Satellites can improve regional air quality forecasting
Satellites planned for launch during the next several years may have an expanded role: Forecasting air-quality worldwide.
Satellites planned for launch during the next several years may have an expanded role: Forecasting air-quality worldwide.
Earth Sciences
Jan 29, 2015
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Crows have long been heralded for their high intelligence - they can remember faces, use tools and communicate in sophisticated ways.
Plants & Animals
Dec 18, 2014
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Faced with declining enrollment and rising costs, some small liberal arts colleges have added professional and vocational majors, a decision University of Iowa researchers say has strengthened rather than undermined the mission ...
Social Sciences
Nov 20, 2014
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Located hundreds of miles inland from the nearest ocean, the Midwest is unaffected by North Atlantic hurricanes. Or is it?
Earth Sciences
Nov 11, 2014
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Planting trees and creating green space in cities is good for attracting species, but it may not be enough to ensure biodiversity in built environments, a University of Iowa study has found.
Plants & Animals
Oct 31, 2014
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Just as a leaky roof can make a house cooler and wetter when it's raining as well as hotter and dryer when it's sunny, changes in land use can affect river flow in both rainy and dry times, say two University of Iowa researchers.
Environment
Jul 28, 2014
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In Lewis Carroll's 1871 classic novel Through the Looking Glass, the Red Queen tells Alice: "Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place."
Plants & Animals
May 20, 2014
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With warmer weather, it's time to get outdoors. And now you can breathe easy about it: A new study from the University of Iowa reports Iowa's air quality falls within government guidelines for cleanliness.
Environment
May 13, 2014
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Inexpensive computers, cell phones and other systems that substitute flexible plastic for silicon chips may be one step closer to reality, thanks to research published on April 16 in the journal Nature Communications.
General Physics
Apr 16, 2014
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Pinecone or pine nut? Friend or foe? Distinguishing between the two requires that we pay special attention to the telltale characteristics of each. And as it turns out, us humans aren't the only ones up to the task.
Plants & Animals
Apr 2, 2014
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