(Phys.org) —Albert Erives, associate professor in the University of Iowa Department of Biology, and his graduate student, Justin Crocker, currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

May 15, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

(Phys.org) —Since polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are produced through industrial processes or activities, it is assumed that people living in industrial cities will have higher concentrations of these ...

Space & Earth - Environment

May 08, 2013 not rated yet 1

Heavy rains have become more frequent in the upper Midwest over the past 60 years, according to a study from the University of Iowa. The trend appears to hold true even with the current drought plaguing the region, the study's ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Mar 13, 2013 4 / 5 (5) 3

Experts agree that rising Chinese labor costs and improving U.S. technology will gradually cause significant manufacturing activity to return to the United States. When it does, a new interdisciplinary manufacturing venture ...

Technology - Engineering

Mar 09, 2013 4.7 / 5 (6) 0 |

(Phys.org)—University of Iowa biologist Daniel Eberl and his colleagues have shown that one of the mechanisms involved in hearing is similar to the battery in your car.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 07, 2013 3.4 / 5 (5) 11 |

With policymakers and political leaders increasingly unable to combat global climate change, more scientists are considering the use of manual manipulation of the environment to slow warming's damage to the planet.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 02, 2013 3.9 / 5 (11) 11

(Phys.org)—With policymakers and political leaders increasingly unable to combat global climate change, more scientists are considering the use of manual manipulation of the environment to slow warming's ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Dec 20, 2012 4.2 / 5 (15) 19

A research team led by the University of Iowa reports to have directly measured a kind of turbulence that occurs in space plasma for the first time in the laboratory.

Physics - General Physics

Dec 17, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 3 |

Buildings and statues constructed of limestone can be protected from pollution by applying a thin, single layer of a water-resistant coating.

Chemistry - Materials Science

Dec 04, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

Tropical storms that make their way into the North Atlantic, and possibly strike the East Coast of the United States, likely will become more intense during the rest of this century.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Nov 30, 2012 4.2 / 5 (14) 6 |

Colleges are often perceived as leaning left, but research by social scientists at the University of Iowa suggests the reality is more nuanced and that higher education attracts students from across the political ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Nov 15, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) -- Edward Yu took note of the facts – nearly 2 million deaths each year, 9 million infected each year, developments of multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant and now totally drug-resistant ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Aug 22, 2012 not rated yet 0 |

On Aug. 24, NASA will launch two identical satellites from Cape Canaveral, Fla., to begin its Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission to study the extremes of space weather and help scientists improve ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Aug 21, 2012 not rated yet 1

Whether you're old, have been ill, or suffered an injury, you've watched gloomily as your muscles have atrophied. The deterioration of muscle—even slight or gradual—is about as common to the human ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Aug 13, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 4

A study by a University of Iowa economist finds that many car race fans do, indeed, watch NASCAR races because they want to see car wrecks, but more of them have been tuning in to see who actually wins the race since the ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Aug 01, 2012 1 / 5 (1) 0