A new study of small Iowa towns found that vulnerable populations within those communities face significantly more public health risks than statewide averages.
Environment
Jun 23, 2021
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Scientists have invested great time and effort into making connections between a plant's genotype, or its genetic makeup, and its phenotype, or the plant's observable traits. Understanding a plant's genome helps plant biologists ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 7, 2021
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An unexpected discovery by an Iowa State University researcher suggests that the first humans may have arrived in North America more than 30,000 years ago—nearly 20,000 years earlier than originally thought.
Archaeology
Jun 2, 2021
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Materials engineers don't like to see line defects in functional materials.
Materials Science
May 27, 2021
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The field photos show the hard, rough country that some glaciers slide over: rocky domes and bumps in granite, rocky steps and depressions in limestone. The glacier beds dwarf the researchers and their instruments. (As do ...
Environment
May 14, 2021
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A gardener hoping for a crop of the juiciest summer tomatoes might tend to each and every plant in a plot. But a farmer working to feed the world?
Agriculture
Apr 29, 2021
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Parents would never give their children the keys to the car without supervised training and driver's education. An Iowa State University researcher says parents and educators need to take a similar approach before handing ...
Education
Mar 11, 2021
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Vaccines are an important tool in fighting porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), but the fast-mutating virus that causes the disease sometimes requires the production of autogenous vaccines tailored to particular ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 2, 2021
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Inspired by nature's work to build spiky structures in caves, engineers at Iowa State University have developed technology capable of recovering pure and precious metals from the alloys in our old phones and other electrical ...
Materials Science
Mar 1, 2021
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Let there be (ultraviolet) light.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 25, 2021
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