More than 90 years after Albert Einstein predicted certain properties of black holes, NASA has hired a team of UI researchers to confirm them.
The UI portion of the “GEMS” project — short for gravity...
Caffeine is a college student’s best friend. But those who don’t have time to sip a 16-ounce cup of coffee or an 8-ounce energy drink are increasingly reaching for a product that packs the same amount...
Plato said our traits are determined by nature. Aristotle said nurture. And UI scientists now say a single explanation is impossible.
Six UI researchers found genetic influences and experience are essentially...
The Journal of the American Medical Association recently removed a confidentiality order related to reporting conflicts of interest in its published authors, based on a case involving a UI professor of...
The early morning sun shone over the old Art Museum through the leaves of the sugar maples fortunate enough to survive the 2008 flood. However, the tree taken down by UI arborist Andy Dahl Monday wasn’t...
According to UI officials, there are 600 to 700 ash trees on the UI campus, amounting to almost 10 percent of the campus trees. And they may be at risk of falling victim to the emerald ash borer, an exotic...
An armed man reportedly robbed American Bank & Trust on Monday morning, becoming at least the third such incident in Johnson County this month.
At 9:05 a.m., Iowa City police received a call about...
Some on campus may doubt the power and weight of the UI Student Government on campus and in the community. The No. 1 complaint, said President Mike Currie, is that “we don’t do anything.”
That’s...
On a borrowed black-and-white TV, a young Philip Kaaret watched the first Moon landing with his family during a vacation in Finland.
Now, the UI professor in the physics and astronomy department — along...
Iowa City received an esteemed title in November 2008: the third U.N. City of Literature.
On July 18, the city hosted its first physical literary event to show for it — beyond producing esteemed writers...
Teressa Shrock and Joseph Polina stopped into Eldorado Mexican Restaurant for a date night Sunday — a monthly destination.
“We like this place,” Polina said.
They experienced a six-month El Dorado...
The word “sad” was drawn in blue marker and written with big bubble letters. It was shaped oblong, resembling the many falling teardrops on a white background.
The artist, a 12-year-old boy, was illustrating...
