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Iowa State Engineers Design, Test Taller, High-Strength Concrete Towers for Wind Turbines
Iowa State engineers have designed and tested a concept for concrete towers to replace the steel towers used for wind turbines. The concrete towers could be a practical way to raise turbine towers from today's 80 meters to the better winds at 100...
5/15/2013 7:00 AM EDT
Iowa State, Ames Lab Researcher to Study the Effects of Cell Adhesion on Spread of Cancer
Sanjeevi Sivasankar of Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory has studied how healthy cells stick to each other. Now he's turning his attention to cancer cells. A four-year, $715,000 grant from the American Cancer Society will support his...
5/7/2013 5:00 PM EDT
PROSPER Prevention Programs Dramatically Cut Substance Abuse Among Teens
Young adults reduce their overall prescription drug misuse up to 65 percent if they are part of a community-based prevention effort while still in middle school, according to researchers at Iowa State University.
4/25/2013 10:00 AM EDT
Improving Mental Health Starts with Early Childhood Relationships
Iowa State researchers want to improve effectiveness as well as access for families to prevention and intervention programs. The work is critical to the mental and emotional development of children.
4/23/2013 1:00 PM EDT
Engineer Working to Put More Science Behind Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
Daniel Attinger of Iowa State University is working to put more fluid dynamics behind the bloodstain pattern analysis used at crime scenes. His research team is developing instruments and methods to produce, study and analyze bloodstains.
4/18/2013 4:30 PM EDT
Optimism Can Lead to Unrealistic Voter Expectations in Elections
An Iowa State psychology professor looks at optimism and knowledge influence voter expectations in the weeks leading up to an election.
4/16/2013 12:00 PM EDT
Iowa State, Argonne Physicist Preparing for First Neutrino Data From NOvA Experiment
When the NOvA experiment begins sending a beam of neutrinos on a 500-mile journey this summer, Iowa State University physicists will be in the middle of the research action. The results could offer clues to the early universe and to the...
4/11/2013 8:00 AM EDT
Industrial Design Professor Leads Team to Improve Engineering Education
An Iowa State industrial design professor will collaborate with University of Michigan and Penn State researchers to improve engineering students' ability to generate ideas. The NSF-funded will provide instructional methods and materials to help...
4/8/2013 1:30 PM EDT
Iowa State Professor Weighs Benefit vs. Risk of Facial Recognition Technology
Law enforcement agencies are using facial recognition software as a crime-fighting tool. Now businesses are looking to use the technology to reach customers. But an Iowa State University professor questions whether customers are ready for it.
5/8/2013 4:00 PM EDT
Professor Explains Lack of Help for Man Thrown on Subway Tracks
Craig Anderson, Distinguished Professor of psychology at Iowa State University, explains why a freelance photographer and other bystanders did not help to a man thrown onto the tracks of the New York City subway.
12/7/2012 12:35 PM EST
Political Experts Explain Why Iowa Has Become So Valuable in the Presidential Race
Both President Obama and his opponent in the presidential race, Mitt Romney, have been making frequent visits to Iowa. Some Iowa State University experts say it's because Iowa, and its six electoral votes, may make the difference on Election Day.
8/28/2012 12:15 PM EDT
Communications Professor, Broadband Access Expert Provides Internet Privacy Tips
An Iowa State University communications professor who worked on President Obama's Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program also knows how users can better protect their privacy online.
9/14/2011 11:00 AM EDT
Sociologist, Author Expects Renewed 9/11 Remembrance on Its 10Th Anniversary
A sociology professor and 9/11 book author anticipates the 10th anniversary of the tragedy will stir Americans' emotions again, particularly following the death of Osama bin Laden.
8/22/2011 5:40 PM EDT
Iowa State Economics Professor Applies Classroom Experience to Current Debt Crisis
Iowa State University Professor of Economics Dan Otto knows from experience that the economic obstacles in the nation's great debt ceiling debate aren't as difficult as they may appear, since he had students tackle those same problems last spring...
7/29/2011 1:00 PM EDT
State of the Union Preview: Obama Gets Mixed Grades on Foreign Policy
President Obama will laud some of his administration's accomplishments in tonight's State of the Union address, but Iowa State University's political science chair reports mixed reviews on the president's foreign policy performance.
1/25/2011 12:40 PM EST
Women's 2010 Election Prospects Not So Grim Says Iowa State Women and Politics Center Director
Analysts predict that the number of women in the U.S. Congress will decline for the first time in three decades. But the director of Iowa State University's Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, isn't so sure.
11/2/2010 12:40 PM EDT