Researchers who hope to prevent children from dying in tractor accidents are using the UI's state-of-the-art driving simulator to help determine when kids can safely operate farm equipment.

Thomas H. Wassink describes the findings of a new UI schizophrenia study, just published in the Archives of General Psychiatry.

Variables including population growth, land use, and climate change will challenge the federal agency.

University of Iowa pediatrician Dianne Atkins hails the advances in response to cardiac arrest in young people, and advocates learning CPR.

University of Iowa space physicist Don Gurnett is one of a team of scientists who will celebrate the 35th anniversary of the launch of Voyager 1, the most distant manmade object from Earth.

UI physics professor Craig Kletzing says he's "very pumped" about the recent launch of twin satellites that will study the Van Allen radiation belts, named after the late UI space scientist James Van Allen.

A decision by a United States District Court on Thursday invalidating a Texas law requiring voters have photo identification is unlikely to have much impact in Iowa, according to a University of Iowa College of Law legal scholar.

Geoscientist Art Bettis explains why Mahaska County mammoth site is “the perfect storm of organic preservation.”

A recent national field study conducted by the University of Iowa suggests that a vehicle miles traveled tax could be a possible alternative to the gas tax for funding roads, highways, and bridges.

Karla McGregor, a University of Iowa professor of communication sciences and disorders, comments on "brain breaks," opportunities for students to temporarily step away from class work and get active so they can return with greater energy and focus.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ed Wasserman, University of Iowa psychology professor, discusses animal cognition, human invention, and intelligent design.

It's been a cruel summer for Mitt Romney on the Iowa Electronic Markets. Polls show a tight race between Romney and President Barack Obama on the eve of the Republican National Convention, but the two are heading in opposite directions on the IEM.

A team led by the University of Iowa has unearthed some remains of a second mammoth, a rarity for a single site located in the Midwest, scientists associated with the dig announced Friday.

Research at the UI identified the brain's "gullibility center."

Psychological concepts and the theories of evolutionary development of self-awareness have been called into question by research with "Patient R" at the UI.

A building with thousands of insects sounds like a big bug problem. But for the UI Museum of Natural History, the challenge is keeping them in the best possible condition. Thanks to a grant from the State Historical Society of Iowa, the museum will upgrade its century-old entomology collection.