News and Features
Every day, University of Idaho researchers, scholars and artists make discoveries, create new works, publish their findings and begin new explorations.
A constantly updated feed of research-related news is below, and stories about UI projects and people are available in the Featured Research and Student Research sections.
Explore the Research Report to learn in depth about the people and projects shaping UI’s research mission in 2016 and to read reports from past years.
U of I Research News
U of I-Led Study Finds Evidence of Changing Seasons, Rain on Titan’s North Pole
Posted Wed, 16 Jan 2019 08:41:00 -0800
MOSCOW, Idaho — Jan. 16, 2019 — An image from the international Cassini spacecraft provides evidence of rainfall on the north pole of Titan, the largest of Saturn’s moons. The rainfall would be the first indication of the start of a summer season in the moon’s northern hemisphere. Read more
M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust awards University of Idaho $60,000 to develop machine that purifies wastewater
Posted Thu, 10 Jan 2019 13:59:00 -0800
Moscow, Idaho — The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust has awarded $60,000 to the University of Idaho to support a team of researchers developing a new technology that purifies wastewater and helps stop toxic algae blooms. Read more
Submit a Space Request for IRIC
Posted Tue, 11 Dec 2018 14:19:00 -0800
The Integrated Research and Innovation Center (IRIC) Facility Committee continues to consider applications for space in the IRIC facility. The deadline for the next round of consideration is 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11. Researchers may submit an Initial Space Request form for long-term projects and programs or a short-term/low-risk activities request. Read more
U of I Study Predicts Increase in Global List of Threatened Plant Species
Posted Mon, 03 Dec 2018 14:39:00 -0800
MOSCOW, Idaho — Dec. 3, 2018 — More than 15,000 plant species have a high probability of being considered threatened or near-threatened under a new model used to predict conservation status. The model, which shows the predicted levels of risk to plants worldwide, was published as part of a study to help governments and resource managers evaluate where conservation resources are most needed. Read more
University of Idaho Administrator Named 2018 AAAS Fellow
Posted Mon, 03 Dec 2018 11:34:00 -0800
MOSCOW, Idaho — Dec. 3, 2018 — University of Idaho Vice President for Research and Economic Development Janet E. Nelson was named a 2018 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for her contributions to the field of chemistry. Nelson is one of 416 fellows named this year. Read more
Research Revises Understanding of How Malaria Parasite Manipulates Its Host Mosquito
Posted Fri, 30 Nov 2018 11:33:00 -0800
MOSCOW, Idaho — Nov. 29, 2018 — A team of researchers from the University of Idaho and University of Arizona have revised their view on how a parasite that causes human malaria manipulates its host mosquito. Read more
U of I Study: Upper Mississippi River Commercial Fishery Is Sustainable
Posted Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:41:00 -0800
MOSCOW, Idaho — Nov. 26, 2018 — Commercial fishing along the Upper Mississippi River has been sustainable over the past 60 years and hasn’t negatively influenced fish populations or recreational fisheries, according to a University of Idaho-led study published in the journal Fisheries. Read more
U of I-Led Study: Forest Fire Smoke Transports Living Microbes
Posted Tue, 20 Nov 2018 10:05:00 -0800
MOSCOW, Idaho — Nov. 20, 2018 — Forest fire smoke contains living microbes, and the types of microbes living in smoke differ from the types in nearby non-smoky air, according to a team of scientists led by University of Idaho Associate Professor Leda Kobziar. Read more
U of I Team Advances to Final Four for $10 Million Water Prize Challenge
Posted Fri, 26 Oct 2018 14:00:00 -0700
MOSCOW, Idaho — Oct. 26, 2018 — A University of Idaho team advanced this week to the final stage of a $10 million competition to find the best way to stop to toxic algae blooms from poisoning drinking water supplies and the environment. Read more
University of Idaho Drone Summit Returns Nov. 1
Posted Fri, 26 Oct 2018 13:22:00 -0700
MOSCOW, Idaho — Oct. 26, 2018 — The use of drones to track water flows and map vegetation in 3D will be among the issues discussed during the second University of Idaho Drone Summit, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, in the Whitewater and Clearwater rooms of the Idaho Commons in Moscow. Read more