2016 Featured Research

Uranus May Have Undiscovered Moons

University of Idaho researchers have spotted patterns in Uranus’ rings that hint at the presence of two tiny, previously undiscovered moonlets

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Vandal Ideas Project Winners Named

Five teams selected for inaugural universitywide grant program focused on interdisciplinarity, innovation.

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The Devil and the DNA Details

UI researcher’s expertise helps uncover hope for the cancer-plagued Tasmanian devil.

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Thriving in Wildfire Country

UI begins project to examine wildfire risks and results, work with communities.

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Evolving an Explanation

How a struggling lab experiment, a bacterium that pees, and a curious UI professor are helping answer a mystery of biology.

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Road to 100

Diet and Habits Can Influence How We Live

Chance Discovery, Amazing Possibilities

UI researchers are studying a material discovered by accident that they now believe is a new — and useful — form of carbon.

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Researchers: U.S. Must Address Wildfire

The U.S. must make preparing for and adapting to wildfire a top priority, says a paper in BioScience.

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Securing Her Spot at the Top

UI alumna, now a computer science professor, earns spot on UI’s internationally competitive cybersecurity team.

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Making Math Meaningful

Researchers begin four-year project to bring argumentation-focused teaching and learning to Northwest math classrooms

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