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AI is giving boost to crop improvement research

AI provides a new lens to bridge science and practice in crop breeding research, said Iowa State University agronomy professor Jianming Yu, one of the world’s top-ranked scientists in the fields of quantitative genetics and plant breeding.
11-Apr-2024 5:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Engineers making a better, more profitable grid for distributing solar power

Solar and wind power plants are unpredictable sources of electricity. That makes integrating them to the power grid a challenge for grid operators. With the help of a U.S. Department of Energy grant, Iowa State engineers are working to create a...
10-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Up and away with the Iowa State University high-altitude balloon course

The High Altitude Balloon Experiments in Technology course at Iowa State University conducts balloon launches each semester to gather data at the highest reaches of Earth’s atmosphere.
4-Apr-2024 9:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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First-of-its-kind super minigene to boost spinal muscular atrophy research

An Iowa State University research team built a shortened form of the gene that causes a deadly childhood disease, which will make searching for potential treatments quicker and more effective. It’s the first-ever super minigene, a concept that...
13-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Follow the little blue plow: Iowa State engineers help snowplow drivers stay on the road

The Iowa Department of Transportation is supporting Iowa State engineers as they work to develop, test and prove the concept of a snowplow navigation system. The system is designed to help snowplow drivers maintain their position in a lane. A second...
6-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Lab-grown liver organoid to speed up turtle research, making useful traits easier to harness

A team of Iowa State University researchers developed protocols for growing organoids that mimic a turtle liver, the first organoids developed for a turtle and only the second for any reptile. The discovery will aid deeper study of turtle genetics,...
4-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Advisory: US Department of Energy selects ISU-led project to build rural Iowa’s first ‘microgrid’

The U.S. Department of Energy is supporting an Iowa State-led project to build the first “microgrid” in rural Iowa. The project will create a utility-scale microgrid in Montezuma to provide reliable, resilient and affordable electricity. The new...
27-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Research Résumé: Kun Luo, exploring microstructures for high-performance materials

Kun Luo is combining his experience in materials experimentation and theoretical simulations to explain the atomic mechanisms that create special properties in high-performance materials.
21-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST Add to Favorites


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Iowa State researcher leads emerging field of trauma-informed environmental design

An Iowa State University researcher is an innovator in an emerging field: trauma-informed environmental design, in which designers work to understand their clients deeply and how their life experiences affect how they experience various environments...
29-Mar-2022 3:25 PM EDT

Iowa State’s Schulte Moore named 2021 MacArthur Fellow

Lisa Schulte Moore, a professor of natural resource ecology and management at Iowa State University, has been named a 2021 MacArthur Fellow for her groundbreaking research as a landscape ecologist building more sustainable and resilient agricultural...
28-Sep-2021 12:05 PM EDT

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