Deborah Linebarger knew that American children were exposed to a lot of television. What she didn’t know was the sheer amount of background television that the average American child is exposed to per day.

Brian Herman is the first finalist for the University of Iowa's vice president for research and economic development position.

A visit to the University of Iowa's Virtual Soldier Research Program, where realistic computer simulations are testing military equipment, commercial vehicles, and more.

A University of Iowa neuroscientist's work suggests that increased acidity in the brain is linked to panic disorders, anxiety, and depression. But it also indicates that changes in acidity are important for normal brain activity, too.

Some 100 leading environmental researchers will focus on shallow water flows, which are essential to understanding floods, coastal construction factors, and more.

The University of Iowa Environmental Health Sciences Research Center, based in the College of Public Health, was awarded a five-year $7.9 million grant to help support research of rural health issues.

UI doctoral candidate dreams of being on faculty at a research-intensive nursing college, conducting groundbreaking research, and guiding the next generation of nurses into an expanding and changing profession. With a prestigious scholarship in hand, she's well on her way.

A new study by University of Iowa researchers suggests few faculty at MBA programs across the country are teaching management courses that suggest the importance of research evidence for management practice.

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has awarded the University of Iowa Environmental Health Sciences Research Center a five-year, $7.9 million grant to continue investigating environmental health effects arising from rural and agricultural exposures and serving as a primary environmental health resource.

Sixty volunteers helped out with a 10-day archaeological dig this past March and April just outside of South Amana, making a significant contribution to our understanding of Meskwaki life around 1840 (and having fun in the process).

Scientists at the University of Iowa are studying brain development in adolescent children who have a genetic risk for developing alcohol use-related problems due to having a family history of alcoholism.

What should science look like in our schools? University of Iowa Professor Brian Hand will discuss the problem and potential solutions Thursday, May 17, at 7 p.m. in the UI Museum of Natural History's Biosphere Discovery Hub. The event is free and open to the public.

Two University of Iowa faculty, Rebecca Slayton and Ginger Yang, discuss their respective areas of expertise, preventing tooth decay and the cost of sexual violence.

Summer is approaching and with it the annual flood of college students from campus to cubicle, working as interns for a few months that often pay nothing but experience. A University of Iowa law researcher believes many of these unpaid internships need more oversight.

The Iowa Flood Center and IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering (IIHR) at the University of Iowa have announced the selection of four watersheds for the initial phase of the Iowa Watershed Projects.

Christopher Brochu, University of Iowa associate professor of geoscience, identified a 27-foot-long crocodile, different from any species of crocodile previously known.

University of Iowa computer science professors Ted Herman and Jim Cremer discuss their class that focuses on building computer apps.

Doug Jones, University of Iowa associate professor of computer science and co-author of Broken Ballots: Will Your Vote Count? comments on the difficulty of getting voting software right.

University of Iowa associate professor of education Deborah Linebarger talks about her new study that examines the impact on children of television playing in the background. (Starts at 31:30 mark.)

University of Iowa paleontologist Christopher Brochu has discovered the fossilized remains of a 27-foot ancient crocodile that may have eaten humans whole.