An assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science recently received a National Science Foundation grant for his research about making automated surveillance systems more useful and trustworthy.

Sara Hussain, assistant professor in the Department of Health, Sport, and Human Physiology, has won more than $500,000 in grants to develop individualized treatment in the brain for stroke survivors.

Biology professor Maurine Neiman studies diminutive snails with a massive secret: Sometime in the recent past, the snails' genome doubled, giving them significantly more genetic material than they ought to have.

A research team co-led by the University of Iowa has developed a new approach that uses ultra-tiny diamond sensors to detect temperature changes in cells, which could lead to better diagnosis of diseases such as cancer.

A planetary geologist from the University of Iowa is part of a team using one of NASA’s rovers on Mars that’s found the makings for precious gems like rubies and sapphires in the Martian soil.

The IT staff members supporting the TRACERS mission, which is the largest grant in University of Iowa history, received an IT Leadership Award.

In a new study, CLAS researchers demonstrate how the frontoparietal cortex handles uncertainty in decision-making and organizes and coordinates responses in the brain and body.

A new method developed by CLAS physicists could make magnetic field research more accessible to students, educators, and citizen scientists.

University of Iowa English PhD candidate Jennie Sekanics has been awarded a prestigious 2026–27 AAUW American Fellowship, a national award supporting outstanding graduate scholars.

The three-year project will produce software capable of reconstructing missing or illegible sections of historical documents, allowing scholars to study texts that have remained inaccessible for decades—or even centuries.