Sharing food has widely been considered by scholars as a defining characteristic of human behavior. But a new study by Iowa State University anthropology professor Jill Pruetz now reports that chimpanzees from her Fongoli ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 1, 2011
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Research at Iowa State University has led to discovery of a genetic method that can increase biomass in algae by 50 to 80 percent.
Biotechnology
Nov 21, 2011
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Asking a scientist to take part in research that has little budget, less infrastructure and almost no central bureaucracy would appear a lost cause.
Ecology
Nov 10, 2011
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A new report by Iowa State University economics faculty and students found that the state's Vision Iowa program -- which was instituted in 2001 to enhance recreational, cultural, educational or entertainment attractions available ...
Engineering
Nov 4, 2011
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A laser in Iowa State University's Wind Energy Manufacturing Laboratory scanned layer after layer of the flexible fiberglass fabric used to make wind turbine blades.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 26, 2011
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New processes that allow nanoparticles to assemble themselves into designer materials could solve some of today's technology challenges, Alex Travesset of Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory reports in the Oct. ...
Nanophysics
Oct 13, 2011
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In the two years since Iowa State University's Adam Bogdanove, along with student Matthew Moscou, published their groundbreaking gene research in the cover story of the journal Science, researchers around the world have built ...
Biotechnology
Oct 11, 2011
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Iowa State University's Robert C. Brown keeps a small vial of brown, sweet-smelling liquid on his office table.
Materials Science
Sep 29, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Transistors and information storage devices are getting smaller and smaller. But, to go as small as the nanoscale, scientists must understand how just a few atoms of metals behave when deposited on a surface.
Nanomaterials
Sep 28, 2011
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For decades, scientists have believed that a relationship exists between how much biomass plant species produce and how many species can coexist.
Ecology
Sep 22, 2011
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