Floating islands project expands on water quality research to study pollinator plants
Islands have returned to Lake LaVerne.
Ecology
Jun 21, 2018
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Scientists find 'patterns in the noise' that could help make more accurate crop performance predictions
New research led by an Iowa State University agronomist identifies clear patterns in how plants react to different environments that could lead to new ways of predicting crop performance.
Biotechnology
Jun 12, 2018
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Tax hurts investment in medical device research and development
New research shows companies cut funding for research and development in response to a tax imposed on medical devices as part of the Affordable Care Act.
Economics & Business
Jun 5, 2018
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Physicists use terahertz flashes to uncover state of matter hidden by superconductivity
Using the physics equivalent of the strobe photography that captures every twitch of a cheetah in full sprint, researchers have used ultrafast spectroscopy to visualize electrons interacting as a hidden state of matter in ...
Condensed Matter
Jun 4, 2018
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Plant scientists use big data to map stress responses in corn
Plant scientists at Iowa State University have completed a new study that describes the genetic pathways at work when corn plants respond to stress brought on by heat, a step that could lead to crops better capable of withstanding ...
Biotechnology
Jun 1, 2018
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Disguising access patterns to protect sensitive data in the cloud
A team of computer scientists is working to defend against the next potential cyber risk – cloud storage. Wensheng Zhang, an associate professor of computer science at Iowa State University, says cloud users can encrypt ...
Security
Apr 26, 2018
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Experience of black doctoral students underscores need to increase diversity in STEM fields
The danger and risk of riding out a storm is symbolic of the decision black men make to pursue a graduate degree in engineering. They do so knowing they will face challenges, but the barriers described by black men who shared ...
Social Sciences
Apr 10, 2018
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Researchers test new solutions to carcass disposal during food-animal disease outbreaks
Iowa State University researchers have completed testing of a key component of a new concept for disposing of animal carcasses following a disease outbreak. The research someday may help producers facing animal disease emergencies, ...
Ecology
Mar 23, 2018
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Chemists use abundant, low-cost and non-toxic elements to synthesize semiconductors
One of the problems for Javier Vela and the chemists in his Iowa State University research group was that a toxic material worked so well in solar cells.
Materials Science
Mar 14, 2018
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Experiment sheds new light on prehistoric ocean conditions
A new experiment by Iowa State University's Elizabeth Swanner that evaluates the reduction of iron in prehistoric oceans may reinterpret the conditions under which iron-rich sedimentary rock is formed.
Earth Sciences
Mar 9, 2018
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