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Talking to teens can lead to safer driving

An Iowa study finds that training parents how to improve communication with their children about safe driving reduced the probability of future unsafe driving incidents by as much as 80 percent, especially when combined with onboard vehicle-monitoring technology.

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UI-ISU researchers team up to advance state’s bioscience priorities

Researchers from the University of Iowa and Iowa State University are building joint teams that will work to use gut bacteria to treat chronic diseases, improve weather forecasts for precision agriculture, and produce better vaccines against swine and avian flu.

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UI-ISU researchers team up to advance state bioscience priorities

Researchers from the University of Iowa (UI) and Iowa State University (ISU) are building joint teams that will work to use gut bacteria to treat chronic diseases, improve weather forecasts for precision agriculture, and produce better vaccines against swine and avian flu.

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First-year rural students learn research through special Iowa program

A select group of first-year students from rural Iowa communities is learning about research as Rural Scholars. The program was created five years ago by Scott Shaw, associate professor of chemistry, who wasn’t exposed to research as an undergraduate.

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How the workplace star can make the office a drag

A study by Tippie College of Business researcher Ning Li finds that while workplace stars are no doubt productive, they often hog so much of the spotlight that they kill the motivation of their co-workers and reduce their co-workers’ contributions to the team.

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Dental device could light the way to better root canal treatments

A new instrument being developed at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics, with the support of the UI Research Foundation, uses light to simultaneously clean and stimulate the regeneration of healthy tissue in inflamed or infected root canal spaces of the mouth.

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Register now for Oct. 25 Write Winning Grant Proposals seminar

It’s never too early to start strategizing about how to write a winning grant proposal that will get attention and bring in research funding.

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UI wins its largest-ever research award

The University of Iowa has won the single largest externally funded research project in its history, a $115 million contract awarded to Craig Kletzing, professor in the UI Department of Physics and Astronomy. Kletzing’s team will study the connection between the magnetic fields of the Earth and sun.

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Making Iowa the next step from Harvard

It’s no coincidence that several researchers from Harvard recently migrated to the UI. Drawn by the Iowa Neuroscience Institute, Aaron Boes, Tracey Cho, Joel Geerling, and Joseph Glykys cite the collaborative environment, support for young investigators, and the opportunity to launch independent labs among the reasons they chose UI.

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CHEEC leads partnership on new Iowa drinking water well information system

The University of Iowa Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination (CHEEC), in collaboration with the UI Hydroinformatics Lab (UIHI Lab) and the Iowa Geological Survey (IGS), has developed an information system to assist the management of private wells in Iowa.

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Talking to teens can lead to safer driving

UI-ISU researchers team up to advance state’s bioscience priorities

UI-ISU researchers team up to advance state bioscience priorities

First-year rural students learn research through special Iowa program

How the workplace star can make the office a drag

Dental device could light the way to better root canal treatments

Register now for Oct. 25 Write Winning Grant Proposals seminar

UI wins its largest-ever research award

Making Iowa the next step from Harvard

CHEEC leads partnership on new Iowa drinking water well information system

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