the most wear, followed by Red Bull, Coke, and Diet Coke.

A study by University of Iowa researchers shows that playing a computer game can delay the aging of the mind, from middle-age to older people. The finding comes amidst a burst of research examining why, as we age, our minds gradually lose key cognitive functions, such as memory, attention, perception, and problem solving.

A study by University of Iowa professor of public health Frederic Wolinsky finds that playing video games can prevent and even reverse deteriorating brain functions related to memory, reasoning, and visual processing.

UI Vice President for Research and Economic Development Dan Reed writes about personalized medicine and the emerging technologies that will take us there—and soon.

Comprehensive fund-raising campaign aims to raise $1.7 billion to educate students for a global society; ensure a healthier and more sustainable world through research; and enrich commerce, culture, and communities for Iowans.

A UI undergraduate student and his UI colleagues have discovered one way in which the bubble of electrically charged particles around Saturn, also known as Saturn's magnetosphere, changes with the planet's seasons. The finding could change how we view the Earth's magnetosphere. Results appear in the Journal of Geophysical Research.

Research by UI professor public health Frederic Wolinsky finds that people aged 50 and up who played a "Road Tour" video game gained at least three years of mental skill improvement after one year.

A University of Iowa study shows that high school students enrolled in college courses are more likely to obtain a college degree, and the benefit is especially for students living in poverty.

A University of Iowa study shows that older people can put off the aging of their minds by playing a simple game that primes their processing speed skills. The research showed participants' cognitive skills improved in a range of functions, from improving peripheral vision to problem solving. Results published in the journal "PLOS One."

NASA and the University of Iowa's Iowa Flood Center are partnering on research that test how well satellites in space measure rainfall on earth.

Research by UI engineering professor Keri Hornbuckle finds Chicago's air is filled with toxic chemicals.

Rodney Ewing, an academic and longtime campaigner for a cautious, sensible approach to nuclear waste disposal, will speak at the University of Iowa at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 2. Ewing’s talk, to be held in Room W151 in the Pappajohn Business Building, comes amid conflicting views on the role of nuclear energy in a so-called green economy, balanced with the safety of reactors and the safe storage of...