University of Iowa Physicist Receives Record-Breaking NASA Research Award

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University of Iowa Physicist Receives Record-Breaking NASA Research Award

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Jun 25, 2019

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The University of Iowa has received a $115 million research award -- its largest ever -- from NASA to study the interactions between the magnetic fields of the sun and the Earth.

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Jun 25, 2019

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University of Iowa Physicist Receives Record-Breaking NASA Research Award

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